Halloween

Besides just teaching English to our students, our boss Fumi wanted us to teach American customs and holidays. We played games like "Pin the Nose on the Pumpkin," bobbing for apples, Halloween bingo, and Mike also told spooky stories in one of the dark classrooms. Pumpkins are kind of a rare commodity, and if you do find one, they are very, very small. But we did have a jack-o-lantern carving contest and gave out prizes. Halloween was a fun holiday to celebrate in Japan.

Here I am with Mike and our boss Fumiyo explaining the Halloween holiday to our Japanese students.

Mike with my students Ayano and Chiaki.

Mike dressed up as a pimp and I was a pirate. Aarrgghh matey!

More Halloween

Not only did we throw a Halloween party for all of our students, but we also threw a party at our church with all the branch members and our non-member friends as well.

Mike's adult students Nobuko, Yagi-san, Mayumi, Seiko, and me with a sweet ass mustache this time.

Fumi with some of her students, along with me and my student Miyabi (to my right.)

Our students and Japanese friends loved the American tradition of making jack-o-lanterns.

Fumi as a famous Kabuki actor, Twila as a bunny, and me as a bad ass looking pirate.

Nobuko, me, Mike, Jason, Fumi, and Mayumi.

Me with Elder Fowler and Elder Morita