At the beginning of Sami's 6th grade school year we had an exchange student from China stay with us for a week. Her English name is Sherry. It is part of a program between the two schools. Sami's school's staff went to China, and this time their staff plus some students came to the U. S. First Sherry's group went to New York and then D.C. Then they came here and went to school with the American students. Every other evening an event was planned. The off nights we did things at home or we took her somewhere. Once the group left Indiana they went to Disney Land in Calf. for about 2 days then back to China. There is talk of our students going to China maybe next Fall. Sami really wants to go and Lisa says she has to go as well. That will cost some real bucks but if we can do it, it will be a real awesome event in Sami's life.
Below are some pictures of the visit. Please enjoy.
Here Sherry and Sami are touring the Motor Speedway.
This is the museum.
Will is on the bus going around the track.
These are some Chocolate race cars they bought.
When they first arrived the students were introduced to their partners. Sami and her friend Carmen are posing with their new "Friends" The school had a cookout planned, but Carmen and Sami were going to the Selena Gomez concert at the State Fair and made it so the two Chinese girls could attend with them. Now that is an introduction!
One of the events the school had was all the kids attend The Incredible Pizza Co. down on the south side. Here Sami, Sherry, Carmen, and Lisa pose in front of a dvd maker where they made a dvd of each pair in a music video.
This was a great picture of all of us at the end of the evening and week at the pizza place. There were many more photos taken, but too many to share. There were lots of great activities for them all week. Sami and Sherry became close and still e-mail each other frequently. We enjoyed having her.
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