Chinese New Year -- Year of the Monkey

Dear Sister Mia Suminar, from our branch, drops by our office before she returns home to her home in Indonesia. So many domestic workers look forward to this day when they can return to their homes and families. Mia is doing it!! We're so proud of her. But will miss her. 

We were invited to Tai O village by Diana, a native daughter of that quaint little town. Here, a lion dance is going house to house and business to business, invoking prosperity on all. This is part of the town's many celebrations for Chinese New Year. 

On a boat ride around Tai O village 

Eating some of the biggest shrimps we've ever seen. When we have gone to Tai O village, Diana has met us and as we walk to the restaurant, she helps us by picking out "fresh" (live) seafood, which we carry to the restaurant where they cook it up. You can't get fresher than that. 

Diana and Sister Chamberlain on our little boat ride

Elder Chamberlain at Tai O village

Elder and Sister Funk hosted all senior couples for a fun Chinese New Year dinner. Very great food, and great company. 

Dinner at Chinese New Year

Senior couples and a couple of visitors pose for a group photo in the stairwell of the Church Administration Building, Wanchai

Sister Chamberlain, in a moment of confusion, is dazzled by her husbands good looks and mistakes it for the fireworks viewed from the balcony of Elder and Sister Funk. Honestly, Sister Chamberlain, you can look at your husband any time, but the New Year's fireworks will go away soon. Better look at them. 

Chinese New Year over Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor

Couples enjoy the fireworks on the 11th floor at Chinese New Year's