Ho Man Tin Chapel

When Craig served in Hong Kong from 1975-1977, he attended the groundbreaking for the first chapel on the Kowloon peninsula, the Ho Man Tin building (pronounced Haw Mun Teen). He completed his mission before seeing the building finished and dedicated. However, we now serve in that very same building! It's about a 20-minute bus ride, through a tunnel under Victoria Harbor. A Chinese ward meets there in the morning, then our branch, the Peninsula 2nd branch, has the afternoon block. Craig serves as 1st counselor to the branch president, Elder Gibb, who is also a senior missionary assigned to the Area Office . Our branch consists primarily of Filipino and Indonesian sisters who are in Hong Kong working as domestic servants; it's one of the smaller branches with about 60 attending each week. There are several such branches in the area, a new phenomenon since Craig was here 35 years ago. Two other senior couples, the Steeles and Warmoths, serve in what is called the Everyday Branch, where these sisters can attend church Tuesday through Saturday, even if they're not off on Sundays.