Autumn Beauty

[visited the miso house...and the owner gave us a tour of his soy sauce/miso factory! Here is a barrel of miso...6 tonne? Some crazy amount like that]


[A Japanese sweet. Mmm..it is like those chinese new year "leen go". Very soft and not chewy/sticky. The brown part has the flavour of brown sugar while the white one tastes like sweet potatoe]

Would I end a post without some food pictures? You know the drill.

Hiroko has been bringing me food every week. Ha..she is a sweet lady indeed. I think she is afraid that I'm not cooking for myself. One of the churches threw me a welcome party on Sunday. So, I was at church from 9:30am-8pm. Ha..after service we helped clean the church. I really enjoyed that. It was nice to see everyone get together and have this goal--and in this case, clean the church. ha..it's beautiful to see people come together. I got to meet some really great people.

Lately, I've been really asking myself why I am given so much. Why I am so blessed with one thing after another. In Matthew 5:42, it says, Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you. How can I give back? All my blessings are from God. I am given so much so I can give back to Him...to His people. But I am definitely humbled each day by His love.

All online applications and paper applications (except for Brock) are sent in. News on admission comes out in April/May. So more updates on that laaaaater. In the mean time, I am enjoying being an unqualified and uncertified teacher! Mwhaaha...

On an absolutely random note....let me teach you a new word: SUGOI! Oh man...I hear this word at least 5x a day. It means amazing, wonderful. So, what's so sugoi about this week is that I got in touch with my childhood friend! (HI, Kevin). We have known each other since we were 2 feet tall..ha...err..4-5 years old. It's always pleasant to hear from an old friend. SUGOI!