Report of Regular Meeting March 2005
Miyako Kuroiwa, Secretary of the Tokyo Y's Menettes Club
The regular meeting "Menettes Night" started with the opening chime of Ms. Yamamoto, President of the Tokyo Y's Menettes Club, presided by Ms. Matsuda in Toyocho Center of the Tokyo YMCA. After Y's song, Y's principle, reading of Bible and prayer of Ms. Isoda, introduction of guests and visitors, Ms. Michiko Hayashi, chairman of the Y's Menettes Committee of the Japan-East Region, who attended though she was busy, greeted.
Next, the sign up ceremony of Mr. Hiroshi Nagasawa was done, attended with the RD and the DG of the Toshin District. All the members welcomed him in clapping. Mr. Fujii, RD of the Japan-East Region, and Mr. Itami, DSD of membership business of the Toshin District, did a congratulatory speech. Dinner and talk: Ms. Tsuyuzaki's homemade rice cake wrapped by cherry leaf made the table brilliant this year, too. After meals, Mr. Ito, DG of the Toshin District, greeted. Ms. Fujii, ASD of Y's menettes business of the Asia Area, reported the association of the Japan-East Region and the Japan-West Region in the Tozanso cottage. And we listened the member news, the report of each business committee and YMCA, Happy Birthday! Happy Anniversary!
[Sign up ceremony of Mr. Hiroshi Nagasawa]
The speaker of this month is Mr. Tasaka, headmaster of the Asian Rural Institute which the Tokyo Y's Menettes Club began to cheer a little since last year. He said: "We accept 31 years leaders of the farm village development, not limiting their religion, from Asia, and since 1996 from Africa. We thought much of the organic farming constantly and we grew various ones. We are doing self-sufficient life together while sleeping and eating together. We think much of the time of nourishment and gathering by the trainees every morning. They return to their own country and they are doing truly good activities as leader. The Japanese students, too, leave their nest and they are attending the support in every countries. Also, Japan sent the agricultural chemicals as help goods for many years. But, the government of Japan embarked on its stop recently, because the FAO announced that it is bad for the earch. The government of Japan understood the thought of the Asian Rural Institute who thinks much for the farm village construction aiming to the self-sufficient without the hunger. Still, we greet people beyond the religion. I want to do the management of the Asian Rural Institute based on Christ's love to remove the hunger."
The President of the Tokyo Y's Menettes Club presented to the Asian Rural Institute 20,000 yen of the least coins fund and 47,000 yen of the sales of the mini-bazaar before regular meeting. Last, we sang "the wish of menettes" by the accompaniment by Ms. Naomi Tanaka following the appeal of each club and the smile. We closed the regular meeting.