Week 24 - Sunset Peak, Christ-like attributes, Ding Ding Sing, Tim Confirmation and post baptism lessons

Things just keep moving along and here we are again on another P day. This week hasn't been too bad. Things are still pretty much the same for me here. We do a lot of street contacting everyday, we do all of our studies, we aren't currently teaching anybody. So it has been kind of less exciting in that respect, but it is still a bunch of fun.

Monday, we went on a hike to Sunset Peak. It was super steep, stairs straight up the mountain to the top. It was smoggy, but the view was pretty amazing. Then, we stopped by this little pizza shop which had a really good deal on pizza. Cheese is expensive here so cheap and good pizza is hard to come by. 

The middle of the week was full of more finding. We continued our post-baptism lessons with Tim. Wednesday, I gave a training on Christlike attributes in District Council. It went ok. Thursday, we did our service at Crossroads again hauling desks and school chairs into the back of a truck. We also had our regular interviews with President that evening. Friday, we did a district find in an area that was an hour away. Another Elder and I were actually able to place a Book of Mormon so that stoked us out pretty good. 

Saturday was a special day. On Hong Kong island, they have these street trams that have been around for over a hundred years. They call it the Ding Ding. For Light the World this year, the church paid for one to get decked out with Light the World advertisements. On Saturday, I went with the mission choir, donned a red tie, and helped sing hymns out the window of the top floor of the church Ding Ding as it drove across the entire island. They had a church film crew film us for an upcoming video and also livestream it on facebook. It was a ton of fun watching people's heads turn and then smile when they see a Ding Ding full of singing white kids. We sang pretty much straight for 3 hours so my voice was pretty hoarse by the end of it. It felt really cool to not just go out and ask a few people on the street if they want to listen to a message, but to actually sing that message to everybody on the street. 

Sunday, Tim finally got confirmed. It was super cool, he seemed pretty excited out about it. It is a really special opportunity to see the gospel change people like that. I know it's corny, but he really did seem brighter and happier afterwards. 

Well that was my week. There were some boring things but some really good things too. I just keep plugging along. See ya!

-Elder Murray