Hello Starry world
Travis sensei here 
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Wow, spring is in the air 
Its still a bit cold but, I can feel it in my bones...ITS COMING SOON 
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I planted some flower and vegetable seeds in my classroom in preparation for our Spring Events
. The flower seeds are coming up and the cucumbers too. Its fun to watch things grow from seeds. I am practicing the seed planting craft for our Easter Day events. http://blog.goo.ne.jp/kotoba-starry/e/9da296e98a00463b8a5ba41e25fd3f88 If you come, you will do it also and be able to take them home with you and watch them grow. Hope you can make it 
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Its also the Shinsai ( Great North East Japan Disaster) anniversary tomorrow. Such a sad and difficult time for everyone. I remember I only had 8 rice crackers and coffee for 3 days. I passed out on the street from hunger. After one week, my NPO job staff came to my broken apartment and gave me food. I was so happy to eat. Our NPO was the main collection center for Miyagi ken to receive donations for people in need. All my friends left Japan but I could not leave people in need. One of my friends Mike ( Starry Summer Camp Teacher ) stayed. He came to me with a car and a Japanese friend of his who would sleep in the gasoline line a few days. After we got gas, every few days we would find some roads to Kesanuma, Minamisanriku and Ishinomaki. We would fill the car with survival supplies, baby supplies, chocolate and childrens crayons and coloring books. We would take them out to the Hinanjos and other places we could find where people had NO help. Some people had nothing to eat, no house or hope. We offered them food and things but sometimes the people would say "no thank you". I was shocked. They said take it to other people who need it more. This is the exact opposite kind of reaction I received when I volunteered for 2 years in the Thailand Tsunami Disaster.
Lets remeber how it feels to have nothing and be thankful for all the things we now have.
I love you all and Japan..... Travis sensei
p.s. maybe I will post pictures tomorrow.
