ohaiyogozaimasu! (Goodmorning)
Elder Iida is a total beast! We are on top of the world and he says I got crappy at pingpong but that he can whip me back into shape.. it's so easy to be humbled when you are a missionary.. ;-)
Fun Food Fact:
Pumpkin! I might be making myself look like a fool and it's the exact same in the states but it wasn't in my home.. but we eat pumpkin a lot here! It's not like a big orange beach ball; it's normally like 2 liters total volume and it's green! The way I have eaten it the most is chopped up and boiled in nabe which is kind of like stew but less gravy like. Another way I eat it a lot is mashed up and fried as katsu which is really good. It looks like a McDonalds hash brown but thicker and full of pumpkin! oishii!
Culture Point:
My words will not do the difference justice but I wish I could show you how Japanese people deal with notes, letters, or paper communication of any kind. I don't know if it is influenced from origami or just because of their cleanliness or respect but it's sacred. For example if you make a mistake in a handwritten letter to a friend you will bust out the whiteout or get a new sheet of paper. If you glue on anything its done with sooo much care and precision. The way they move is like they are handling something sacred. I always watch my companions do it and I get super peaceful. I cant explain it but you do not give a wrinkled letter or a cards with a few letters scratched out! It's just like a higher level of care. It might sound like a pain and I am sure it is sometimes but the culture around it is more of we do it because we want to show others we care about them, so it doesn't feel like a pain at all.
Spiritual Thought:
I have seen the power of unity verses when we are not unified recently. First of all it brings less conflict, power in working together, and we can do more as everyone knows. Another thing that I felt recently is that there is a large influence on the individual. When I make goals in a group I feel a much higher drive to accomplish my goals because I am not the only one holding me accountable. I think that there is much more drive to overcome when we do things for others instead of for reward or fear of punishment. I think making goals together is ideal in the family, and not only to assume but to be vocal and truly sit down and decide what you want to do. ``Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace, and the God of love and peace shall be with you.`` 2Cor 13:11
Funny Story:
We do a lot of different service activities but mostly it's teaching English, talking to people at nursing homes, cleaning hospitals, or moving people around in wheelchairs. Rarely is it outside manual labor. So when we got a phone call to go help an elderly woman in her yard I was pretty pumped. We get out there and pretty much its gardening; we are moving around some landscaping stones, planting some cucumbers and some basic stuff. Then she asked me to start digging a big shallow hole to put some compost in. I am like sweet and start digging away as she goes in the house, she starts bringing out these big bags of leaves that Elder keshino starts dumping in an smashing them around. We are making trampoline jokes and laughing around just having a jolly old time and then....
It's actually a trait that is in my blood, similar to spider sense but when something is about to go wrong or is off, my eyebrows come down and together while my eyes squint a little and my forehead creases up. It's from my father.
This happens to me. Something is coming. I look at keshino choro who has ninja in his blood so he obviously felt the same thing (probably even before I did). Right as we make eye contact it hits.
I have experienced many a dark smells in my 19 years, from the rotting skunks at bus stop 43 when I was 10, to the dairies of my teens, all the way to the abomination of week 6... but the creature that fell upon us at that time overcame my ability to keep control and we both started this little cough every few seconds. She then comes around the corner with this plastic bag with yellow death splashing around on the inside. We are her valiant workers and are supposed to be strong so we are holding on but it was like soooo bad! Like worse than rotting meat, worse then chemicals, just like blindingly nasty! When she poured it out it was too much! We started gaging and coughing all over the place and she just like looks up and realizes for the first time how bad it is! She gives us permission to run away and hide tell the hard work is over.. and I just tucked my tail and ran like the coward I was.
Love each other for me!
Law Choro
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