0729 hours Miyagiken
ohayogozaimasu! (good morning) summer is coming here and I am
stoked!
Culture Point:
Mother’s day! Everyone pretty knows about Mother’s Day here. It is
not as big of a deal, I think, as it is in the States, but on that day the
prices of all carnations triple and the flowers still sell out. So, I think it
is safe to say that it is celebrated. Also,
they are a big fan of the ``all the kids get together with dad and do a service
project thing.``
Mugi. so I have talked
about mugicha before (cha means tea) but I have never really told you about
mugi yet. It’s pretty much oats. Food is
kind of funny because sometimes things that we have 6 different types of they
call all the same thing - like melon. They call it melon and we call it
cantaloupe, honeydew, and watermelon. We call it ramen, they call it miso,
shiyo, tsuke,... that kind of thing. So
I think mugi actually covers wheat, rye, barley, oats ect. But the stuff I am
referring to here is the oats. back in the days of the dinosaurs ;-) they used
to make the missionaries eat one cup of it every day so that everyone kept the
meat on their bones but now we just eat it if we like it or are low on
money (Normally both). I eat it in the morning with milk as kind of
like a cereal. The Japanese do not eat it like that. Elder Keshino says that
pretty much the only way people use it is to mix it in with rice to make for
cheaper bigger meals.
Someone once told me that you are never standing still. It is
impossible to wake up, go through your day and never move closer or farther away
from God and his influence. I can’t find a scripture that quotes that word for
word but I think it is a pretty reliable principle. Every day if you do a
little inventory and think, you can see the little changes. No matter how good you are or how lost you
are, everyday you will either take a step forward or backward. It kind of simplifies
things down for me when I get confused. I think one of the best ways to make sure
we get that positive step is a sincere personal prayer with Him.
Funny Story:
So this story actually comes to us from a mission in the south
through my companion. (it brought back to memory a story I heard growing up a
lot) there was a sister missionary (American) that fell in love with mugi. she
loved the stuff! It was light on the stomach, healthy, fast to make into
whatever she wanted. So she would eat mugi every single day. The problem was
that eating so much was getting a little expensive.. not horrible but she
figured if she was for sure going to eat it she might as well buy it in bulk to
save some money. The next time she bought some she bought this giant bag that was
way cheaper per the gram than normal because it was so big. Because she had so
much, she freely partook of it every day.
As missionaries we are always with another missionary everyday (we
call them doryo) so her Japanese doryo noticed some odd changes in the
American. She started to put on a little weight. (not so odd in missionaries
but kind of different for her.) then the
poor girl started to grow facial hair! that was not as normal. So the doryo
checked on the food that the American was eating and found this mugi. When she
read the label she found out that it was cattle feed. This feed was packed full
of vitamins and minerals and all things fit for strong healthy cows including
maybe some growth hormones and steroids... hahahah so she stopped eating it and
I guess all is well now!
Love each other for me!
Law Choro
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