Good Things Happen When You Least Expect Them

By Sae Kubota

Good things happen when you least expect them. Before I came here, I ate out with my high school friends. I met my friends after a long time, so we talked, laughed, and took some pictures. Then we ate many foods, and we talked and laughed again. After that, two friends stood up and went to somewhere. I thought that they went to the washroom. So I went on talking with my other friends. After a few minutes, my two friends came back with a cake. They were preparing a cake for me. A chocolate bar on the cake was written, “Sae, Hang in there!!” When I saw it, tears welled up in my eyes. We ate a cake and said, “Good bye.” My friends are very good.

Happy Thanksgiving Day!

By Jessica Shiga

I spent a good time on October 12, Sunday. It was great! Everything was for the first time for me.

I made turkey with my hostmother. It weighs 6.7 kg but I hear even this is a relatively small one. I was very surprised! Turkey neck appeared from inside so I was surprised again. First, we cleaned the turkey. Second, we made stuffing. The ingredients of stuffing are cut bread, cut onions, cut celeries, salt, pepper, chicken soup, and so on. Third, we put stuffing in the turkey. Next, it was put in a big container and then we poured chicken soup in the container. Finally, it was baked in a casserole in the oven. I was looking forward to the completion.

After several hours, the turkey was baked to a perfect brown. The smell was really good. Of course, taste was really good too.

That day, I ate dinner at my hostparents' daughter's house. We had a meal with total sixteen people and many dishes lined up at the table. For example, turkey with cranberry sauce and gravy, mashed potatoes, mashed turnip, sweet potatoes, cabbage rolls, fruit salad, coleslaw, perogies with sour cream and bacon bits, dressing (= stuffing), pickled beets, cherry tomatoes, homemade bread, pumpkin pie and lemon pie.












I felt happy to sit around with many people I like very much and many dishes. Moreover, there was a wonderful present for me. It was from my hostparents' granddaughter, who made a work at elementary school. She wrote a card:

Thank you for my loved home.
Thank you for my yummy chicken! .
Thank you for my special life.
Thank you for my friend Rena.Thank you for my teacher.
but I'm mostly thankful for my Mom and Dad.
Happy thanksgiving!








I was overjoyed at this. My first Thanksgiving Day was a great day for me.