Home-Stay Student

Two weekends ago we had a girl named Kana come stay with us for a few days. She is 13, from Japan, and she came with her class to be immersed in the English language. Several of our friends had students stay with them too, so we did things with them so the girls would have each other to talk to.

We were just supposed to carry on with our normal lives so they can see our culture. What better way to do this than to eat and spend money? We picked her up on Saturday and went to Ala Moana mall and Wal Mart. Then we ate at Kua Aina and stopped at turtle beach for pictures on our way home.
That night we went to the night show at the PCC and got ice cream at Angel's. Sunday we took her to church. We had some of our Japanese friends tell her a little about what was going on. She went to primary during sunday school which was probably more entertaining for her.

Kap-the Samoan fire dancer

After church we went to the temple visitor's center and a missionary was able to teach them in Japanese and translate our testimonies for them.
That night we had a bbq with several friends. Then we played games at our apt. Monday morning we dropped her off with her group.
Kana's English was limited so our apt was pretty quiet. It was a lot more difficult to communicate than we imagined but we kept trying. Kana showed us a photo album of her family and also brought us several nice gifts which were unexpected.
We enjoyed having her here and we hope that her few days with us helped her learn English.