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Originally Posted by BoredOutOfMyMind
Did you live in the house of sticks, or brick... err wrong story.
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LOL! Truly .... I had no real idea of what was involved with foreign missions. I didn't know much about the FM program even though we had missionaries come through and we supported them as PIMs. I'm a little naive at times I guess.
The first 9 months we were in HK we stayed in another missionary's (not UPC) apartment - they were home on furlough. That was right in the heart of Kowloon.
The next place we lived in was in a residential housing project just outside of Yuen Long built by all people....the Royal Bank of Canada!
The house we lived in was 3 levels with a front and back yard. The third level was a large bedroom and ensuite bathroom. They were called Garden Houses and kind of Spanish design I guess. Like I said we were given the privilege (by the owner) of decorating the house ..... everything from light fixtures to carpets, cupboard, everything. And we were paying only half of what the other missionaries were paying in Kowloon and on HK Island. We could see the border of China from the balcony off our bedroom.
The third home was even larger - we moved there so TB could be closer to the office where he worked (radio ministry outreach into China) during our 2nd term. It was large (multilevel) with spacious airy rooms and 3 baths, 2 car garage, etc. Beautiful! It had a fish pond in the front yard that we used to baptize more than once! Ha!
That house was still less rent than other missionaries were paying and no more than we were paying after a couple rent hikes in the place we had been previous and it was so much larger.
After being there a couple of years they raised the rent to where we felt we couldn't conscientiously pay out that kind of money so we looked again ..... this time for a place right in Yuen Long since we had started a church there, had found a nice location for that including office space and so it would be so much closer and convenient.
This time we found an apartment - 5th floor of a highrise - again brand new. It was small - but the rent was very cheap and so we decided to move there. We had a total of 750 sq. ft.!! LOL! Much much less than we were used to but we felt the money we were saving was worth it. It was like a doll house and even in that small amount of space we had 3 bedrooms and two full baths.
So....... God was good to us and regard to the UPCI FM Dept. I have nothing bad to say. They were wonderful to us, churches here at home and the pastors were wonderful in the way they supported and helped us.
Deputation - both times - was fantastic. We met so many wonderful people and raised a LOT of money -- the most that had ever been raised up until that point in regard to project monies for China. It was a great experience and I wouldn't trade anything for all that we experienced and saw accomplished during our time involved in Missions with the UPC.
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