2015 Japan Homestay

      Mr. Conner Eugene Oakes, MNCC Japan Homestay Scholarship student for 2015, has arrived in Japan on December 2, safe and sound! His host families are very excited to host Conner, and they are planning lots of things to share with him. We hope Conner will have a lot of cultural discoveries on this program and make lots of Japanese friends!

      *Please take a moment to see his journal and photos! ⇒ Conner's main page 

      　

      12月2日、本年度のジャパンホームステイ奨学生に選ばれた、コナーが無事日本に到着し、沖縄県大宜味村と与那国町でのホームステイをスタートさせました。コナー本人にとってだけでなく、迎えてくださるホストファミリー、学校の皆さん、そして地域の方々と、素晴らしい体験を分かち合えることを願っています。

      ※写真と日記をご覧いただけます。

      　Conner in Okinawa

      　

       

      　僕は日本語を勉強し始めた頃から、日本に行きたかった。まだ、日本の文化があまり分かりませんので、神社とお寺に行ってみたいです。もし、神道か仏教の儀式を見れたら嬉しいです。

      　最も重要なことは、多くの日本人に会って話すことです。僕は人と話すのが好きです。そして、一番効率的な言語の習い方は、話すことと思います。日本人と話したら、友達を作りながら、日本語を習いますから、楽しい習い方でしょう。

      　僕は日本に行ったことがありませんが、その機会を頂けば、絶対に日本にまた行こうと思っています。私は毎日、日本語を勉強することにしています。いつか、日本で働きたいですので、この経験は本当に大切になります。

       

      エッセイ「日本でやってみたいこと」より抜粋（原文）

      Self-introduction video


      Download the file >> Conner Self-introduction video

     

Fundrasing Volunteer Activity 原資となったボランティア活動

     

    Thank you letter from scholarship students (2011-2012)

    I appreciate all of the students and families who helped to raise money for the MNCC scholarship program that sent me and four other American students to live in and go to school in Japan for two weeks.It is a great program and I will never forget the experiences that I had while living in Japan. I want to help with future fundraising so more students can go to Japan. - Derek Hines-Mohrman, Olympia, Washington, USA

     

    Dear All Volunteers
    I want to thank you so much! i think i got as much as you possibly could get out of the homestay program. i experienced school and daily life, and it was so amazing and diffrent. i did so many great things in japan. i have always wanted to go to japan but it was just a dream. thanks to all these wonderful people you made my dream come true and started my life of adventuring. i always wanted to travel the world and all of you volunteers were my push to get me started. everything went so perfect, from boarding the plane to arriving in japan, living with a wonderful family that i would have never meet without you guys! the mncc program has treated me so great thanks to you guys. i loved my time spent in japan. you have made 5 students from around the west coast extremely grateful and we all thank you so much. thank you so much for the plane tickets and working so hard to raise money for us. i deeply appreicate it. thank you for everything i am so grateful and honored! THANKS! i would love to also participate in volunteering for others.

    - Anthony Lopez, Los Banos, California, USA

     

    Thank you students for fundraising and doing all the other things you did to earn money for the American students (like me) to go to Japan. I had a great experience! I’m so glad I went. I met so many new people and made so many new friends. Everyone was so nice over there and I adored my host family! They were so nice and funny! Thank you for raising enough money for me to have a life changing adventure! Also thank you American host families who helped the students by getting them to school every day, and by helping them raise funds, and also by purchasing the products and services being offered in the fundraisers. Thank you for supporting me! - Katie Nugent, Los Banos, California, USA