Shenzhen March 7, 2010

Sunday morning we had breakfast at the hotel and decided to try to find the LDS branch meeting in a district called Shekou.

Our cab driver got us in the ball park and the security guards for the property guided us to the church. We got out and started walking up to the steps. Suddenly we all got the vibe that we were in the wrong place. It was a really nice church but not and LDS branch. We asked for directions and were told it was close. We started walking to find the branch and after about 15 minutes knew we were lost. We flagged down a cab, gave him the address and promptly ended up just where we were before. However, this time as we entered the property we took a right instead of a left, drove around a bit and found the branch. They are about 130 members and meet in what I think was a largeish (by Chinese standards) residence. The meeting was great. Because everyone can not fit into the main floor room, they have an overflow in an upstairs room that doubles as the Relief Society room and have a camera and speaker system so you can see the speaker.

The branch has a young women’s group, young men’s, scouting, primary – everything we have here at home.

After church we met Henry and he showed us more to the electronics expo area. It turns out that we have only seen about ½ of 1% of what is here in this district. This is getting excititng.