Michael- Last Day in the Office

Last Day in the Office

Today is my last day in the Institute for Language Experience, Experiment, and Exchange office here in Tokyo. It has been an amazing year and something I truly will cherish for the rest of my life. I can't believe how quickly these last few months flew by.

My major work this summer has been with the monthlong programs to and from America. It was great to have a chance to bring 4-H delegates to Japan and help them experience life with a Japanese family. Meeting these delegates and planning for they exchange was something I enjoyed so much during this year. I am so proud of everything they tried and how they challenged themselves. I'm sure it is an experience they won't easily forget.

I also got a chance to help prepare the Japanese members for the monthlong programs in America. Whether it was participating in camps, clubs, or just reviewing their paperwork, it was a chance for me to help these delegates in their own preparations. Now that they are safely into their homestay programs, I hope their anxieties have settled and that they are able to truly realize the information I tried to provide them.

I really can't believe that I am leaving Japan in 3 days. At the beginning it might not have, but now Japan definitely has a secure place in my heart.

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