The Second Real Reason for Coming to Hong Kong

I guess there are three reasons I came to Hong Kong this year. First and most commonly thought, to do a legal externship. This is true on many levels and I hope this will look good on my resume’ while also helping employment prospects down the line. However, it isn’t really one of the real reasons I wanted to come back to Hong Kong. Second reason, to work full-time to build God’s kingdom one more time. I have always loved serving in the Church and trying to do my part to help the Church grow. This opportunity gave me one more chance to do that before the reality of life kicks in (real job, responsibilities, etc.) Third, I wanted a chance to look up the people I taught and baptized while I served as a missionary in Hong Kong. I shared some of the most joyful and powerful experiences of my life with these people and care about them deeply. Most of those I helped join the Church as a missionary have not stayed involved in the Church and I hope that I can remind them of the feelings they felt when the first learned the gospel of Jesus Christ.
One young man I taught is named Mui Jan Sing and uses the English name Janson. We have kept in touch since my mission through IM and Facebook and remain good friends. Last year on my trip to Asia I actually visited him in Singapore where he lived at the time (picture is of he, my friend from BYU Fernando, and myself last year after playing tennis in Singapore). We both like tennis, soccer, and he’s fun to hang out and chat with. As events worked out, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal were going to play in the Wimbledon Men’s final. This was probably the tennis match I would most want to see for all 2008 so I needed to find a place to watch it. I IMed Janson and he was planning on watching it already so I went over to his place for the evening. We enjoyed the match a lot (at least as long as we could stay awake, I left around midnight in the middle of the third set) and caught up on life. I should be able to see him another time or two before I leave HK so hopefully we’ll have some more good times.