The Krives' Trip to China: Hong Kong

Sunday. Today we had service on the island we are staying at, Cheung Chau. We had the service in the living room of the main lodge. That is where we are staying. Everyone who came was staying at Bethany. There was a youth retreat going on, I think. So, there were about 20 or so people here.

We sang some songs, and then one of the people here on staff gave the sermon. It was on Hebrews 12:1-3. In the NIV version there are three "let us" phrases. Let us throw off everything that hinders. Let us run with perseverence. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus.

We also sang, again, for the people there. After the service we hung around at the house until around 2pm. We were going to meet some more people on Hong Kong island. I think our meeting was at 3:30, and we got there at around 3:35. So, we did pretty good. They were the president of IBLP of Hong Kong.

So, we talked a while in the Mandrin Hotel, and then went out to a local dessert place. This place focused on mangos. So, everything had mongos in it. There were mango juicies with mango pieces and mango gello and mango puree all in one cup of great goodness. Some of them had rice balls in them, which were interesting.

They almost didn't seem like rice becuase they did not crumble apart like rice does. They were very jelly like. Anyway, those were pretty good. All of the mango stuff was good come to think of it.

After that, we had dinner at a place in a little underground mall. We then went to a raised area above the Victoria Harbor. We were on the Kowloon side. We overlooked the Hong Kong side.

That night there is what is called the "Syphony of Lights." It was supposed to be a laser show accompanied with music. There were probably 6-10 buildings that had lights on them. Some of them had lights on the outside of the buidling and flashed those on and off, others had spotlights on the tops, and a few of them had green lasers on top of them.

It was quite cool to see the cordination between the music and the lights becuase you were hearing music on one side of the harbor, and the lights were lighting in perect sycronization on the other side. So, from a technological stand point, it was cool.

The lights were also nice to watch. A little bit random at times, but still nice to see. Only green lasers really show up during the night time, unless it is really hazy, so only green lasers were used.

After that we took a ferry back to Central Station on Hong Kong island, and then took the ferry out to Cheugn Chau. Walking back on the path through the island and up the mountian is sort of fun, but also a little scary. You have things moving around in the trees just a few feet aways from you, but you can't see them. Probably, becuase they are mostly little toads, but that is beside the point. We are planning on spending the day on the island tomorrow. So, that should be relaxing.
-Aaron

Here is the "fast ferry." There are two ferries you can take into Cheung Chau. One is the slow ferry, which takes an hour, and the other is the fast ferry, which takes 30 minutes.