Hong Kong in pictures.

Hong Kong.

An amazing trip full of adventure, good food, little sleep, shopping and fun.

I'm so grateful I got to go! Hong Kong is such a mix of so many different cultures. It was an awesome weekend. :)

My wonderful traveling and adventure buddy. Saphrin.

A friend of mine who lives in Hong Kong. Ada was wonderful to show us around. :)

Hong Kong money is amazing. It's water resistant and is full of cool designs you can only see when you hold it up to light. Saphrin and I were fascinated. :)

Saph and I on a bus ride up to "The Peak". HK is made up of three islands, HK main, New Territories and the Kowloon Peninsula. We stayed on Kowloon, which is were there is the most night market and best shopping. :) So we took a ferry over to the HK island, a bus to the Peak station and a trolly up to the top of the Peak. A beautiful view of Hong Kong...

The ferry we took over.

One of the views from the top of the Peak.

Honk Kong celebrates Christmas so, it was Christmas time in Hong Kong. :) It kind of reminded us of home. We loved it!

Saphrin, me, our starbucks and the beautiful view from the pier. My favorite thing about HK was definitely the pier!

Jackie Chan's hands. :)

So along the pier they had the "Avenue of Stars". Hand prints for the famous people that came from Hong Kong.

My beautiful girls.

From the pier.

A cool building. :)

We found this Starbucks on the pier that had this cool balcony that looked over the pier. So we spent our Sunday morning there.

Typical street in Hong Kong.

In Hong Kong they drive on the right, just like in Europe. The taxi's were classy. I liked them. :)

So it was a wonderful couple days. A cultural experience for sure and Saphrin and I enjoyed every minute of it. :)

the whole world.

..I don't even know where to start. God and the many ways I see Him work everyday continually amaze me.

Did I ever mention how much I LOVE being a teacher? 

And how grateful I am for the opportunity I get every day to love? To teach. To learn. To hug them and to kiss their cheeks. To give them high fives or winks when they try extra hard. To challenge them but always be their biggest fan. 

I. love. it. so. much.

Everyday I'm reminded of the impact and place I have in my kid's lives.

And everyday I'm amazed that I, of all the more qualified people in the world, have been chosen for this. 

For this school. For these kids. For this beautiful city. For these precious people. For this day and this time in history. For this call.

This week has been absolutely wonderful. Looking back on the past 3 and 1/2 months, these weeks kids are some of the ones I've definitely gotten the closest to. I savored every minute of this past week and Friday came altogether too soon...

But here it is and I just said goodbye to some of Taiwan's most precious. The tears ran down their cheeks and my heart was breaking more with each tear. I held them and didn't want to ever let go. 

"God? Are you sure this job wasn't made for someone stronger them me? Maybe someone who doesn't feel so deeply? Maybe for someone who doesn't really love?"

"Priscilla, for such a time as this."

"But God? What if they don't get love when they go home today? 

What if they don't have anyone to tell them how precious they are? So many of them don't go home to real love...it's all about earning it. What about those?

What about the ones who wore the same shirt everyday this week, because they're too poor to buy another one? 

What about the ones who come with bruises on their arms and parent's that put them there? 

What happens to them? 

What about 10 years from now, God?

Will they know You? Will they be far from You?

Father, so many questions....so much pain in letting them go.

Can I do this, God? Can I keep loving?

What about trusting that You'll take care of them?

What about that?

Can I do that, God? 

....Are you sure?"

After the goodbyes were said and the tears were cried this morning, I asked these questions.

I searched for answers only Father God could give.

And so often like God does, He answered.

But it wasn't in the way I thought I needed or wanted.

I didn't get a description of each of their next few years.

I didn't get a promise that I'll ever be able to see them again.

I wasn't assured that they would go home to love.

But in the quiet all I could hear was something I've heard so many times before.

"He's got the whole world in His hands...

He's got the whole world in His hands.

He's got the little children in His hands..

He's got the whole world in His hands.

He's got the whole world in His hands.."

Thank you, God. 

Thank you for being big. Thank you for always being God. 

Thank you for your love that pursues and beckons the ones You made.

Would you pursue these kid's hearts? 

Would you call them to You?

Would you place people in their lives that know You?

Would you place in them a discontentment with anything but YOUR love?

And Father? 

Can you wipe away their tears and kiss their cheeks when I'm no longer there to do it?

Amen.

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This afternoon I get on a plane that will take me to Hong Kong for a long weekend. Saphrin and I decided HK would be a good place to explore...so we have tickets there with our names on them. :)

It'll be wonderful. I'll post pictures when I get back!

I guess you can say it's our way of coping with Thanksgiving being next week. Since Taiwan doesn't celebrate it, it's a normal work day for us. Maybe we can find some Turkey in HK somewhere. :)

Until next time. <3

hope.

"But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope;

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;

His mercies never come to an end;

they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.

'the Lord is my portion', says my soul, 'therefore I will hope in Him.'

The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.

It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord."

Lamentations 3:21-26