Having arrived on Friday at about 8.30pm (a long time after I left Belfast!) our first day was busy and brilliant. It involved introductions and a potted history of IAYN for the newbies (see previous post). Then each member was invited to make a report from her or his province.
On Saturday evening, we attended a youth event in Holy Trinity, the Diocesan Cathedral for Eastern Kowloon (Hong Kong Province has three dioceses: Western Kowloon, Eastern Kowloon and Hong Kong Island, plus the Macau Missionary Area). There was a huge Youth Mass which saw the cathedral packed out. It was fantastic...a pleasure to be a part of and it wasn't even in English (Cantonese, with some Mandarin songs I think). We were blessed to be wlecomed byt he Bishop of Eastern Kowloon.
Sunday was a day for worship and fellowship, allowing the group to bond after having met each other on Saturday before four very intense days of business from Monday to Thursday. We attended Sung Eucharist in All Saints' Cathedral, Diocese of Hong Kong Island. The preacher was the Dean, who is Bishop Elect of Western Kowloon. It was a lovely, familiar service in English. It is one of 6 services each Sunday in the Cathedral - which includes worship in English, Cantonese and Filipino.
After this, we took the tramline up Victoria Peak, where we dined on dim sum in a restaurant with the most magnificent views of Victoria Harbour and Kowloon. We spent the day there, before returning to Hong Kong Island for a welcome dinner with The Archbishop of Hong Kong, The Most Reverend Paul Kwong. We made our way home via Hong Kong's famous star ferry. What a wonderful day!
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