We have a general schedule that stays mostly the same from week to week, but part of what keeps things exciting around here is that we frequently have additional or alternative activities. The point of this post, though, is just to give whoever cares a general idea of what life is like around here.
Sunday -- Often a very relaxing day; the only consistent plan is our fellowship night at the Ogawas' house.
Monday -- Stephanie, Samuel, Dustin, and I are studying 1 Corinthians this summer, and we meet in the morning to discuss our studies. We also switch off going to a Bible study with students in the evening (two of us go each week).
Tuesday -- We meet with students for lunch at UpTen, and we have dinner and English conversation practice in the evening, also at UpTen (this means Stephanie and I usually spend the whole afternoon at UpTen, talking to students if they have time or playing cards with Samuel and Dustin).
Wednesday -- We do prayer walks on campus early in the morning, and then I have a meeting with Megan. Stephanie, Samuel, Dustin, and I have been meeting students for lunch on campus, but we have the afternoon and evening free.
Thursday -- This is GUYS club night, which usually means we meet on campus in the afternoon for a couple of activites (origami and karaoke so far). Afterward, we go to Starbucks and then an Italian restaurant for dinner. Altogether, we spend a lot of time talking to students.
Friday -- Our day off, so we are free to do whatever we want.
Saturday -- We have a staff meeting in the morning to discuss our schedules for the upcoming week, and then we have the rest of the day off. This is often our day for special plans: last week we had a movie night at UpTen, and this week we are going to have a sports day, if the weather stays sunny.
Yesterday I heard something about wearing yukata (the summer kimono) at GUYS club this week, so I'm excited about that. There should be some fun pictures, anyway.
Ohh, I totally want to see your yukata pictures if you have them yet! Yeah! :D What does GUYS club stand for? At first I thought it was, you know...a club for guys. Haha.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, is the Italian restaurant Saizeriya? :D
ReplyDeleteI'll try to get yukata pictures up later today.
ReplyDeleteI haven't ever figured out what GUYS stands for; as far as it's been explained to me, the club is our equivalent of BEST, only run by students (we show up and help out where we can). The leaders here actually advised us just to talk about BEST in our letters back home because of potential confusion over the name. I think there are actually more girls in the club than guys (most of the club leaders are girls, anyway).
The Italian restaurant is Saizeriya -- how did you know? Is it really popular with college students all over Japan?
ohhh, I see!
ReplyDeleteSaizeriya is a restaurant chain in Japan...at least I'm pretty sure. There was one right across from where we lived in Tokyo, and another in the area where we met students all the time. Needless to say, we ate there a lot... It was so cheap!