Delivering school supplies①
Hi ! I'm Azusa. A donetor of 4 day care centers sent money to deliver school supplies for children who learned in these centers. Today, we delivered school supplies 2 day care centers in Makilala.
July 6, 2015　At Bato Day Care Center
Children were in class.	The staff opened the box of school supplies.	There were pencils, crayons, and notebookes for 1year.
	Please study well with new pencils and notebooks.
At Lucatong Day Care Center
Children were in class too.	"They are gifts from the donator of this building."	"I'll show the gifts."
In the Philippins, children who are 3years to 4 years old learn in day care centers. Teachers teach how to write ABC, drawing, and songs.	Thank you very much ! We will study hard.
Malungon in Makilala
After visiting 2 day care centers, we went to Malungon in Makilala.	There were an elementary school	and high school.
	She was a MCL scholar who was glade 7th in the highschool. she would study the school for 6 years. She asked to her teacher how to write the thank you letter for her benefactor in English.	After she wrote thank you letter, she got allowance from MCL. The allowance is 200 peso a month to buy color papers and manila papers for homework. She signed on the recipt.
We heared a scholar hadn't come to the school sinse this semester had started.	So, we visited her house.	Her mother told us she had gotten pregnant and would get married with her boyfriend.
If a scholar gets pregnant, scholarship from MCL will stop because MCL wants the scholar concentrate to take care of a baby. She gave us a sorry letter that she explained why she had stopped her study for her benefactor.		It's sorry to stop your study, but please be happy with new family. When we went back to MCL, we met a big truck to bring a lot of bananas. There were big banana plantations at Malungon.
When we arrived at MCL, children were helping folding news letters to put envelops.
'We can eat supper soon !'

The Story Telling
Hi ! I'm Azusa. How are you ? Our main activity is a story telling especially for children in rural villeges. We are a mobile library !
Jul 4, 2015　At Waterfall
Let's go to the story telling !	We had the story telling at Waterfall today.	It took about an hour by car from MCL.
Come here !	Join the story telling !	Our visitor, Akira also called children for the stolly telling.
Hi ! We are MCL ! Let's sing and dance !
Who wanna listen storys ?	It's a Manobo villege.	So, Manobo scholars told stories by Manobo language.
	I will tell a story for you without a book.
Girls who were taking of babies listened stories too.	When scholars told stories for small children, their expression were tender.
After listening stories, let's have a break !	They were sweet breads !	Lami ! (Tasty)
We had also a short break.	After the story telling, what we expected was...
		Swimming !
		(But water is cold...)
It's time to eat ! Our lunch were wrapped by banana leaves.
We enjoyed the story telling very much !
		Let's go back to MCL !
		We ere home ! We wanna go to the story telling again and again.

Manobo Day
Hi ! I'm Azusa. We had a scholars' general meeting on June. The theme was 「Dos Botasanon to Munuvu dot Unnan Timpu Moka-atag to Kosaa kod Pomuwa wot kod Patoy.」 (The Traditional Wedding, Farming, and Funeral of the Manobo)
June, 28, 2015　at MCL
We started the meeting with 3 prayers; Muslim, Bisaya, and Manobo.	They were Datu of Manobo who were invited by us.		Only college scholars joined this meeting to cut the cost.
But small scholars who lives in MCL were listening their story.	At first, they shared probrems in their school lives.		The staff of scholar ship section ansered.
They got letters and gifts from their benefactors. Thank you for surpporting us !			We wanna got letters too... Small scholars didn't need to join the meeting, but they enjoyed.
Then, they elected officers for themselves. At the right, they were 2015's officers.
3 new freshmen would be supported by Kitano Foundation.	Please study hard for 4 years !
			The guest speaker was Datu Henry Agamon. He told us be proud our tribe and own culture.
She is the vice president, Ms. Noemi F. Pacete and the next is Tomo san. (The president, April san was working in Japan.)
The backstage	Manobo children were preparing something.		We expected their intermission numbers.
			Please take pictures ! A lot !
	They were singing on backstage too.
Let's start intermission numbers by Manobo.	The Manobo song by boys.		They played the traditional bells and dram.
It's the funeral of Manobo. When the man dead, they can not sweep around their house and get lice off.
The second was Manobo's wedding.	The bride met with the groom.		They prepered bananas, sweet potetoes, and rice for the ceremoney.
			They put rice in their mouths each other.
The third was the dance of farm work.	It's like they were cutting the grass on farm.		After men prepared the farm, women came in.
Before planting seeds,	they prayed for rich harvest.		Then, men made holes on the farm with sticks.
	And women planted seeds.		It's the dance for the harvest.
After that, they introduced about Manobo wedding again.	A boy and girl were in love.		Another boy try to get the girl.
They fought and the boy who won the fight would get married with the girl. Scholars were very excited to watch their play.
			The last, all of Manobo scholars sang Manbo's soug.
We enjoyed their intermission numbers very much !
It's time to eat lunch !	We were very hungry !		We had many rice to be full.
Rice, Banana, Sweetpoteto, Chicken, Bihun, Sweets made by sticky rice
Manobo boys at the back of kichen You had practiced songs and dances every nights. Thank you for introdusing for us your culture.

We sell edible wild plants.
Hi ! I'm Azusa. We are making a story about childen who sell edible wild plants to help their family. We visited at their house at Calinan with a painter who draw pictures for the story,
June 26, 2015 at Calinan
It's the bus turminal at Kidapawan. We went to Dabao with the ban and met with the painter, then went to Calinan.	It's rainy season at Mindanao. It's raining at Calinan too.	We had to cross the river to visit the house.
The river had risen ! After crossing the river, we arrived at their home.
We got wet through...
Their mother	I help selling edible wild plants too.	I brought all edible wild plants in the tub. I could cross the river with the heavy tub because I use to help my mom to sell edible wid plants.
Her sisters gave us pineapples. Their step father is working at the big pineapple plantation in Calinan.
	The pass way became like a small river because of heavy rain.	We bought all edible wild plants in the tub. We put them on a roof rack for a car to bring them to MCL.
We would go back to MCL. Bye bye ! See you again !
Before going back to MCL,	we dropped in at the market at Calinan.
Salted fish guts	a motorbike with baskets
The Japanese cemetery at Mintal in Calinan	Many people from Okinawa were working in jute plantations in Calinan until W.W.Ⅱ	There was a Japanese town at Calinan at that time.
It's also raining at MCL. Muslim children was playing basketball during lunch time because they were in Ramadan.

Thank You for Coming to MCL !
Hi, I'm Azusa. Mr. Yutaka, who support a scholar of MCL, comes to meet him.
June 24th, 2015  at MCL
It's raining from the morning today.	A high school student looks like very cold. He is not a scholar living at MCL.
His benefactor is visiting at MCL. But the benefacor can not visit scholar's villege because it's not safty. So, he comes to MCL to meet his benefactor in the heavy rain.
They eat together.	They enjoy shopping at Kidapawan.	It's Halohalo, sweet inthe Philippines.
They are good friend now.		See you again ! Study hard !
Children in the rainy day
High school students are writing thank you letter to their benefctors. Although they are not good at English, They try their best.

Going to the Church
Hi, I'm Azusa. It's Sunday. We are going to the catholic church at Kidapawan City.
2015年6月20日（日）夕方
Hi ! We are scholars in MCL ! We are going to the church on Sunday.	We are many ! Let's go with the Japanese Mini Truck.
		We enjoy on the bed of the truck !
The road from MCL in Manongol to Kidapawan.	It takes 15 min from MCL. It's the church.
Let's go to inside.
After 1 hour, we have finished the prayer.
		Let's go back to MCL. We have supper soon !
We always enjoy with friends. We had good Sunday ! See you !

Supper
Hi ! I'm Azusa. I introduｃe　a supper in MCL.
At a dining room They are today's cooking members.	A boy bring cooked rice from the kitchen to the dining room.	We eat burned rice ! It's crispy and very tasty.
We wash fish that we bought in the market.	Today's menu is soup of sponge cucumber and mongo beans.
We help serving soup.
When we've done preparation, we call friends with a bell rings.	Friends come to eat at our dining room.
		We enjoy eating together. Sometimes we are so excited with friends that we are reproved by house-parents .
After eating, we stady. Then, we go to bed around 8:30-9:00.
From Pictures of Last Week（June.15th～20th）
We are Muslim scholars ! We are in Ramadan from June 18th. We don't eat and drink from the beginning at dawn to the end at sunset.
It's rany season in Mindanao. We have some shower everyday. It's fine now, but we wanna use an unbrella.		I bring rice to the kitchen !
	Boys who stay MCL's boarding house at Kidapawan city. The left is the daily roster for them.
On Saturday, 20th We practice for the next genaral meeting.	We are Manobo. We'll sing songs in Manobo.	We've rememberd the lyricses.
	The left is the lyrics in Manobo. We practice Manobo's dance also.

Before Going to School
Hi ! I'm Azusa. The first semester has started on the first day of June in the Philippines. Scholars in MCL get up at 4:30, take a bath, cleen up their rooms, and eat break first at 6:00, then go to school around 7:00.
June. 17th, 2015
		It's rainy season in Mindanao. But it's fine this morning.
	We are cleaning after taking a bath.	We get lice from hear of friends.
The bell calls us for break first.	It's 6:00 in the morning.	Everyone come to eat at the dining.
Rice and fried eggplant with egg.	Small children eat slowly.	After eating,
we brush our teeth.	Girls in the 3rd house	We are washing big pots for cooking rice.
		Boys love playing basketball.
We are going to school now. Bye !
		We don't need wear school uniform on Wednesday.
Scholars from the 3rd house	We are many !
	I have to bring a folding umbrella. It might have shower.	Have a nice day !
Please learn well !

Scholars in MCL
Hi ! I'm Azusa. I work at MCL as a Japanese staff. I introduce scholars in MCL. (June 6th～June 10th in 2015)
It's Sunday.	We help drying rice when we don't have class.
Sunset in Kidapawan city		Scholars after church
Brothers are singing.	Welcome party for a visitor
Their washing clothes	Dish washing
Prayer before going to school Boys	Girls pray too.
From kitchin garden It's Algbate.	Okra	Long bean
Nice to meet you !