San Jose, August 2005

Hello Gaku Homma Sensei,
We wish the best for you. Personally I have been looking for a way to say thank you (domo arigato) for all your help. Sometimes in the modern world we lose the faith in the good people intentions, everybody is trying to take advantage of other people, it is like a kind of war. But people like you are Sensei, Emily and the Aikido Kan group makes a big difference.

I want to say thanks for all of you, especially to you Homma Sensei. It is difficult to understand why a person like you are Homma Sensei come to a small country as Costa Rica is with the idea to help us, but it is true, thanks for the CDs you sent me. I want to say that they have been special because through them we have you in Costa Rica everyday, I want to say thanks for the Shodan Certificate, I have no way to pay you back for your help.

In the present we are existing for our seminary and again Domo Arigato, for your contribution, it could not be possible without your intervention.

It had been short time since I met you, but so many good things for me as person and for the Aikido in Costa Rica are happening, all for you Homma Sensei, I want to say you have here inCosta Rica a friend, a person who is grateful with you, Homma Sensei, DomoArigato Gozaimas.

Marco Gonzales