Out of all the various bits of work I do here, teaching at Megumi Kindergarten has got to be my favourite. Every time I walk into the kindergarten the following verse comes to life:-
"But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." - Matthew 19:14 (King James Version)
It is just an amazing place, around 450 students aged from about 3 to 6, most of them living out the principle of "Love one another". The staff and students are a living example of the body of Christ showing such Grace ("Megumi" is Japanese for Grace). I'm still humbled by and learning so much from my times at Megumi. I teach English to about 300 students there, the nenchu classes (turning 5 in the school year) and nencho classes (turning 6 in the school year). Well, after the 3 months break during the change of school year it was great to get back into the swing of teaching at Megumi for my second year. It was good to see how the nenchos had grown since last year and then meet so many new students in the nenchu classes.
During the break I was busy preparing a new workbook for the nencho classes, so as the second year started it was great to see how they used it so enthusiastically.
Note 30/08/2011: That was last year, I'm now almost halfway through my third year. This year I've written a new workbook for the nenchus as well. I've also made a lot of updates to the nenchos' book based on my experiences with it last year.