1400 Hours North Shore
So we got up and headed out really early with a bunch of Japanese friends and went to an aquarium that was sooo fun! After that, because they were all Japanese, we went to a fish market and I ate more fish, octopus, squid, shrimp, and clams (all raw) than I have in a long time!
Fun food fact:
It's a special thing that might only be found here in Aomori - you go pay money and they give you tickets. Then you enter this giant fish market and they give you a bowl of rice. You then go around with your tickets and go up to the different vendors and point at the thing you want that they have chopped up and they give you it on your bowl and you give them a ticket. Everything is raw and fresh that day and I got soo much! Macnab choro hasn't eaten much raw fish yet so he gave me half his tickets and I just got a mountain of food! It was super fun and so yummy! I took a picture to show you!
Culture point:
I had a Japanese man explain to me why Japanese was so hard a few days ago. This isn't necessarily doctrine but I liked it and get where he is coming from: English is the international language. It has people from all parts of the world talking in it to communicate; So that is just what the language has become (according to him) a language with the purpose of explaining meaning clearly and quickly. He then said Japanese people have been trapped with just Japanese people on an island for thousands of years and they all already know what each other mean; so Japanese has become a language of expressing feelings subtley. and when you look at all the ways you can make a verb polite, honorific, passive, assertive... ect. I kinda see it. haha
Spiritual thought:
One thing I read from Preach my Gospel (a missionary guide book that I recommend to anyone after they have read the Book of Mormon and Bible) is a bit in chapter 4 about how to improve your prayers that I have really found helpful. It said to report your day to the Lord in the evening and to talk about your plans with the Lord for the next day. I have personally found this to be the easiest way to get clear, easy to understand, and feel revelation from God about what I need to be doing. I recommend it to anyone that is trying to build a closer relationship with God. And when you do it have a pen and paper or phone or something to record what you feel. I know God loves his Children and He wants to help them through you!
Funny story:
I am less funny then I used to be.. haha hmm..
Did I already tell you what they call a weed eater in Australia? A whipper snipper. I love that.
It's really not that funny but one thing that has been cracking me up lately is being with Macnab Choro. Because we are in a foreign country where there aren't very many white people around (Japanese people are super nice to foreigners anyway) a lot of young people will think a foreigner is kinda "cute" or "cool" because they have seen a bunch of Americans on t.v. and its something different. But they don't normally think we speak Japanese and why would we. So a lot of the time people will talk about how cute Macnab is and I just get the giggles. Remember we are like male nuns so we completely avoid anything like flirting or dating or trying to get the ladies; but because he is a way nice guy and has no idea what's going on as far as them thinking he's a total stud he just keeps on going with his smile. It's just fun to be around! I love this guy!
Love each other for me!
Law Choro
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