Akio

So we had a visitor from Japan last week. His name was Akio. He was a foriegn exchange student from Japan. He was from a Jr. High in Japan. As part of there education they come to America for about 10 days. We were able to host one of the 250+ students that came. We had a very full week of activities with him. We picked him up on Tuesday night. On Wednesday we went with 4 other families to Cornbellies. Thurdsay 6 families from the ward took the kids up to AF canyon and had a hot dog roast. Akio said that hot dogs were his favorite American food he tried here.


Friday we went up to Grandma Smiths annual Halloween party. Akio dressed up as a baseball player, Meilin was a AF cheerleader, Mitchell was a street worker and Spencer went as a ballroom dancer. We had fun playing games and teaching Akio about the fun of Halloween.



Then on Saturday Ron took Akio to a BYU football came. It was the first time he had ever been to a stadium game. He loved it. On Sunday we took him up to Temple Square for Music and the Spoken Word. The missionaries were able to take about 50 of the students on a tour of temple square. On Monday we all attended a dinner and program at BYU presented by Akios school as a thank-you to the host families. It was a very full week of fun family activites. We took him shopping at Walmart before he left and he bought a glass laser etched picture of the Salt Lake Temple. He liked the temple when he saw it. I explained to him that it was a very speical place for Ron and I. I told him we were married there. Meilin cried when he left and we felt a bit of a void after he left. Amazing how you come to love someone in such a short time.