Woke up this morning and decided to try to find a church here in Hong Kong. After a little searching on the Internet, I found an area fairly close to the hotel that had a Baptist Hospital and University along with a church. I took a taxi to get there and it cost me HK$50. The service was in English and there were a few other tourist-types there. The paster and worship leader were also Americans but basically everyone else was Asian. It was a contemporary service and we sang a lot of the same songs we sing at our church in the States. It was a great experience to worship with fellow believers in this foreign land. Like everything over here, it was packed with people. I would say the pews had a capacity for 200 but there were probably 300 people total including all the folding chairs in the back and in the isles. I don't think they have fire codes here in HK. When church was over I decided to take a risk and try to take the subway back to my hotel. Upon getting to the subway it took me about 10 minutes to figure out which way to go and then another American (carrying a Bible) asked me if I needed help then pointed me in the right direction. Once again the subway train was packed with people.
When I got back to my hotel, I met up with my Tim and Mike for a trip to Lamma Island. The island is a fishing village and has a nice beach. We took a pretty long hike over the island (very hilly) to see a village on the other side then headed back for lunch at a seaside Seafood restuarant. Once again, there were people everywhere...7 million people live in Hong Kong and you never really find a place without a crowd. The closest I come is the a jog at 5am. Today's menu included fresh lobster and scampi that were both alive in water tanks before being served to us for lunch! In true American fashion, I ordered some french fries and ketchup and used chopsticks to eat them! In all, we spent about 6 hours on the island before heading back. Tim and Mike went to Catholic Mass and I headed back here to update the blog.
Tomorrow we head into mainland China for the week to visit several factories.
When I got back to my hotel, I met up with my Tim and Mike for a trip to Lamma Island. The island is a fishing village and has a nice beach. We took a pretty long hike over the island (very hilly) to see a village on the other side then headed back for lunch at a seaside Seafood restuarant. Once again, there were people everywhere...7 million people live in Hong Kong and you never really find a place without a crowd. The closest I come is the a jog at 5am. Today's menu included fresh lobster and scampi that were both alive in water tanks before being served to us for lunch! In true American fashion, I ordered some french fries and ketchup and used chopsticks to eat them! In all, we spent about 6 hours on the island before heading back. Tim and Mike went to Catholic Mass and I headed back here to update the blog.
5 comments:
great pictures. love the Uncle Russ Coffee picture. its also good to see you going to a baptist church. ;) nice work in the chop sticks...i used some today at PF Changs!
Mark, what you're holding, is that what you ate? Really enjoying your blog; keep 'em coming! Love...Sloan
Glad to see that the Baptists are everywhere......also, looks like I'm going to have to learn how to use chop sticks....don't want to be outdone by my boys....all is well in the heartland....RRM
Mark, I just heard about the earthquakes in central China....where are you right now? Reassure us that you are okay.
All,
Getting better everyday with the chopsticks...yes that was the lobster we ate for lunch...I will be back to the Baptist church again this Sunday as it was an incredible time of worship.
Mark
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