Irina, 2009
Irina sent me some new pictures. She was an exchange student in 1999-200, was our third exchange daughter, and currently lives in Minsk, Belarus. Irina is living The Devil Wears Prada lifestyle…next week she will traveling to Milan, Italy. (more…)
Categories: Exchange Students · Family
Tagged: Belarus, Exchange Daughter, Exchange Student, Irina, Minsk
Shadi, Texas State Fair, 2007
We have had one unsuccessful exchange student. I’ll call her Julia. This picture is not of Julia but of Shadi who came the fall after Julia’s departure.
Julia did not even make it to the end of October. I wouldn’t classify her exchange as an exchange student horror or nightmare, but I will say it was a horrible time for myself, my wife, and for undoubtedly for Julia. I still have a tinge of remorse that we could not save Julia’s exchange, but I am also confident, with six successful exchange students passing through our home, that we and our organization did as much as anyone could to salvage her year. (more…)
Categories: Exchange Students
Tagged: Exchange Daughter, Exchange Student
Marketplatz, Wurstfest, New Braunfels, Texas, 2008
Wurstfest is the Texas version of Oktoberfest that is held in New Braunfels, Texas each year during the first week of November. Olga, Asya, Irina, and Kate all attended the festival with us. It’s a fun place for an exchange student to absorb a little Texas culture. The two Muslim girls did not attend because (more…)
Categories: Culture · Exchange Students · Travel
Tagged: Asya, Exchange Daughter, Exchange Student, Food, Irina, Kate, Olga
