Robertson Tribe Updates

If you convert liters to gallons, then convert HKD to USD, we pay $7.50 per gallon for gas over here.
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Allen came to our home for breakfast Saturday morning. We were having pancakes with REAL maple syrup (brought over in our shipment, ). Allen had never had pancakes and was ready to try them. He’s a great sport about trying anything. We fed him all sorts of new things […]

Allen, a Chinese co-worker of hubby’s has always wanted to come to HKG. He’s lived in China all his life, and while he has traveled to the USA, he’s never been to HKG. For business related reasons, it worked out that he could come this weekend. He has been so excited and […]

Time for a light hearted post, so I pulled out some questions that you all asked a while back and decided to answer them. Feel free to ask more!
Are Bento boxes easy to find? Yes, they are, but it’s more of a Japanese thing. You can find some neat sets in […]

The total number of families leaving HKG before the summer is over is climbing. We are up to 7 families now, and that includes the pastor of our new church home.
Make.
it.
stop.

We just returned from a wonderful getaway at the Disneyland here in Hong Kong.
http://park.hongkongdisneyland.com/hkdl/en_US/home/home?name=HOMEPage
While we are completely exhausted, we had a fantastic time. My kids did not stop smiling the entire time we were there. They’ve never been to any Disney, so this was a first in many ways. It’s much smaller […]

We are in the midst of our first typhoon. It’s not a severe one, (they are graded like tornados) but it’s definitely windy and rainy. We are supposed to get 5 inches an hour.    They say there hasn’t been a typhoon in April in 40 years. Typhoon season is starting early, folks. […]

I can send an international letter from here to the states, AIR MAIL, for about 3 HKG dollars.  That works out to 39 cents in US money.  That’s less than a first class stamp for a domestic letter in the US.  Something is wrong with that.

Knock, knock.
“Hello, Mrs. Tong**. (our landlord) How can we help you?” (as I frantically pray that my house is clean, the kids don’t fight, they use their manners and that my hair is combed and my teeth brushed while she’s here, all in one breath).
“Hello, Mrs. Robertson. I am […]