Hong Kong Women’s Conference (second year)
The A.S.I.A (Associated Sisters In Asia) Women’s Conference was held in Hong Kong again this year the second weekend in March. I was able to confirm with a friend early on that she would attend and we would fly over together, but she was going to meet up with her other friend who would be coming from Singapore. Luckily I got another friend to agree to join me and be my roommate for the 3 nights that we were there. We decided to fly to Hong Kong a day before the conference started so we could do some sight-seeing, since there wouldn’t be a lot of time during the conference. And the speakers for the conference were wonderful as usual. We were privileged to hear from members of the Asia Area Presidency: Garrett Gong & Randy Funk. And then we attended about 6 breakout classes of various topics. It was wonderful to get out of the Philippines, see Hong Kong, be spiritually uplifted, participate in a service project, see old friends and make new friends.
First outing in Hong Kong was to the LDS Temple…but the taxi driver said this was “not a temple, only Chinese have temple, this is a church”
Chi Lin Nunnery in Hong Kong was very peaceful, although we never saw any nuns while there
Did some souvenir shopping at the “Ladies Market”
The people in Hong Kong hang dry their clothes right outside their apartment window
My roommate and I at the 12 story church building where our conference was held
Streets of Hong Kong are busy
Cool Asian boat at the Hong Kong harbor
Old fashion double decker tram only costs about $0.30 to ride, but it doesn’t go very fast and makes many stops along the way and is crowded on a Saturday afternoon
Hong Kong Park is right in the middle of the city, but you wouldn’t be able to tell once you were surrounded by the fountains and trees
Unique teapots on display at the Teapot Museum located at the Hong Kong Park
Aviary at the Hong Kong Park
My friend who was in our ward in Texas, flew the 10 hours or so from Saudi Arabia to attend conference
My 2 friends who I got to join me from the Philippines
More photos from Hong Kong women’s conference here.
Your awesome Tia! Thanks for letting me share this trip with you! Where’s the meat pic?