Farewell Keiko!

I had my last class with Keiko Suzuki on Monday. She is one of my favorite students by far. She studies hard and always has the funniest stories to tell me despite her limited English. Each week we had class, it was a combination of dictionaries, charades and a more speaking little by little. She represents so many things that I love about the people of this country. Their generosity, how hard they work, her loyalty to her family and so many other things.

We were both in tears by the time I left on Monday and so was the new teacher who was there to meet her. Keiko told me she was going to keep studying English so she could come to America and visit me. I hope she does!