Hi, it’s hsmleilani and today I am going to talk about the keiai students that came to HMS.

Hanging with our penpal was so much fun. My sister and I had a total of 3 penpals. I had one and my sister had two penpals. The first day I was so excited to meet them because we had been writing to each other for so long. It felt good to see them in person rather than just seeing them in pictures. We went to the social hall and the temple. We did our temple service kind of the Japanese way. Our school and their school exchanged gifts with each other. We did some presentations and they even made a mini quiz or game for us to play. On the first day, we took them home to hang with our dogs because I didn’t want Beast to bark at them all night.

The second day we all went to Sea Life Park. We had to go into groups since there were a bunch of us. Going there was a really long ride and I was really tired. I was going to check my phone on the way there to see if my finger was turned off, but then I forgot that I had left my phone at home. I got a bit mad, but at least I had my penpal to hang with. I was in group black which is group nine and the last group. We went to see the dolphins and even went into the birdcage. I was scared if a bird would have landed on me. We then went for a little snack at the snack bar before we left. My friends and I got dippin dots. I got cotton candy flavor and it was really good. My penpal and I had a really fun time at Sea Life Park.

On the last day, most of us were crying since we would most likely not see our penpals again. I was a bit sad to not see my penpal. We took them out to eat the night before too. We went to the mall and got something for ourselves. They wanted to go to certain stores, but they didn’t end up getting anything at all. Our sister was also there to help us since she had more experience hosting penpals than we did. I had so much fun with them and I do really wish that I could see them again someday later on int he future.

Well, that’s all for today,

hmsleilani