Commemoration uplifts missionary work in Hong Kong
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A commemoration of the first Chinese convert baptism in Hong Kong has had positive results for those serving in the China Hong Kong Mission, according to Mission President Lee H. Van Dam.
Approximately two dozen missionaries trekked up the foothills of Kowloon on Dec. 31, 2008, to gather at a small stream on Diamond Hill. Their purpose was to commemorate the baptism of Nora Siu Yuen Koot, the first Chinese convert in Hong Kong, which took place at that site on Dec. 31, 1950. The baptism at the small stream marked the first of many that have helped the Church flourish in Hong Kong.
At the commemoration, President Van Dam and the group of missionaries held a brief prayer and testimony meeting. Missionaries took turns reading the account, written by Sister Koot, of her conversion, baptism and testimony. Following the meeting, missionaries engaged in a service project, cleaning up litter in the surrounding area.
"The baptism commemoration has helped create a stronger feeling among our missionaries about the long-term role they are playing in the work here in Hong Kong and Asia," President Van Dam recently reported, assessing the benefits that have resulted from the commemoration. "I believe it has helped them get more of a sense of how what they are doing today will impact things in the future."
