GRATITUDE ; Keiko Whitlock

GRATITUDE...

Yes!

Gratitude...

That's what I am now filled with...

Yes....

When I and Hidemi came up with the idea to coordinate the class at OLLI 5 months ago,

we thought it would be an unprecedented adventure we had ever made!

On the first day of the class,

my tension was almost exploding itself!!

During the first class,

The only thing in my brain was just to somehow finish the class speaking only English in front of as many as 70 of super clever-looking American mature people!!!

Then the attendances started falling about 10 by each class....

I received some complaints..

one of them was really severe...

I showed a pornography by mistake...

I have learned a lot..

I have learned that just managing to talk in only English is not enough!!

I need to do a lot more to give more quality content  which is well worthy of the time every one in the class spared for me...

And now...

I am filled with the feeling of an overflowing gratitude..

Every single class member in the class, Japan!...

I still remember their beautiful smiling faces in the class yesterday...

Many of them gave me messages of great encouragement  full of love....

To me they are  like my family now...

I love this class...

Yes!  I love this class very much!!

Thank you very much for teaching me how to talk, conduct, and plan the class...

But above all..

Thank you very much for teaching me the love and the blessing in this country where I chose to immigrate and moved all alone...

Thank you very much!!