Talents

     The mission field, at times can be a little bit ennuyant, especially during the mealtimes.  There, in the comfort of the apartment, I was able to experiment with a few (scarce) food items to cook up and make things that would get my spirit (and fullness) up.

This is a little thingy made with some ground chicken, pepperjack cheese, seasoned rice, and some sauteed veggies.  The blackberry gave it a nice little touch-- and a sweetness mixed into the spice.

Ending the day, a few chocolates with a gingerbread cookie and some nice tea soothed away worries about the mission.  Definitely a great way to wind down for the night.

This was a fun little experiment that I thought was suitable for the Halloween season of 2013.  As immature and humorous as it looks, it has a rather deeper meaning.

• Pumpkin = The Kingdom of God
• Magazine = The materialistic world
• Magazine contents = Materialistic wealth (those houses were REALLY expensive..)
• Contents spewing from the pumpkin = Displeasure and un-acceptance

I think this is the very first home-cooked meal I made when I first got to the mission field.  A simple spaghetti and marinara sauce garnished with some fresh basil leaves and Parmesan cheese.  It's a fun thing to make and VERY convenient, seeing that you don't have much time to eat and clean up.










     We all have talents, every one of us.  It may not come to us as blatantly as to some, but still, we have to accept the fact that we do.  Being nice to people to being super good at sports, there's at least one that we probably do well-- better than others.  Mr. Rogers summed it up really well, I think, and how he phrased the human talent:

"As human beings, our job in life is to help people realize how rare and valuable each one of us really is, that each of us has something inside that is unique to all time.  It's our job to discover that uniqueness and to provide ways of developing its expression" (Rogers 73).

     It's a special thing to have and God has given us a world that we live in to use it-- so that we can get the most out of it.  Heck, we could get a few more out of using the one that we do use!  Jesus said so.