Remember how I got my hair cut last week? Well, it turned out
great, but let me tell you, it was the weirdest experience EVER. First, the
majority of hair stylists in Hong Kong are men, so
that's weird. When I first got there, they led me to the back corner were there
was a strange chair resembling a dentist's chair, but with a weird sink
contraption where my head was. It wasn't a normal shampooing chair, no. This was
the Human Car-Wash 2000. I didn't really know what was going on (strangely
enough, I didn't understand most of the technical terms the dude was saying... I
need to brush up on my hair-cutting vocabulary). The man handed me some earplugs
and gestured for me to put them in my ears. After I did that, I laid down and he
put my hair into this sink thing and put a lid over it that framed my face and
covered my hair. And then these lights started going off and a weird beeping
noise started and these jets started spraying my head at a rather alarming
pressure! My head started being moved up and down and back and forth, and the
jets kept spraying from different directions, first hot water and then cold
water. I was trying so hard to not laugh and my neck started hurting after a
while because my head kept getting jerked up and down. This machine lasted for
over ten minutes, and it felt like ETERNITY! Then it finally ends and I keep
trying to just get up and out of there, but the hair guy keeps stopping me to do
things like towel-dry my hair (weird) and fish my earplugs out of the sink (they
got shot out by the water jets). But he finally let me go. When I got to the
mirror, I almost burst out laughing again--my hair was a MESS! It was so knotted
and frizzy and horrible! And then the guy spent at least 15 minutes combing my
hair and watching a Korean rock concert on the tv. But finally he cut my hair
and it turned out fine. It was a very... interesting experience, and I think it
set the tone for the rest of the week.
That night we had a really cool miracle! We were trying to find a
less-active family who hasn't been to church in a couple of years. We got past
the apartment guards (the first miracle) and then we found the right door and
they were home (the second miracle). They were so nice (the fourth miracle) and
turns out they don't even LIVE there anymore; they were just visiting a family
member who lives there now. That's the best miracle! We just happened to drop by
at the exact time that they were visiting. That's miraculous. I love that
feeling, when I realize that Heavenly Father really is guiding us. I don't
always know if he is, but it's experiences like this that really build my trust
in Him.
We had a really funny visit with an old pohpo this week. A member invited
us to go visit the old lady that lives next door to her, but wow was she not
interested in having us there haha. Here's how our conversation went: "Thanks so
much for letting us visit you today!" "I don't have anything else to do!" "Could
we open with a prayer?" "I don't like to pray!" "Oh, you don't have to pray, I
can pray." "I don't want to pray!" "You don't have to, I can do it." "Okay, but
I don't want to pray." "Okay, you don't have to, I can do it." "I can't pray!"
"Don't worry, I'll say it." "What!?" "I'm going to say a prayer." "Okay!"
Later... "We picked out a hymn to sing for you, is that okay?" "I don't know how
to sing!" "You don't have to sing, we can do it." "I never sing!" "You don't
have to sing, we can sing." "I won't sing!" "Okay, we can sing though." "Okay,
but I won't sing!" "Okay, we're going to sing now..." Later... "And Heavenly
Father loves and teaches us just like you love and teach your children." "What?!
I didn't teach my kids anything!" "I'm sure you helped them learn how to be good
people and help others and be good parents." "No, I didn't help them at all!
They figured it out by themselves!" "Well, I'm sure you help your grandchildren
now." "Nope, not at all! I don't tell them anything useful!" "And you're humble
too!" Anyways, it was a fun lesson, but I don't think we'll be getting frequent
visitor passes any time soon.
We had a miracle walk-in family this week! And they are so cute: they have
two daughters that are 4 and 6, and they all stayed for our English class. We
met them after a few tough days of finding, so I really feel like Heavenly
Father answered our prayers and is aware of our work.
Anyways, I had about 5 more miracles I wanted to write about, but I'm out
of time. We're going ice skating now, so I'll talk to you next week! I love
you!
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