2 month mark in Hong Kong!

I have been in Hong Kong for over 2 months now! Crazy! I only have little over a year of my mission left, ahhhhh, but it helps me to value every day more, and to spend my short time more efficiently.

This past week has been VERY interesting, it's been all over the place,

first, this experience actually reminded me of Sister Em, I mean Emily Nakayu because it involves colors, haha

While we were planning for the next day one evening, as we prayed, we both came up with 2 different hours of the day where we could go finding, but we only had one hour to spare, 3 pm and 4:30 pm, I told Sister Farr that both felt good, but had different feelings, she asked what feelings and I said, 4:30 feels purple and 3 pm feels yellow,,,,

She thought it interesting and at the time she was staring at the map book and asked that she has 2 places in mind, and how Tai Wo and Fanling sounded, I said Fanling also felt purple, but I was convinced that I must be remembering the color tab of the page. It turns out that the page tab wasn't purple, and the area Sister Farr was staring at had a purple hand symbol in the middle of it. It was very interesting so we decided to pick that area. We were going on a 24 hour splits that next day so Sister Farr and Sister Cheung went to the area, and they ended up finding a very well prepared young man who had had these questions of the soul! They gave his number to the Sheung Shui Elders. On the other hand, I and Sister Bishop went on splits to her area and during her finding time she saw a yellow umbrella (it was pouring rain that day) from the distance and had the impression to talk to her, so we caught up to the lady and started to talk to her when we find out that she happens to be deaf! I asked her in ASL if she understands American Sign Language and she did! Sister Bishop and I both happen to know ASL so we signed to her! We gave her the Restoration pamphlet and bore testimony that we knew that the message was true which seemed to intrigue her, we also gave her Plan of Salvation pamphlet and a flier and invited her to come to church on sunday. We are very excited to find out how this will turn out. Apparently there is also a deaf ward in Yun Long, it is far away but that means there are deaf members that could fellowship this sister, Her name is sister Cheng by the way. We also met a lady from mainland that spoke Mandarin to us, and we called Sister Cheung who knows mandarin (because the mandarin elders didn't answer their phone) to help us, and she told us that the lady was only staying in Hong Kong for 10 days and will be going back and that we should give her the book of mormon. So we did and talked to her using the 10-ish Mandarin words and phrases I knew and she seemed grateful that we gave all those things to her for free.

Yesterday we got on a wrong bus and was on a 1 hour detour, but on our way back I heard Korean and ended up talking to these 2 Korean men on the train. It was hard because my gospel korean isn't very good, and my korean can get awkward here and there etc. I only had the Restoration Pamphlet in Korean  and gave it to them, it was a very overwhelming experience. Sister Farr who have been observing said they were entertained and that I did them good. The men although uninterested and busy said meeting me was uplifting and that they felt good, and that that is enough. I have been since praying that they will not be able to forget about what I said and what they felt until they act upon it,,,,For I told them of the eternal significance of this message and bore my testimony of it.

So yes, my mind has been very busy and confused with so many different languages and people, but at the same time my Cantonese seem to be improving nonetheless because people tell me so.

So many things happen daily here, talking to so many different kinds of people with their own concerns and circumstances. It gets overwhelming to constantly thinking about each and one of their eternal welfare, dealing with their salvation, it is a huge responsibility to represent the Savior and invite them to come unto Him. And struggling to communicate, because  I am not perfect or am founded in any language,

The Lord my Savior really is my only security, my foundation and base, No matter how much I feel like I am neither accepted by or feel belonged by People in Hong Kong, Korea, America, or having lived with so many different family circumstances, it gets quite lonely or feel insecure at times. But I do know that I am a Child of God, I belong to Christ, He is my foundation and security, He has given me absolutely everything, a complete family, examplary people in my life that I can call true friends, the road back home, the Holy Ghost, His light, Everything, and although people here may feel that they have their family and life is good, if they have not God, God who is love, His love which is Charity, for which without, we are nothing, we have nothing. I am here to offer them this everything, to all those that will accept, I love you back home, I am grateful for your words, thank you family for writing me weekly, it really helps me, I have been missing hugs and affection, but your words really help me feel better than I am.

In Christ we all shall be together forever,

Love,

Sister Burningham