NOZOMI SAKURAI
JAPAN

I cannot believe that it's Friday already.  Time has really flown fast.  Because of the incredible schedule we have been keeping, we are all relying on our strength and spiritual energy to maintain us through our meetings.

Today, we spent time discussing our topics.  I was in the group discussing Education.  It was really interesting to hear the other youth sharing what they felt about the problems we have with education and I found that many of us shared the same concerns.

We had a lot of guest speakers today and I really learned a lot from them.  It was encouraging to hear that many of the speakers are relying on the youth for a better future.  It was a great privilege to have dinner with Dr. Jane Goodall and Chief George as well as having the chance to hear and meet John Denver.

There are only two days left and the issues being discussed here are so important and vast . . . there is no way of concluding them in such a short time.  But I will try my best to participate and cooperate so that I can bring home many skills to help improve my community and maybe my world.