Almost all of the snow is gone except the giant piles tractors made and i think those will be gone soon. This week everytime is snowed it didnt even stick so I think spring in on the way! I am like dancing with anticipation for the cherry blossoms!
Fun food fact:
Goma is sesame. There are lots of goma salad dressing here, and I fell in love. I purposefully make salads at lunches now just so I can drink the stuff! If you come here get kingoma dressing. It will change your mindset on salad.
Culture Fact:
So something that isn't very specific but that you just feel when you are here is presentation. I don't know if it is from honor, from being on an island, from there love for mastering things but Japanese food, roads, houses, yards, businesses, clothes... it is all perfect. Like you go into the grocery store in the states and you see a couple chicken breasts thrown on a Styrofoam tray with some clear wrap on it. Looks great, raw meat at its best. You come to Japan and there is a pack of fish heads in the same white Styrofoam and plastic but they are so perfectly laid and have such beautiful flowers and greens orchestrated between the heads that you pick it up and start to second guess yourself... maybe these are actully normal? Did my mom used to make these? They look so great? That's kind of a funnier time but when you see the houses and the businesses and most importantly the plants at people's houses you really appreciate how much of an impact on the way you feel it has!
Spiritual Thought:
I don't really want to talk that much today but I want to give you a challenge. Twice a day after you get up-shower-change, and before you go to bed at night I want you to pray. Here are the rules,
0. Prepare yourself emotionally and with enough time to not feel outside influences
1. Kneel if you can
2. Do it in a quite place by yourself, a little haven you make for yourself
3. Speak outloud in your prayer
Do it for a week and I can promise that if you speak from your heart you will develope more strength to do God's will and a better more personal relationship with God. Prayer is a gift.
Funny Story:
So we live in an apartment with 4 missionaries and when people transfer the apartment is always the same. So what they do is have a member living in the area take care of all the billing and the longterm information (if the table breaks we call him). So he comes and inspects the place every once in a while and makes sure we have kerosene to burn and the appliances are all doing good (and i always get the vibe he is also checking we didn't punch any holes in the wall which makes me just think he is smart). Anyway, because he comes all the time he just rings the bell then comes in (he does it when we are home and not home it just makes sense).
So we had the weirdest p-day ever the other week and we ended getting really sweaty then teaching a lesson then coming back to the apartment to change and shower and it was about 1. We were completely nasty and needed to get our laundry done because the other elders were going to do it that night so we just through everything in the washer we were wearing except our underwear I jumped in the shower and he started cleaning the dishes (please dont judge we were in a tight spot here). While I am showering I hear the doorbell ring. PACKAGE! We love mail... so I assume Elder Mantz told them through the intercom (we are rich) to just put it in the mail slot and then they left and all was well. So I just come wandering out in a towel with a toothbrush in my mouth to see Elder Mantz in a trenchcoat and towl talking to the member that helps us with the apartment and oh boy did we both get rosy cheecks so quick. He apologized and we explained why things were so weird that day... but it was pretty funny. My favorite part was how Elder Mantz was acting like it was no big deal what he wearing.
Love each other for me!
Law Choro
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