Hello Everyone,

I hope you are surviving this sweltering hot summer. There is a typhoon on the way, but it will not bring any rain to Kansai with it. Hopefully the weather will break a little bit and my vegetable garden can get some much needed rain.

Today a group of our students are off to enjoy winter in August. Yes, they are off to New Zealand! For two weeks our girls will experience a new home and a new school while they study language and culture. Everything will be different for them, but if they go in w ith a good attitude they will have a very important and motivating time.

A few teachers and the vice-principal of the school saw them off at the airport today. Goodbye, and good luck!