IrishOboe

It’s only been a week since I last wrote and I can’t remember what I did! Class were a bit less than fun when I had 40 kids, once again I got left alone for a day (though thankfully not with 40 kids). It wasn’t too bad, and some classes did good work anyway.

I think I can’t remember much because I blocked it out of my mind. I spent a lot of time trying to deal with emails and planning my trip home, which proved to be complicated even when I made my decision about where and went to go.

Alex (student from Korea who I met at church) came to Hippo club again on Saturday, and we had lots of fun as usual. She listened hard to the sample CD and was able to do Sonoco’s letter in French with some help! We then biked to Sakaori and met Leslie but nobody came to pick us up for Bible study, so Leslie, Alex and I walked to church from the station and played Frisbee until church started. We were joined by Mikie and Kengo (children at church) and alternated between soccer and Frisbee. It was fun to just hang out and play! I never played a pick-up game of Frisbee in college, so this fulfilled one small part of my life. On Sunday I went to Megan’s barbeque, which was a lot of fun and good food. Megan’s Mom was visiting and she brought ‘smores fixings! Boy, that was possibly the best tasting ‘smore I’ve had! I couldn’t stay too long since I had to get back for a Japanese lesson with Miwako, which was also fun. On Monday the regular English Bible study started up again and Adden was back from China. It appears he past his test (something for university) and we’re glad to have him back again. Of course I’ve been biking to church and Bible study, and it’s really quite nice. I hadn’t been running because of my knee, but that all changed on Thursday at the school festival, but you’ll hear all about the school festival in another update. I went with Yayoi (wife of German man with daughter Harumi and they come to church sometimes) to her friend’s house for dinner so her daughter could ask me about American Sign Language. She’s doing a report for her middle school and chose shuwa (hand language) as her topic. Her mother (Ayumi) made an amazing meal with sushi and other little sides that I often see at fancy restaurants but never know what I’m eating. It was delicious! Now I’m caught up until the school festival, but I have to go to work (actually the last day of the festival). I’m taking lots of pictures, but mostly video since it seems more interesting. You’ll have to wait until the Maggie P. to see those unless I figure out a way to post them before then, which I doubt. I can’t wait to tell you about all the craziness that happens at school festivals!