Wow are things reallly coming along...I can barely restrict my excitement BECAUSE, last night I got an email titled: "You now have a host family". I screamed so loud I woke up my brother. :)whoops. ahha. My mom and I looked up the city I will be staying in and realized it is a capital of the state known as Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina. It is the biggest wine country for miles and one of the most beautiful cites in Argentina! My family has two kids, one boy about 20 and a girl about 18. The mother is Sandara and the father is Hugo.
I emailed them last night, some in English and some in Spanish. I said, "Hola, mi nombre es Kayla Stover. Soy su estudiante del anfitrión que viene en julio. ¡Soy muy emocionado permanecer con usted!" Translated, because I even had to use www.babelfish.yahoo.com/translate a little, it means: "Hi, my name is Kayla Stover. I am your host student coming in July. I am very excited to stay with you!" I said a few things in English too, and I hope they know a little so I can at least be gradualy introducted to the new language and culture! I can only hope for the best. :)
Soon, I will be sending in my things to recieve my visa and will be needing to pay my $8,900 tutition. I am still lacking about $800, but I am getting closer! It is all staring to sink in as the departure date gets closer... :o haha. Wish me luck because sooner or later, I will be living in Argentina, and you should DEFINITELY read my posts then...they will be much more interesting! :) Goodbye until then!
~Kayla
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Kayla, I was excited to see the article about your upcoming exchange in the newspaper. Congratulations, I wish more students would follow in your footsteps in our area. With regard to fund raising let me give you a quick idea. You should reach out to the Rotary Clubs in Caldwell County. There are a couple. I am the president of one of the Catawba County Clubs and we often look to support activities like yours. I would recommend that you contact one or both of the local clubs and offer to come and do a program at one of their weekly meetings about what you plan to do. First, there are some great folks and they know and understand the importance of Youth Exchange, also they may be able to give you some very good contacts in the area you plan to stay in. Also, funding for this type of thing is deep in Rotary's roots.
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Joshua Strickland, stricklandj@catawbavalleyrotary.org