1547 hours Misawa
It was getting a lot warmer this week until it snowed 4 inches last night.. but I think it will melt quickly and continue toward cherry blossoms (If I can remember I will hook you guys up with some sweet pictures!).
Fun Food Fact:
Vegetables. It might be interesting to know what you eat a lot of and what you never see.
Lots: carrots, onions, daifugo, cabbage, tomato, egg plant, mushrooms, green onions, sweet potatoes, potatoes, cucumbers, pumpkin, lettuce, spinach, been sprouts, and bell peppers.
Rare: broccoli, celery, radish, asparagus, and lots more I cant think of!
Culture Point:
Running. I am not talking about the sport or the exercise really, more the spur of the moment need for speed in our travel through life. In America it is kind of considered childish or desperate I feel. If you see a lady in heels with a skirt and briefcase going down the side walk you are thinking "I will hit him with my car and save her!" but it is not so in Japan. Everyone runs. If you are crossing the street, late for work, on the sidewalk, in the train station, out of your house and it is totally acceptable. I am no sociologist but my guess it is because of trains subways and buses. If you miss the train you could be waiting around another 30 minutes and lose your job so it makes way more sense to run... no shame. :-)
Spiritual Thought:
Salvation is personal but growing in done with others. I think that the best place to grow is in the home. I think God thinks this way too. But a strong home is not easy; it takes work and correct principles as a foundations. Helaman 5:12 says "And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the arock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your bfoundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty cstorm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall." If we can make our foundation Christ in the home, we will grow and we will not fall.
Funny Story:
So this is so short but I was laughing so hard after it happened I want to tell it to you so I don't forget. It was a super pretty day in Misawa! It was a Saturday morning and we had got a ride home after a late appointment the day before and we needed to be at the church so all 4 of us were walking down to the church. It was so sunny and all the snow was soft and so we were picking up snow balls and hitting trees in the distance as we walked (it's kind of in the middle of no where). Elder Mantz is in the front and this blob of 50 percent water 50 percent slush the size of a soft ball just drops off a tree branch and just nails him right on the top of his head. He turned around looking like he had jumped in a pool and he was sooooo mad!! He thought one of us had just nailed him from above. I died it was so funny... eventually he was laughing too!
Love each other for me!
Law Choro
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