TUZ

Q. Mizo tawngin Juice engnge?
A. Thei tui

Q. Hmm..serthlum tui sawina atan chuan a inhmeh viau va. Mahse carrot juice te hi?
A. Thlai tui.

Q. Hmm..carrot chu thlai chu a ni ngei mai a, mahse tuman thlai tui an sawi pawh ka hre ngai lo...hmm  eng pawh nise pawm phawt ang. Anih leh thei ni lo, thlai ni si lo, wheat grass juice te hi thei tui nge thlai tui nge ..engnge ni ta ang?
A. Ka hre tawh bik lo...juice tih chu 'thei tui' ti ngawta lehlin chu a dik thei chiah lo a nih chu a.

Ni reng e, 

juice tih ngawt hi chu 'thei tui' tia lehlin chi a ni thei lo. Chuvang chuan juice tih ngawt chu "tui" tiin let ila a dik bawk si lo. Tichuan, hming thar tui tih lam hnaih, juice tih lam hnaih deuh phuah ta ila...juice sawina atan chuan........."TUZ" kan ti mai em ni ang?

Entirnan, apple tuz, serthlum tuz, carrot tuz, wheat grass tuz... a rem nalh phian lawng maw!

SUNDAY MORNING

Sunday morning undoubtedly is the best time for me. There's nothing to hurry about, as our church service starts at 2 pm. Compared to other mornings, this is one you can sleep in the longest time. Therefore, it does not make any difference for children or adult, for we all look forward about this time in  a same degree. Life is rather slow, peaceful and reminiscing.

My wife would prepare breakfast for all of us. When it is finally a time to get up, coming down from second floor bedroom to the kitchen is always really inviting. The mixed aroma of  bacon, sausages, crepes and toasted bread from the kitchen heightened the appetite. And then followed by a prolonged ingestion, while discussing how our families back home in Mizoram are doing.

I am sure 20 years hence, when I look back,  this is going to be one of the time I would cherish the most.

We can watch TV  leisurely..as my son Zela does.

And I,  trying to get enough sleep to make up what I  lost  a week before.

Bible reading time..time changed, books gone;  reading Bible verses from iPhone and iPod.

Kids love reading more from 'i' stuff.

One read the verse while others follow from his/her own

Same apps and same version is downloaded for each one of us, then we can be in congruity.

HIGH HEEL LEH SUIT

Pu Malsawm Kima (Maskie),Mission Veng, Aizawl in Global Mizo Presbyterian Fellowship Facebook group ah, BIAK IN a inchei dan chung chang leh, incheina kan uluk a tul rual a, inchei dan kaihhruaina kan siam vanga inkhawm tur mang mang kan hnar theih dan te, chuvanga a ngaihtuahna kal zel te a ziak a. A tha khawp mai. Chu chuan min tiphur deuh nge ni, tichuan ka rilrua awm ve mai mai chu Thuziak hrulah tlem han ziak ve ka duh ta a ni.

Mizoram awm dan chu Presbyterian Kohhran hian kan influence thui khawp mai a. Chuvangin inthuamna lam hi chu sawi a hlawh a ngai reng a ni. Ka lo ngaihmawh ve mai mai thil pahnih te chu:

1. Hmeichhe hovin high heel, a bikin high em em heel an bun fo mai hi tih ziaawm dan a awm thei em? Thenkhat sawi dan chuan heng high heel thenkhat phei hi chu porn star ho chauh bun chi te ani a, kan hre hrang tawh mang si lo a nih hmel. Kan ram chhengchhia leh diakah hian bun hahdam lam uar hi a sual lem em ni aw ka ti..

2. Kohhran upa leh pastor te chu thu khat, KTP mipa member pangngai ve mai, kum lama pawh upa hrih lo, mahni kutkea la ding lo tak tak ten suit leh thawmhnaw tha ber ber neih kawnga rual kan han el tlat mai hi, veitu tan chuan thaw chu a ipik duh ngawt ang.

Kan awmna USA ah hi chuan incheina hi a thupui lo khawp mai a. Kum sawm dawn kan fate awm tawh hnu han an thawmhnaw manah tih tham kan la seng hauh lo. Kan faten rual an awt lutuk lo hi a lawmawm a, mahse tu fate mah hian chuti lutukin thawmhnawah rual an awt tlat lo. Thawmhnaw in mi an teh lo a ni ber mai.

Engtin nge kan sawi ang, sawitu nih pawh a zahthlak lek lek a. A veiawm ve si. KTP te hian," Kum thar atang chuan mahni hlawh chhuah chauh va thamhnaw lei," tih te hi kan inzirtir thei em. Chu chuan odd job neih ve ngaihtuahna min siam ang a, sum hlutna te, sum dik taka hman thatna te, thawhchhuah ngaihsanawmzia te, Inchei tuk mai tul lohzia te, thawmhnaw man to to neih a sawt loh zia te, a thawka phita suit leh high heel tih reng mai atthalakzia leh kan inmawi hran lohzia te min zirtir hlauh thei ang em????

MIZO KA NI EM?

Ka sawi tawh thin ka sawi leh ang, Mizo kan nih leh nih loh hriat fiah nan.

1. Mizo i nih avangin Indian i ni kher lo. Mizo ni chungin, Indian, British, Burmese, American, Iranian, Australian etc..a nih theih. Mizo ni reng chungin Mizorammi a nih loh theih tho bawk.


2. Mizorama awm leh awm lo te; India ram chhung leh pawna awm, foreign daiha awm te pawh huamin, Mizo tawng thiam em em leh thiam lutuk lo leh; thiam thak lo te pawh, Mizo ni lo, Zo hnahthlak a awm leh theih. 


3. Mizo ni lo, Vai /Sap/Khasi/Tuikuk/Chakma etc. ni chungin 'Mizorammi' a nih leh theih bawk. Mizorama piang leh sei lian te hi Mizo tawng leh culture engkimah an Mizo hle thei a, an Mizo lutuk kher lo a nih pawhin; Mizorama piang leh sei lian an nih vang ngawtin Mizo an ni thei lo.  Chung mi te leh Mizorama awm ho sawina atan Mizorammi tih hi kan phuah chhuah a ngai. Mizorammi chu automatic in Indian an ni nghal thung a ni.

4. Mizoram pawna piang leh sei lian, ram dang mi nihna nei Mizo fate chu engti kawng mahin Mizorammi an ni thei lo va, Mizo erawh an ni a, Zo pawh an ni thei bawk.

Tichuan,
Zo' hnahthlak a awm a; chu chuan Mizoram a awm zawng zawng leh, Khawvel hmun tina awm, Mizo tawng thiam em em leh thiam em em lo te, thiam miah lo te, thlahtu khat ho a huam a.

'Mizo' an awm leh a: Chu chuan Mizorama awm te, khawvel hmun tina awm te, Mizo culture vuan tlat tute, "Mizo ka ni" inti duh chin; Mizo mualpho a rilru na, Mizo hming thata lawm thin te a huam a.

'Mizorammi' an awm leh a: Chu chuan Hnam zawng zawng Mizoram mi nihna (citizenship) nei zawng zawng, Mizorama piang a sei lian, ram dang mi nihna nei chuang lo te, vai e, sap e, khasi e, tuikuk e, chakma e a huam vek a ni. A then chuan Mizo tawng an thiam em em ang a, a then chuan an pai ang; thenkhat phei chuan an hre tlem viau mai thei. 

Mizo ngei ngei pawh Mizorammi a nih loh chuan Mizorammi te hamthatna a dawng ngawt thiang lo. "Mizo dik tak alawm," kan ti a ni thei, a dik, mahse Mizorammi a nih miau loh chuan eng ang pawhin Mizo se, eng ang pawhin tawng thiam nal mahse, vote neihtir ngawt chi a ni lo. British ho khuan vun ngo zawng zawng an welcome chuang lo va, vote neihtir chu sawi loh, English an thiam em avangin tuman British nihna an chang ngawt thei lo, politic thil a ni tlat. Kan unau te chu an ni ngei ang mahse ram dang mi an ni tlat thei a ni. 

Khawvel ram thang zelah Mizorammi zawng zawng hi Mizo an ni kher lo fo tawh dawn bawk. Kan intlawh pawh tawlh tawlh ang a, kan inchim nasa tawlh tawlh ang. Mihring kan pung zel ang a, khawi lai kil kilah emaw chuan Mizo tawng thiam miah lo pawhin an lo seilian ve em em thei dawn a ni. Chu chu thikthu tih chhiat tur a ni lo va, kan len ve tawh zia hriltu a nih avangin pawm thiam a ngai a, lawm zawk hleuh theih a tha hle.


Mizo tawng pawh hi Mizo te tawng a ni ngei a, thik tur pawh a ni lo va, thik theih pawh a ni lo. Mizo tawng hman hi tlawma lak tur pawh a ni lo. He Mizo tawng hi Zo hnahthlak te zingah tawng lian ber leh hman tlanglawn ber a nih chuan a lawmawm a. Mizorammi te tawng pui ber pawh a ni reng ang, sawi thu a cheng lo. Zo hnathlak insuihkhawm kan duh luatah Mizo tawng kan neisa hi Lusei tawng bik anga chhuah thar leh a, Zohnahthlak dangte huam tel hram hram tum zawng a tawng hming neih tum hi chu hnung lam hawi chunga hmasawn tum ang deuh niin ka hria.


British an awm a, English an awm leh ang hi a ni a. English mi ni lo British dangte hian tawng dang an nei ve tho va, English hnawk tiin a hming thlak an tum sek lo. British tawng tlang lawn ber chu English a nihna an hai lo va, hman ve kha tlawmah an la ngai chuang lo. Chu English tawng chu British chauh pawhin tawng puiah an hmang lo va, American te, Canadian te, Australian te leh ram dang tam tak pawhin  an ram tawng pui berah an hmang mai. A hmangtu an tam vangin a hmangtute zawng zawng huap kim zawngin hming thlak erawh an tum kher kher lo chu a nih hi!


Tichuan han ti leh ila;

He term MIZORAMMI tih hi, American, Canadian, Australian, British, Indian etc..an tih ang deuh a ni a. Hei hi kan neih ve loh chuan tun lai hunah hian hnam inpumkhat chung changah kan inhrilhfiah thiam mawh hle ang. "Mizo a ni,  a ni lo" tih thu hlaah kan buai kan buai a, tul lovah kan inhnial vak vak ringawt thin; loh theih lohvin duh bak bakin kan inhnial hnawk fo thin niin a hriat. 

Entirnan: Tun hnaiah Mary Kom "Mizo a ni, a ni lo" tih chung changah inhnialna a tam hle. Ka ngaihdan chuan, "Mizo te chu khawiah pawh awm se chhiat ber lai leh that ber lai pawha Mizo ka ni ti ngam ngat te hi Mizo an ni," tih hi a ni. Chung mite chuan Mizo an nihna an phat lo va, sawibuai theih a ni lo. Khawiah pawh awm se Mizo community ah an tel thin a, tel lem lo an nih pawhin Mizo an nihna an phat chuang lo. Chutiang mi chu Mizoram pawn Burma ah te, Manipur ah te, Tripura,Bangladesh etc..ah te an tam mai. Mahse, mi then khat chu Mizo ni lovin ZO hnahthlak an ni thung. Heng mite chuan Mizo tawng aiin an mahni tawng an tuipui zawk a, Mizo community ni lovin an mahni community an tuipui zawk. Chungte chu ZO tih mai chi an ni. Unau vek tho kan ni. Heng kan unau ram dang mite hi Mizo an ni emaw Zo an ni emaw unau vek kan ni a, kan in pui pawh Mizoram tho a ni. Mahse.... heng Zo te Mizo te Mizoram pawna awm te hi kan unau te pawh ni raw sek sek, sorkar dan kal phung fel tak hmanga, Mizorammi nihna pek an nih hma chuan Mizorammi an ni lo va, Mizorammi te hamthatna, Mizorammi te chanvo bik hi an tan phalrai chiah ka ngai lo. Vai pawh, sap pawh, Mizo pawh, Zo pawh, Khasi pawh, ram danga awm, sorkar dan kal phung fel tak hmanga Mizorammi nihna chang tawh leh chang mek te erawh chu Mizo an ni emaw ni lo emaw Mizorammi an nih tawh chuan thliar hranna awm hauh lohva Mizoram mipui ten kan en thiam a pawimawh em em a ni. "Mizoram hi Mizo te ta chauh a ni bik tawh dawn lo va, 'Mizorammi' te ta a ni" tih hi kan pawm a hun tan  ta a ni.


Chuvangin hnam inpumkhat nan leh inunau kan thiam nan, Zo, Mizo leh Mizorammi tih te hi an nihna leh danglamna te  thliar hrang thiam ila ka duh em em a ni.


 Khai le.. MIzorammi tia kan sawi chhen chu Sap tawnga kan sawi duh chang leh kan ziah duh chang chuan "a leh n" kan belh zeuh ang a, " He/She is  Mizorammian" kan ti mai dawn zu nia!

RETREAT 2012

It's been awhile since I had participated in some sort of camping for fun or for gospel.  Back then when Mizo population was less in numbers, Mizo Society of America used  to organized camping for fun once  year. An isolated camping site where we would never be bothered nor would we intrude anybody else was selected. Usually the camping went on starting from friday evening till sunday noon. We used to have social gathering, singing Mizo songs, games and sports were indispensable; of course Mizo good food was always the main attraction!

But thing have changed. More and more Mizo came from Burma and Mizoram and while I thought the more would be merrier, our MSA leaders did not share my thought anymore. They fear that we would not be able to control our youth, and we would lead them to uncontrollable temptations. With those skeptic thought  in mind, camping is never organized anymore by the MSA.

My church, Presbyterian Mizo Church of USA and the original Mizo Presbyterian Church USA merged as one Mizo Presbyterian Church on July 22 2012. The celebration of unification took place in our church, Greenridge Baptist Church in Clarksburg, Md on the same day with the presence of Rev.Vanlal Bela and a host of well wishers. It was a memorable day indeed!

And here we are after two weeks of the unification, our church leaders sorted out a retreat program in the woods. This was something I have not done in a long time, a time regroup myself, a time relax, a time to study the Bible, a time to pray more, a time away from phone calls, a time without GPS, a time free from alarm clock, a time to take a break from meat, hmarcha and fat restriction, a time to chit chat with friend without  keep looking at the watch, and most of all, a time to melt down for all of us as one Presbyterian Church.

Let me share with you some of the RETREAT photos, hoping it might be  a TREAT for you too.

The banner simple and sweet..

I led one of the services, while our speaker Rev. Dr. Lalsangkima of KY. pondering what he was going to say.

Rev. Dr. Sangkima and his wife Kimi  Pachuau( extreme left at the last row) with Nuho at their  cottage's porch.

All of us ..smiling.

Singing Mizo songs...some were learning.

Singing goes on..

Volleyball for young men in the evening while girls were cheering on..

We went hiking in the woods without a map, yea.. we got lost..

Time for food..yay..

One of the best part of the retreat..vawksa rep chhum on sunday lunch.. what a treat!

MIKHUAL KAN NGAH BER TUM.

Mizorama KTP leh YMA te kan han khawmpui tak tak thin mai kha chu, mikhual kan tam thei bawk a, thlen in te pawhin riahna an chang mang lo va, an riak chhuak lek lek thin chu a ni e. Khawmpui lianah hian, Thenzawl, Champhai, Kolasib, Kawnpui, Kawrthah,Saitual,Khawzawl leh Ratu ah te ka kal ve tawh a. Anuam ber chu a hrehawm ber tum kha a ni lawi a, chu chu Ratu kha a ni mai thei. Ratu KTP khawmpui khan sawi a hlawh a, hriat reng a hlawh a, a hlimawm ber mai! Ratu KTP khawmpui hma khan tui van turzia kha an sawi lawk nasa khawp a, kan han thleng ta a, a lo vang ngiang reng a. Chaw kan han ei a, dal kan hmeh a, a hlimawm khawp. Chaw ei kham chuan kan thian Pu Zomawia ta pek chuan,"Tui a vang a vang an ti a, a lo vang lo khawp mai, an dal reng a dal mai," a ti ta leng leng mai a. Kan ip chawih chawih mai!

"Khaih khaih insum hram hram rawh," kan ti a. "Mai mai a, an bang te hi rawng ka hnawih thar e te an ti a, chawhmeh lei nan hmang zawk se a tha ang chu," te a la ti ta deuh deuh. Kan pui thei a nia!

Ni e, mikhual hi kan that hnem chuan ei tur te, in tur te hian a daih mawh thin. Mahse hlim tak leh inphal taka min lo thleng thin tute hi an va hluin an inpekna a va sang thin tak em. Tluk loh rim an nam, kan lawmthu sawina te hre pha dawn hauh tawh lo mahse, kan thlen in te chungah khan lawmthu kan sawi tha leh duh a ni.

Khawpui zawkah leh in nei tha zawk te hian mikhual thlen kan tim a. "Khum kan nei lo, pindan kan nei lo, mikhual kan thleng thei lo ang," kan ti mai thin a. Mikhual te hrehawm kan hlauhna avang chu a ni ngei a, mahse mikhual thlen kan tim hrim hrim vang a ni mai thei.

USA Mizo te zingah chuan khawmpui te awm ve vak hek lo, mi khual thlen dur dur hi har deuh mai a ni. Mahse July 19 21012 ni zet kha chuan mikhual in riak kan ngah ve khawp mai. Mak tak a ni. Kan mikhual ngah record a ni a, chumi chanchin chu tlem han sawi ila. A hlimawm em a!

1. Rev. Vanlalbela chuan USA ah rawngbawlna nei turin min rawn thlen chilh a. Kan lawm hle mai a. Kan fanu te zawk pindan chu kan luahtir a, kan fanu chuan chuan a u pindan a fin a. Kan awm ve nawk nawk a.

2. Rev. Vanlalbela rawngbawlna Pathianin mal  a sawm a, mi rilru a hawng a, kum thum chuang lai inthen tawh Presbyterian Kohhran pahnih pawhin infinkhawm leh kan duh ta hial a. Chu infinkhawm lawmna chu July 19 2012 Pathianni-ah ruat a ni a. Hemi a thu sawi tur hian Rev. H.Vanlalruata te nupa Atlanta atangin an lo kal vang vang a, kan lawm em em a; kan inah an thleng a. Kan fanu upa zawk pindan chu kan luahtir ve leh a. Kan fanu pahnih te chu kan pindan lama rawn inpu lut mai turin kan ti a.

3. Ni ropui tak hmang tur kan nih miau avangin Rev. J.H. Vanlalhruaia (kan pastor), Tyron Pennsylvania a awmte an lo kal ngei ngei a ngai a. Vanneihthlak takin an chhungin mi panga an lo kal thei a, kan inah an rawn inpu lut ve leh thei ta bawk a. Kan fapa te mutna kan basement chu anni pual hian kan han ri ruat ve leh ngawt a. 'Tlangval ho chu living room ah te an mu thlep ve mai mai tawh ang chu' kan ti mai a.

4. Rev.H.Vanlalruata fanu Puipuii thiannu Ethiopia nula Miss Titi, Atlanta atanga an rama haw tur chuan a flight a miss hlauh mai a. Chuvang chuan Washington Dulles Airport a nileng zankhua awm mai mai ai  chuan tiin kan naute kan zuk lamtir vang vang a. A ni pawh chu a rawn inkhai lut ve leh ta hlawl bawk a.

Kan fate an tet lai kha chuan kan in hi kan tawk ve tiu teu viau tho va. Mahse an lo nulat tlangval takah chuan kan tawt a ni ber mai. "He lai hi tlem i zauh ang, i nawr pawng ang," kan tih mai mai ang kha a theih ve der si loh. Chuvang chuan bungrua pawh hi kan nei tha thum ngam lo va, a lova awm theih loh chin chauh bak hi chu engmah kan nei lo reng a ni. Heti khawpa tawt sa nih nak alaiin malsawmna hetianga mikhual lama kan han dawng leh hi a ropuiin a lawmawm em em a, ngawih bopui phal chi niin ka hre lo. 'Mikhual neih theih lai chu vanglai a ni e' an ti thin a, a dik tak tak a nih ngai chuan tun hi kan vanglai a ni ve ta reng mai!

REV. BELA IN NEW YORK

New York, 'A city that never sleep' is truly a very vibrant city, day and night. You won't understand until you were practically inside. To describe New York one may  use any word like, huge, tall, congested, fast, fun, fair, free, crowded and it will fits it all. Washington DC is always called 'Most powerful city in the World' while New York is called 'Greatest city in the World'. It is probably true on both.

That day, July 10 2012 (Tuesday) was a special day for us, especially for Pu Bela, as he travelled from the World's Most Powerful City to the World's Greatest City in the World and back.

My wife and I wanted to take Rev.Vanlal Bela to New York City to show him what its really look like. I had asked  my kids if they would like to come along, but nobody wished to. To visit US without seeing New York is rather incomplete, thats why we would like to take Pu Bela before he went back to India. Even though Rev. Bela kept on saying he had seen New Delhi and never believed there could be any better. However, once we got there and be there, we didn't have to say anything; he was automatically convinced that there could be a better and greater city than New Delhi!

We went there just for a day. But it was long enough for him to have some idea about the city, especially Manhattan, I guess.

Rev. Bela adjusted well in the Street of New York .

New York Subway, on the way to Battery Park where we would ride a ferry from, to go to Statue of Liberty

Statue of Liberty one reason to go to New York

Walking in the walkway around the island, by the statue.

Twin Tower; remake under construction. So so tall.

Mahanttan in the background--Freedom Tower the tallest of them all.

Taking a break while viewing New York skyline.

On top of Empire State Building..viewing the greatness of the city.

Looking down from the viewing gallery- Empire State Building.

Times square is where young people like us flock together.

A young girl  had her naked body painted over..people love to see her.

Times Sq. contemplating where to go next?

Madame tussauds  of course, Morgan Freeman standing outside, free for everyone to take a picture with.

Long but peaceful Tunnel under the water on the way home..in Baltimore.