Week 95 - The Trio

So not a lot of time left but a couple of cool/ weird experiences this last week. So right now i'm in a trio with Elder Dickens and Newbold, both of which are taller than me, so now we are by far the tallest companionship in the mission. Our first day together we were on the streets finding and while walking past 2 high school aged girls I said "Hello" in Chinese that's all and one lost her mind she started screaming and sprinted away like a maniac and her friend was just standing there shaking her head as if to say "I'm sorry" haha.

Then another crazy thing happened. So there is this really sketchy guy I taught 2 times and decided to never meet him again. Well anyways he callled us like 100 times and every time we said wrong number and he would get super mad! Then he ran into us teaching a lesson in the park and man I got chastised so hard he gave me the death stare and all and did a little evil laugh as he walked away. I have never been so scared in my life!

I totally forgot to mention we had Zone conference last week and had a long discussion on the atonement and then a senior couple gave a training on how if you look at the Chinese character for gospel words they have gospel meaning in it! It was super cool!

Sorry I'm low on time but love yall!

Elder Eveson

Ma On Shan

Hiking Ma On Shan Mountain

Leung Family

Week 94 - 17 hours of Deep Cleaning

Well this was another really interesting week. So this last week was Chinese New Years, which pretty much means everyone is busy and goes to mainland, so it was pretty slow. Also this last week I was in a trio with Elder Riley and Dickens. Ummm last Monday for p day was the missions yearly deep clean. So usually it takes everyone just 1 day to clean the entire apartment but it took us a total of 6 days total of  17 hours to clean the place haha. I'm just glad its finally done!

Also we got moves calls this last week and the entire mission had just massive changes. It was pretty funny when we got the call from the Assistants they said "Are you ready this is gonna be a wild one" so Elder Riley is going to move back to his baby area and I will still be in a trio with Elder Dickens and Newbold now. The funniest thing to happen was a Mandarin sister missionary who just picked up Cantonese while here is completely shifting to Cantonese work now haha. I am also no longer the Zone Leader just a District Leader now haha.

We still were able to visit some members, did a lot of finding but this week was pretty slow...'

love you all and hope to hear from you next week!

Elder Eveson

Ma On Shan at night

We decided to pay for Yoshi's meal for once!

Week 93 - Goal for 2018

Another good week in the books here in Hong Kong!  The work is kind of slow right now, but the big news is my companion Elder  Davis actually left this morning for the airport. He was reassigned to a mission in Atlanta, so right now I am in a trio with Elder Riley and Dickens right now in Ma On Shan until the rest of the transfer. Ummm as for the week we had MLC this last Wednesday and it was super good and spiritual. The topic was on the atonement of Jesus Christ and it was amazing and the spirit was felt so strong during the meeting. We also set our mission goal for the 2018 year for baptisms. The goal last year was 242 and we got 192 last year. This year the goal is 400 and we discussed a lot about faith when talking about that number. The entire missionary leadership council were all 100% on board and when we took it back to our zones they were all 100% committed to the number! So I'm excited to see what can happen in Hong Kong in the next couple of years when in comes to doing the Lord's work!

We also had the chance to visit a lot of members this week too. It was especially good because me and Elder Riley are still getting to know the ward and area and we got a lot of support from the members as well. Also when we brought up the number in ward council they were like that's a little high and we pretty much told them they need more faith haha. So this was a good week. The next week will be a little interesting but also fun at the same time. 

Now of to deep clean our apartment!

love y'all! 

Elder Eveson

 Big Buddha

Ng Family

Lam Family

Yip Family

Week 92 - Temple Day

Well the highlight of this week was we got to go to the temple! It was a lot of fun to be able to go there every other transfer! Then after the temple we went to eat some of my favorite food KBQ!!! Then on Wednesday we were also able to meet with a new person as well and are hoping to build up a teaching pool here in Ma On Shan.

This week we also had the chance to visit some more members and get to know them, and I really like this ward! The members are great and are super willing to help with missionary work.  So as missionaries we just need to give them a reason to help us. That's something we as missionaries have been focusing on the last couple of weeks is showing the ward we are here to work not to have fun but to work. That's a problem that has been in this ward for a while now, so hopefully we can get Ma On Shan back on its feet.

On Saturday we also had a cool experience we got a call from a member to help out at her grandsons birthday party. They live in like one of the nicest places in our area called Lake Silver and the parents are non members and we had the chance to just help them set up and we were gone before the party was even started. This is a part member family that the ward wants us to work with and I think that was a cool opportunity!

I'm excited for this next coming week and to see what we can do!

love yall!

Elder Eveson

Zone Selfie

me and Elder Davis at the temple

District Selfie

Yoshi the man!