Short and SWEET
June 20, 2016
I'm walking through the grocery store, and I see tomato sauce. They have three versions: original, sweet, and Pinoy (meaning Filipino) style.
I looked at the original. The first two ingredients were water and tomato sauce. It had 10 grams of sugar per serving.
Then I looked at sweet. The first two ingredients were again, water and tomato sauce. It had, however, 15 grams of sugar per serving. Thus, sweet.
Then I looked at Pinoy style.
It had 17 grams of sugar per serving. The first two ingredients were water and sugar...
I swear, they put maple syrup on their spaghetti here. I don't mind it too much, but I miss good Italian pasta. And pizza...
We are two Americans in an apartment, so we decided to try to make mac and cheese.
It was a disaster. Why? Cheese here, even though it's expensive, isn't even real. The cheese looked like cheddar, but was really cheddar STYLE. It didn't even taste like American cheese. It was terrible.
That, and the butter we used was margarine. We can get our hands on real butter, but that's expensive. Real cheese is nearly non-existent however.
So if I were to get a box of that cheap American mac and cheese that tastes so good, you know, like Kraft, the kind where you just get macaroni and a packet of powder in a box, if I get some of that, it will make me very happy. Just because you were telling me that I should tell you what I want. Other than that...
Tuna. All the canned tuna here is spiced weird. It doesn't make it taste bad, but it is different. And different doesn't get rid of homesickness.
I also found a good scripture chapter. You guys should read it. It's hilarious: Judges 3. I think Nikolai will have a good time with it.
And about pictures. I'm really sorry, but it's hard. I am taking pictures, but very few, and uploading them is a process which is somewhat strenuous. Especially because I lost my camera cord. DON'T WORRY, THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO UPLOAD THEM. But I'm just not finding time to take pictures. There's too much to do to just spend time taking pictures of food and such. We have to talk to at least 30 new people a day about the gospel, in addition to teaching 20 lessons if we can every week. I just can't sit around taking pictures of every funny thing I see, every food I chew on, every street I walk down. It's bawal anyway to look like a tourist. And think of what others will think: He's just here to have a vacation, not to actually sacrifice two years of his life to share the gospel. I am taking pictures, I promise. It's just not going to be fast.
And no, I don't care if other missionaries are taking more pictures than me. They can do whatever their conscience dictates. I am not condemning them in any way, but for them it's a way of life, whereas for me I have to actually actively think: I should take a picture. And I don't think about that because I'm more concerned with: Oh no, that person needs help, or, Look, there's someone who might be ready for this message.
With lots of love,
Elder Streeter
I looked at the original. The first two ingredients were water and tomato sauce. It had 10 grams of sugar per serving.
Then I looked at sweet. The first two ingredients were again, water and tomato sauce. It had, however, 15 grams of sugar per serving. Thus, sweet.
Then I looked at Pinoy style.
It had 17 grams of sugar per serving. The first two ingredients were water and sugar...
I swear, they put maple syrup on their spaghetti here. I don't mind it too much, but I miss good Italian pasta. And pizza...
We are two Americans in an apartment, so we decided to try to make mac and cheese.
It was a disaster. Why? Cheese here, even though it's expensive, isn't even real. The cheese looked like cheddar, but was really cheddar STYLE. It didn't even taste like American cheese. It was terrible.
That, and the butter we used was margarine. We can get our hands on real butter, but that's expensive. Real cheese is nearly non-existent however.
So if I were to get a box of that cheap American mac and cheese that tastes so good, you know, like Kraft, the kind where you just get macaroni and a packet of powder in a box, if I get some of that, it will make me very happy. Just because you were telling me that I should tell you what I want. Other than that...
Tuna. All the canned tuna here is spiced weird. It doesn't make it taste bad, but it is different. And different doesn't get rid of homesickness.
I also found a good scripture chapter. You guys should read it. It's hilarious: Judges 3. I think Nikolai will have a good time with it.
And about pictures. I'm really sorry, but it's hard. I am taking pictures, but very few, and uploading them is a process which is somewhat strenuous. Especially because I lost my camera cord. DON'T WORRY, THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO UPLOAD THEM. But I'm just not finding time to take pictures. There's too much to do to just spend time taking pictures of food and such. We have to talk to at least 30 new people a day about the gospel, in addition to teaching 20 lessons if we can every week. I just can't sit around taking pictures of every funny thing I see, every food I chew on, every street I walk down. It's bawal anyway to look like a tourist. And think of what others will think: He's just here to have a vacation, not to actually sacrifice two years of his life to share the gospel. I am taking pictures, I promise. It's just not going to be fast.
And no, I don't care if other missionaries are taking more pictures than me. They can do whatever their conscience dictates. I am not condemning them in any way, but for them it's a way of life, whereas for me I have to actually actively think: I should take a picture. And I don't think about that because I'm more concerned with: Oh no, that person needs help, or, Look, there's someone who might be ready for this message.
With lots of love,
Elder Streeter
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