LETTER FROM HAPPY ENGLISH SCHOOL Aug.21st, 2017

Hello. How is everything going? It is still sweltering hot and the street looks as if it were melting. What a relief it is to get into an air-conditioned room, which is a great shelter to escape from the heat almost as high as the body temperature.

We went to summer camp at Hagoromo International Youth Hostel on August 9th and 10th. The camp is getting more and more organized, and it went really well this year, too. Thanks to some college students and parents’ help, children enjoyed games and activities very much. I was happy to see how considerate and caring they were helping us and taking care of children at the camp. Especially children loved to play with the young staff.

The college students who helped us with the camp are those who study at Happy English School. One of the students, Jessy,　joined camp a few times when he was in elementary school, and this time he joined the camp as a staff member. He was like a father at the swimming pool, so carefully playing with little kids in the water. Kazuya is a Boy Scout leader who is an expert at campfires. He organized the programs at the fire and proceeded with it as an MC as well as a performer while taking care of the firewood and controlling the blaze. He led the campfire so energetically that he ended up having a hoarse voice, often shouting at the top of his lungs. Kana was the only college girl, and girls were really interested in her. She was so popular that they wanted to sit next to her.

The camp provides a good opportunity to have people from different generations interact with each other. These days, children don’t seem to have many chances to associate with kids younger than them, older than them, nor adults except their parents. The parents who joined the camp were also nice and they watched over children like their own kids.

Zak and Cindy always encourage students to speak English. Of course, they did so during the camp, too. I am sure children learned many things and had a great time at the camp.

I am planning to hold an adult camp next on October 8th and 9th at the same place. I hope many adults can join it and have a great time as the kids did.

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