We've Been in Hong Kong One Month!

The CAB is the orange building with the gray
spire in the center of the photo.

Everyone has had this feeling at one time or another: you feel as if you just got somewhere, but that at the same time, you've been there forever. That's our feeling looking back on our first month in Hong Kong! We feel such gratitude to the Lord for this opportunity and acknowledge the blessings that are all around us. Just being in this wonderful place, with its rich culture and history, is a privilege. The Chinese are truly noble and admirable; we've met many extraordinary people, and in fact get to daily associate with some of them.
     Our mission is somewhat unique in that we walk to "work" every day in a high-rise. There is not room here to outline the history of the Church in Hong Kong, except to mention that in the mid-70's, Craig lived and worked in a mansion that the Church had purchased, known as the Kam Tong. Some 20 years later, the government decided they wanted that historical structure, and at the same time the Church was outgrowing the old building anyway, so it was turned over to the government to become the Sun Yat-Sen Museum.


 In exchange, a lot of the red tape to build a new building was eliminated, paving the way for the Church Administration building, or CAB, also known as the Wanchai building, situated on busy Gloucester Road just blocks from the harbor. It is truly a blessing to everyone who serves or worships there: there are four chapels, numerous classrooms, and of course, from the 7th-10th floors, Church offices. We're on the 10th floor since we work closely with the Asia area presidency. They have apartments on the 11th and 12th floors. Noting how the Lord's work has progressed in this area over the past 61 years, since Matthew Cowley dedicated the land for the preaching of the gospel in 1949 (more about that later!), it's evident that the Lord's hand has been here in Hong Kong overseeing the spread of His gospel.

Looking down on our building from the 46th
observation floor of the Central Plaza
building across Gloucester Road.