Marnie Jorenby spends her summer in Japan, in an attempt to help with reconstruction after the earthquake. At the same time, she is teaching English at Kobe Jogakuin High School, in a totally different part of the country. Her boys are to arrive in June and spend the second two of three months with her.
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Sunday, June 19, 2011
I was asked to make a speech at Chapel this week. I've decided to talk about my experience singing "Red Dragonfly" for the people at the refugee center. Since Chapel is mandatory, there will be a very large number of girls listening to me- hope I can do a good job. I decided to end my speech by singing the song "Red Dragonfly," and spent a whole day illustrating each verse- my way of procrastinating, because I should have been polishing my speech instead. The illustration in the picture is for the second verse, "Picking mulberries in a mountain field and putting them in a basket- a distant vision from my youth."
The speech will be on the 22nd- after that, I can relax for a while.
Ben and Will will come to hear the speech. It's in Japanese, so they'll have to listen hard!
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Good luck - I'm sure you will be great, Marn. :)
ReplyDeleteWonderful illustration! I hope the speech went well. Please let us know how you are doing soon - I just heard there has been another earthquake. My thoughts and prayers continue to be with the brave, strong people of Northeastern Japan.
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