Jumping bean necklace and old Oni Giri

Konbanwa,

This morning, Kristina taught two Korean ladies the beginning of the alphabet (A,B,C,D,&E). They do not speak any English which made the lesson very interesting. They are coming back tomorrow to learn five more. Teaching English from scratch is not part of the LST thing, but she is doing it in her "Extra" time.

We both met with many people today... Mr. Okabe had many more questions, and we talked through them all. He says that he is interested in attending the camp that we are providing near the end of our project.

Some readers came in early today and we offered them the Oni giri (Rice Balls) that someone made for us on Sunday. They ate some of it very slowly and most of them wrapped it back up to take with them. We found out later that Oni giri should never be served cold, and it tastes bad after a day. We got them straight out of the refrigerator and they are over two days old. We felt horrible after we found out and we are trying to think of something we can do to make it up to them...Maybe big bars of chocolate...

Our lunch was very good again today: salad, meatloaf, and corn. Judith was able to come and share lunch with us today.

Also today, Mike invited us to watch him teach an English class to 1st graders. We were both very impressed with the kids and the effectiveness of his teaching. I wish I spoke Japanese as well as they speak English. Mike has been wearing a box of jumping beans around his neck since sunday. The kids love to watch them, and he said the adults have been the most surprised and skeptical. It's pretty funny to see someone wear Mexican Jumping beans as a necklace. :)

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Thanks, and good night,

Tsuyoshi