We've had a conference this past week to learn more about the Buryat culture and specifically about Buddhism and Shamanism. It's been very helpful, with good discussions in groups about what this means and how our western worldview is very different from many peoples' worldviews here. Most of the group went to a Buddhist temple on Saturday to interview a monk and to learn. One Buryat lady that has been attending our seminar is a Christian and wants to know how to share Jesus with her mother, who is a Shaman. We all want to learn how to share Christ in ways that are understandable.
While most of the group was at the temple, three of us stayed and helped make a traditional Buryat meal with a Buryat family (and several of their friends) for everyone. It was so fun to talk with these ladies and to hear their stories... and specifically to hear how God has brought them into a relationship with Himself. It was also very fun to learn how to make the food! In the picture above, the ladies are cutting up noodles to go into a soup of just meat and noodles (and salt). They added potatoes to ours, but traditionally there are no potatoes.
I've had posie (meat dumplings) many times, but I've never made them before. I was so proud to make my first posie! Everyone was so helpful and encouraging in teaching me and the others how to make them.
In this picture, I'm holding a posie and she is holding a vareniki- both noodles with meat inside, but different shapes and ways of eating them.
Posie is steamed in a big pot. When you eat it you take a bite out of the noodle and then slurp the meat juices out of the hole. Yum, yum!
We enjoyed eating together and hearing one lady's story of how God has drastically changed her life. She was filled with joy and peace and it was such a gift to hear from her. We're so thankful for these opportunities to learn and reminders of how God is at work, drawing people from all over to Himself.
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