So, we got back to Hong Kong and had a few days to play before the rest of the group arrived. if you've never been to Hong Kong before, you just cannot believe how many skyscrapers there are.
The day after we got there we got the chance to spend the evening with Emily Liu--a girl we met three years ago when we went to Shanghai. Proselyting is not allowed in China, so we had never mentioned the church while we were there. She found out about the church on the internet after we left and visited the Hong Kong Temple in June 2007. Long story short: She joined the church in August 2008 and received a mission call to Vancouver, Canada in 2009. When we met with her in Hong Kong she had already had her visa application denied twice and was waiting to hear back on her third attempt. We found out later that her visa was denied again, but in the meantime she had met an RM from Taiwan and when it became clear she was not going to be able to go on her mission he proposed! They were married in September 2010 in the Hong Kong Temple. Emily is an amazing girl and we were so glad we were able to see her again.
One of the excursions we took was to the Po Lin monastery, which boasts the world's largest seated bronze Buddha:
In order to get there, we took a cable car over a bay and a mountain. Even though it was overcast, the views were absolutely beautiful.
Here we are in front of the Hong Kong temple:
In addition to the floors that serve as the temple, the building houses a stake center and the mission offices for the China Hong Kong mission, which is where this picture was taken. My uncle, Brent Hardy, was the president of the mission from 1968-1971. He later served as the Hong Kong temple president from 1998-2001:
Next up, Eclipse arrives!
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Awesomeness!
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