Lots going on at home too!

Also through October and November, we've been busy at home.

My daughter competed in two English speech contests to tell about her experience working with the homeless in Kitakyushu City two summers ago. She did very well!!


We had a guest from the USA for 5 days followed by a guest from England for 2 weeks (green shirt--he became the middle child in our family;).

My lovely Mother-in-law has been living with us and has really been helpful as she enjoys life with us in this busy season. She has given our guests a chance to try communicating in Japanese and they've done a great job!


And on Nov. 23rd, we ate Thanksgiving dinner with family and friends.

I love this season--it's busy, but filled with good food and family gatherings.

FT

A very busy October and November! Global Medicine

So many things have happened in the last 2 months that I didn't have time to blog. The best thing is that I met my new 2nd year students and they are GREAT!

In our Global Medicine/Scientific English I class, we've had so many excellent guest lecturers. These photos show one of our classes with a special guest. They hail from Germany, the USA, Nicaragua, and Japan.

The cute photos of students shows them looking through telescopes made of paper. The size of the telescope depends on how many experiences they have had to see poverty. If they have seen poverty only on TV, they have a small scope. If they've seen it in person, they get a bit bigger scope. And if they have worked with people living in poverty or experienced poverty themselves, they have an even larger scope. This is how our guest speaker, Tanya Amador Executive Director of NPO Corner of Love, explained to them about our different perceptions of poverty.