December 12, 2011

silly scripture of the week is Leviticus 12:20

well last week i wrote that 85% of members are inactive in the Philippines. and that in NO WAY is an exaggeration. for the past few months our mission president has commissioned us to use the CMIS and to reactivate inactive families in order to find new investigators. this is because out of 645,000 members in the Philippines only 115,000 are active (only 15% active members). this was months ago and now the area presidency has announced a new plan to reactivate members which is basically what we've been doing already because our president is on the ball. he's a revelatory man.

cool snacks to cook when i get home:

tempura- some sort of crab/shrimp/fish thing that is deep fried

buko salad- coconut and fruits mixed with condensed milk

taho- kinda like tofu mixed with syrup and "frog eggs" noodles

yema-caramel and condensed milk mixed with powdered milk

shoi pao- Chinese meat pie/sandwich

shoi mai- Chinese shrimp covered in lumpia wrappers

saging que- bananas deep fried in sugar

puto- rice ground up and used as flour in a little cake

lumpia- egg rolls that have either banana or rice in the and then deep fried

well that's all the snacks for right now. i will need to cook them when i get home. they are yum yums.

also, i've come to understand the culture a lot better. when they say that i have a big nose, it is a nice compliment (even though it's rude in america). calling someone fat doesn't hurt their feelings. gambling after a death is like casting lots and letting fate decide the inheritance.

when i get home, i'm gonna seem weird because i've started to like a few mormon songs (not hymns) which are more like those evangelist songs. kinda like FYE songs. don't worry i still love my old favorite but i'll be listening to a few weird songs. i'll also probably have an obsession with bamboo things.