Tim is one of those in our group. He is also the mission pastor at Church at the Crossing. I thought you might enjoy seeing a few scenes he paints with words on his blog: (his blog is linked here on my site)
This afternoon, we visited a Buddhist cemetery and it's accompanying temple called "The Temple of 10,000 Buddhas". There are literally thousands (10,000.. who knows?) of statues of Buddha around the cemetery; along with incense, offerings, fire pits for prayers/gifts, etc. I have visited this place before and find it intriguing, yet cold and empty. It is a good location for us 'westerners' to learn about and understand Buddhism, and the cultural mindset here. After some rest, we did the 'tourist' thing and took a tram to the highest peak to look out over Hong Kong harbor and the overwhelming view of the skyline of Hong Kong. We had dinner there and got to see the same view at night....then took a quick taxi down the mountain and ferry across the harbor to catch the daily 8pm "Largest Permanent Light Show on Earth" in which the buildings of Hong Kong island are a virtual Disneyland of laser lights and sounds. It is not just lasers ON the buildings.. entire perimeters of the tallest buildings are covered in light shows, screens that wrap around buidling completely with images and words. It is just incredible.... extends from far to your left and far to the right... you can't take it all in in one view. This city is so advanced in technology and in wealth and in celebrating their accomplishments. Just incredible.
I could not have said it better Tim!
Seeing Hong Kong with new friends from CATC,
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