Nihongo Challenging Home Stay Experience

We participated as host family in this year's home stay program for kids of Kagoshima International Association (KIA). Our adopted child for a day is Kenshiro-kun, an eight-year-old from Taniyama.

It was fun and the experience was indeed Nihongo refreshing as we had to literally scout for words to communicate to Kenshiro whose English was challenged too. ;-)

We prepared Filipino food such as adobo, biko, spaghetti - Filipino style (sauce a bit sweet and with hotdog), corn delight and pinakbet, allowed our adopted child to take a bath in Filipino way where he actually asked why he will not have ofuro (soak in bath tub with warm water after shower), and played soccer and pingpong with some of our Filipino friends. Among the dishes we served to him, he liked adobo more with gusto. We also brought him when we visited a friend in a hospital and when we went to church.

Below are some pictures during the event:

Family pose with Kenshiro at home; Kenshiro's gift (dinosaurs drawing) in the background

Nats is showing Kenshiro pictures on Philippines

Ichi and Kenshiro trying Ichi's Birthday hats

Ichi and Kenshiro playing with Origami

Our family with Kenshiro's family after the closing program at KIA