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Valerie's Attempt at Pondering: April 2015
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Monday, April 27, 2015. Alex got word that he will be transferring to a new area and leaving behind his companion, Elder F. He doesn't say much about his emotions ever, but I am a bit sad for the people he will be leaving behind. But I'm sure it will be fun to get to know another area of Japan and to meet new people. The Book of Mormon in Japanese. Notice how their books are read the opposite of ours. Elder F., Alex's companion that he's leaving in Yonezawa. This is Alex's letter- -. And now for the week...
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Valerie's Attempt at Pondering: July 2015
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Wednesday, July 29, 2015. Loaded Chicken Taco Salad with Creamy Lime-Cilantro Dressing. This is a super combination of ingredients and the dressing takes it over the top. I love the crunch from the tortilla chips too. Averie at. Used Doritos so you can choose which you like better- tortilla chips or Doritos. And we don't like our chips to get soggy so I served them on the side so we could put them on our plates individually. Loaded Chicken Taco Salad with Creamy Lime-Cilantro Dressing. 2 T olive oil.
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Valerie's Attempt at Pondering: Calls
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Tuesday, May 12, 2015. We got to Skype with Alex on Mother's Day for about an hour. It was fun to see him and he's looking good. He still doesn't like to converse much so we had to try to pull stories out of him. He did tell us that one thing that happened recently is that he was riding his bike down the road when a small bird flew right into his face. SMACK! That was quite a surprise for him. I grabbed this photo from online. His letter this week:. Fun using my iPad to skype them. Extra tire got stuck i...
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The Perkins Place: November 2008
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Friday, November 21, 2008. What do you think? Today I went to see Twilight with around 15 people from work! All of us Love the book and some of us even Dream about Edward! You know who you are! Our amazing office manager Joanna. Bought us all tickets to the 10:00am showing at Provo Towne Mall. Thanks Jo, you are the best! We all totally ditched work for the movie. but there were no providers in with patients anyway! Were at the Movie with us! The line got pretty crazy! Half of us posing with our tickets!
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Valerie's Attempt at Pondering: Beginning at the End
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Tuesday, August 11, 2015. Beginning at the End. Part of Alex's letter to me:. A float in the parade. His Letter to Everyone:. Recently, our mission president has asked us to memorize the 42. Principles found in Preach My Gospel word for word. He also gave us a. Tip on how to more effectively memorize them. One of the points he. Said was begin at the end. Although he meant this for memorizing. Purposes, I think it applies to life too; if we begin with the end in. The kanji of the week is: 贖い. Different po...
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Valerie's Attempt at Pondering: God is Unchanging
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Tuesday, August 4, 2015. Just a little about Alex's new companion: Elder T. loves to cook, and play basketball. He likes eating. In fact, one of his dream vacations is to go to Italy so he can eat the spaghetti there. He is from a place called Kyoto City. It's in Kyoto. Alex and his companion Elder T. These last couple of weeks, I have come upon the theme that God does. Not change. He is the same today, yesterday, and tomorrow. He exists. Forgive us of all we have done wrong, all we wish we never did, and.
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Valerie's Attempt at Pondering: Yakisoba
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Thursday, August 13, 2015. Since my son Alex is on a mission in Japan, I have been looking at Japanese recipes and saving some to make. None of them have ingredients like pig uterus or octopus like he has sent photos of. This one at Just One Cookbook. Didn't look very different than a stir-fry with noodles like we're used to, so I added this one to my menu. Then Alex actually mentioned that if we want to eat what he eats, we could try yakisoba, so I knew we had to try it. 3 shiitake mushrooms, sliced.
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Valerie's Attempt at Pondering: Caprese Tarts
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Wednesday, August 5, 2015. I chopped the tomatoes in half and didn't use 20, but I found myself wanting more tomatoes, so next time I'll add more. I loved these as a side dish with a dinner one night and then leftovers as a lunch alone the next day. 1 large sheet puff pastry. 1 fresh mozzarella, sliced. 2 T olive oil. Preheat oven to 375°. Dust flour onto a countertop. Place puff pastry on flour and cut the pastry into 4 squares and roll it out to almost double size. Bake until golden, about 12-15 minutes.
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Valerie's Attempt at Pondering: December 2014
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Tuesday, December 30, 2014. First Photos of Japan. Random pic he sent. It apparently says "I love Australia" so it is probably one of his roommate's who is from Australia. Food from a market in Japan. Here's his latest letter to everyone:. Well, I can't say that I have anything specific that I want to say in this, besides that I've been having a fun time here. Japan is awesome, and fun, and wonderfully cold. I love the snow and the people (not necessarily in that order). D Shouldn't be too hard. :).
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Valerie's Attempt at Pondering: October 2014
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Thursday, October 30, 2014. Update from my son Alexander in the MTC. He said he hasn't taken a single photo since being there, but said he is finally charging his camera and will send me some next week. He sure better! Alexander and our bishop on the day he was set apart. I found out that there are some missions that are encouraged to learn JSL (Japanese Sign Language), so I'm going to commit myself to that as soon as I can! Love you all with all my heart! Disclaimer: This passage of scripture was cited...
