Yum Cha with the Best

We had the high honor of being treated to dim sum, a fancy breakfast, by two of the most admirable women in Hong Kong: Millie Lai and Melody Ho. They served missions at the same time Craig did, in the mid-70's, and they have stayed in close contact with each other ever since. Millie still lives in nearby Happy Valley and serves as an early morning seminary teacher in the Church administration building, so at times she is leaving when we get there and we get to see her. Melody, on the other hand, responded to inspiration some time ago and moved to Shenzen, in China, to more closely help fledgling branches there, even though it meant having to learn to speak Mandarin and make new friends. Neither of these sisters has married but they don't let that distract them from the missions they feel they are still on to help the gospel grow in Asia. They are both remarkable and it was a great honor to have them yum cha, or drink tea (we of course didn't actually drink any tea, but that's the customary word for a get-together where eating and conversation takes place) with us and introduce us to new delicacies of dim sum.