I finally got a letter back from my host mom and from my youngest host sister! Their writing is so beautiful! I guess they actuallly teach good penmanship in school in Europe. I think I will get along very well with my first host family. They are very kind and say they are looking forward to having me stay with them. I'm looking forward to staying with them too :)
The weekend before last, I went to Central States in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It is an amazing youth exchange conference that occurs each year. There are outbound, inbound, rebound, and rotex students. You get to meet so many new people, it's great! And if you don't already know a lot about your host country, this conference is a great opportunity to ask questions and talk to people who have just come back from there. I also think it's worth mentioning that I shook hands with President-Elect of Rotary International Sakuji Tanaka! I tested out my japanese on him and his wife. They laughed and started saying stuff I didn't understand in Japanese, so obviously they understood what I said :P All I know how to say is "I don't speak Japanese very well yet" haha.
Well I've started to clean out my room for when I'm not there for the next year. My parents are going to use it for a while since they are re-modeling their bedroom, and after that they hope to host an exchange student. So they will need space to use in my room. I think it's going to be weird living in a room that's just getting emptier and emptier...
I leave in 23 days!!!! That is so unreal!!!!
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