at our Valentine's Day party, i met a Japanese girl named Risa who had become a friend of Katie's. we talked for awhile and she mentioned that she and some Japanese friends were performing Soran Bushi for UH Hilo's International Nights. Soran Bushi is a dance i know very well- i've performed it twice in Japan, even acted as "director" for our Change Conference performance of Soran Bushi last March. she invited me to their practice, and i got to dance it with 15 other Japanese students! it was so fun meeting all of them and dancing Soran Bushi again. suddenly i had 15 new Japanese friends just from this one practice.
it was like a little taste of Japan, and such a blessing! most of them i became good friends throughout the year, and one of them, Taku, became one of our closest friends- his host family took him to the church we went to, so we often saw him there and had spiritual conversations with him.
here are a couple pictures from International Nights:
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| America representation- hip hop (the girl in the center became one of our closest friends) |
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| Japan representation- Soran Bushi performance |
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| Samoa's performance- the guy on the far left became a regular Cru attender |
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