District 7430 Youth Exchange - Rotex

3/31/10 from Robyn McIntosh, Australia 77 (hosted by Allentown West)

I studied paediatric palliaitve care as part of my Masters. It is an emerging field in this country and one I have interest in. Over here, paediatric specialist palliative care is limited mostly to the cities, and so there is an under-referral rate to the rural and regional areas, which is where I work, with clinicians in these outlying regions subsequently often lacking in confidence, due to lack of referrals and therefore contact; and families experiencing those last times of life often away from their familiar surrounds. It is an area I would like to give attention to in the future. I also have a special interest in indigenous palliative care. I have in the back of my mind perhaps applying for a ?Paul Harris scholarship/ fellowship or the like sometime so I can further my studies in these areas.

You asked in the prevous email what I had been doing these past thirty years. Before I briefly tell you that thankyou for passing my email onto Audrey Coon. I think I remember her too. I remember John picked me up at Philadelphia airport when I first arrived.. we went to his house for the night........a very naive Australian girl who had never seen snow.....that is why I want to come back next January/February.....please order me lots of snow and ice!!.....anyway, I remember John was always very kind to me..that is what I remember....at times when we ( the exchange students) were all together he would give firm advice to us for our own sakes, but at the same time he always had a smile and a hug...a lovely man.

Basically...when I returned to Australia, I was very aware I did not want to burden my parents any more financially, so I chose a career where I could pay my own way through...that was nursing...back then..over thirty years ago, we were hospital trained so earned wages along the way. It was a good choice. I have always loved being a nurse. It is now part of my identity.

I completed my training as a Registered Nurse in 1981. I gained a high distinction in the State exams. I became an RN in a men's surgical ward. I also worked in oncology and did an oncology certificate, not because I wanted to specialise in oncology , but because, back then, there was no specialist palliative care, and the oncology certificate was as close as I could get to studies in end of life care.

I marrried ,had three beautiful children and for the rest of the next 20 years, I raised my family and worked as a casual, fitting shifts in around my family and the kids school activities. I did casual night duty for around ten years. During this period I completed a high dependency nursing course and an emergency paediatric nursing course.

We lived on five acres in a rural area about half an hour away from the sea. I still live here. 1999 was a very bad year. My youngest sister and my father died two months apart. That was very tough. In the big scheme of things, those deaths along with the death of my best friend, would teach me things that are now invaluable knoweldge in the work that I do. I learnt about sudden death, traumatic death,dignity, degenerative disease, grief and loss, complicated grief, the grief of children, amongst many other things.

In 2002 I made the decision to end a situation that had been very bad at home. I seperated at this time. Although the last seven years have been hard, again the journey is one in which lessons and knowledge is learnt..I think in a way all the experiences i have had in life, including my exchange expereince , have all enabled me to have compassion, to be a good listener, to be open to all conversations, to recognise the " whole person" and to be a able to "connect" with my patients and their families as I try and be with them in their experiences.

Just over four years ago, i wen tto an International Palliative Care Conference in Montreal. I thne came down into the States and started reconnecting agin. How lovely it was to drive through the hills of Lehigh. I think because of the things that had happenned that were just too hard to talk about, I was reserved in my meeting people, but this time it willbe different.

As I mentioned I have just finished my Masters in Palliative Care, gaining distinctions and high distinctions in every subject. As I have also said, I have wanted to rediscover Pennsylvannia and all the people I grew to care about so much.

It is a tribute to the Exchange Programme, and to all those wonderful people, that 33 years later I am still in contact with many of my host families and endeavouring to reconnect with all. My love of your country is there forever, and that is because you were kind to an 18 year old Australian girl, you took her in and you cared for her.

My plan now is to always stay in touch at a greater level, to make my exchange expereince a lifetime experience, with people who are such an important part of my life.

So that's about it. My children are all well , as is my grandson. I have one son working in the forestry, one in computers and a daughter studying elementary teaching......and me...I am 51, but inside me there is still an 18 year old who fell in love with the people of America, and with a little place called New Tripoli.

thankyou for returning my contact,

take care,

Robyn

PS perhaps you could pass this on to the Rotary Club of Allentown West?????

3/30/10 From Robyn McIntosh, Austrtalia 77 (hosted by Allentown West)

I was an exhange student in 1977, sponsored by Rotary Club of Umina, New South Wales, Australia, hosted by Rotary club of Allentown West. I attended Northwestern Lehigh High School. I have very fond memories of my exchange experience and have started to reconnect with people over the last five years. I hope to return early next year. I would love to find Samia Cremer. Samia was an exchange student from Brazil in the year I was there.
I have three children, Christopher, Robert and Kathryn; 25, 23 and 18 respectively. I am also the grandmother of a one year old boy called Jed. I live on the mid north coast, New South Wales, Australia.
I am a community palliative care nurse. In the U.S. I believe you call them hospice nurses. I visit people in their homes who have a life limiting illness. I have a Masters degree in Palliative Care.
I look forward to exploring this site and learning of other exchange students, both "old" and new.
regards,
Robyn

9/30/09 from Hanna (Finland)

Hi,
Lots of things have happened since I left Springfield. I graduated from college and worked. Now I’m taking time off from work to study again –to work on my Master’s thesis. The school I go to is Helsinki School of Economics and hopefully I will be done by spring. We’ll see.

After Philadelphia I went on two other exchanges –college and graduate school- this time only for a fall semester. First was Texas El Paso which seemed like a good place to go since I was interested in Mexican culture but still wanted to study in English. El Paso is not certainly the most beautiful cities in the US but it was a blast. I got to travel Mexico a lot which was an inspiration to my latest exchange in Monterrey Mexico.

After all these great experiences, I am starting to feel ready to settle down and finish studies for good. Well, for now. I will definitely go for international career in the future (international business has been my major all along) and see where that takes me. Finland is a very good place to do international business :)

I think it is a great work you do with the Rotary Club Exchange. It gives people like me a chance to see places they wouldn’t otherwise see and broaden their perspective on life. I was just one of the many exchange students of yours over the years but it made a huge impact on my life. Thank you John :)

8/6/09 from Traci Wrubleski Lerner (Mexcio)

After my year in Cd. del Carmen, Mexico, I returned to Blue Bell, PA, for my senior year of high school and then I attended Florida State University. At Florida State I obtained B.A.'s in International Affairs and Spanish and spent my sophomore year abroad spending a semester in each London and Florence. Upon graduating from Florida State I enrolled in the University of Georgia to study a master's in Hispanic Literature. I taught two classes per semester while at UGA and enjoyed teaching so much I decided to instead study a Masters of Arts for Teachers (MAT) in Spanish. I then moved to Atlanta where I taught for 7 years in private schools: Woodward Academy and The Weber School. In March 2008 the birth of our daughter encouraged our family to move to Florida to be closer to my parents and sister. I currently teach Spanish in a private school in Bradenton, FL.

Before living in Mexico I had taken French for 3 years and had no idea about Spanish. Through Rotary I lived in a town that was not touristy and there was not much English spoken. I quickly immersed myself in the culture and learned the language. There are many people in Mexico I am still in touch with and consider family and good friends. The year I spent there changed my life.

5/29/09 from Jelena Jozovic (Croatia 2002-03)

Here's a little update on what I have beem doing since I last saw you guys: After my exchange ended I went back to Croatia and wrapped up my high school. I started college in Dubrovnik, Croatia where I finished three years, majoring in Hospitality Managent. I got an internship with an event planning company in New York, so I came to the States to do it. One thing led to another and I got a chance to transfer to Baruch College of the City University of New York. That is where I am now. I am majoring in Anthropology and Economics and I am graduating in May 2010. In a couple of days I am strating my summer internship with Goldman Sachs and I am really excited about that. Other than that, I live in New York, in Brooklyn, and I really love the city. It will be hard to leave... That exchange year was really the best year of my life to date - you guys were right! It was so much fun and indeed an unforgettable experience. I learned SO much that year and I wish I could do it again! Thank you for making it happen! If it is possible, I would love to come down to PA and visit you guys when Karla arrives. I hope you'll let your old exchange student hang out with you! All the best, Jelena

3/13/09

Old Friends Reunited

Caro C (Venezuela 1997-98), Marissa B (Chile 1998-99)

10/18/08 from Jenna Sadar, Costa Rica 2001-02

As for me, my year in Costa Rica changed my life in some pretty tangible ways. Upon returning from Costa Rica, my Spanish was strong enough to begin my freshman semester at Rhodes College in Memphis, TN in the 300 level. During my time at Rhodes, I studied Spanish and Latin American Studies and spent all of my summers in Costa Rica participating in internships and volunteer work as well as maintaining my friendships.
During my year in Costa Rica, I met a man named Lee Banks, who is a developer from FL and was just beginning a project called La Paz Waterfall Gardens. He offered me an internship for the summer after my freshman year in college. So I went. I had the privelege of living in the villas on grounds while the were under contructions (visit http://www.waterfallgardens.com/ to see how over the top it really was!) and gain experience as a bilingual tour guide. My second summer of collge I returned to Costa Rica with my younger sister and she and I worked full time volunteering with Habitat for Humanity in Cartago. She stayed with a host family through Habitat and I stayed with a friend who was my neighbor during my second six months on my Rotary Exchange. My final summer of college I returned to Costa Rica alone and worked in the Habitat offices helping organize their accounts payable and offering free ESL classes to Habitat families. That summer I stayed with the same friend, and at the end of the summer he and I got engaged!
Mean while, in the U.S., I used the knowledge I gained of Latino cultures while in Costa Rica to work closely with the immigrant population in Memphis. I was a board member for Fuerza Latina Unida for three years, offered weekly free ESL classes, intered with Latino Memphis, organized immigrant workers' rights rallies, and facilitated panels in which community members came to my college to speak about living in Memphis as Latinos. By my junior year I was connecting all Rhodes students to volunteer opportunities with immigrant communities in Memphis. My college experience also allowed me the opportunity to spend a semester in Oaxaca, Mexico with the School for International Training (SIT).
Since graduating in December of 2005, I've moved into a home with my husband in Long Island, New York. I now work as a secondary Spanish teacher in a progressive public school in Manattan and am currently considering the best way to continue my education. I encourage all of my students to study abroad and experience other cultures. Currently one of my students in is Monte Verde, Costa Rica for a semester and I am working with her host school to create a direct exchange program with our school. Furthermore, because of my immense respect for other cultures and my beleif in the importance of language as a tool for communication rather than as a barrier, I have been instrumental in instituting a Spanish language graduation requirement at my school. Every single one of my students must interview 3 native Spanish speakers about their opinions on a topic of particular importance to Latinos in the United States.
I don't have enough good things to say about the impact the Rotary Exchange Program has had on my life. Truly, having the opportunity to discover another culture through direct contact and interaction with it is an invaluable experience that opened me to an entirely new way of living in an experiencing the world. The cultural understanding I gained while in Costa Rica has made me a better communicator in more ways than one and has also made me tolerant of behaviors that are new to me. For so much of what I am good at and what I now love, I have Costa Rica - and Rotary - to thank!

I'm more than happy to talk to any students in my area who are thinking about spending a year, summer, semester, or just a couple of weeks in another country.

Best,
Jenna (Sadar) Prada

4/06/08 from Marianne Lennon, outbound to Spain 2004-05

District 7430 Youth Exchange -- Contact Us form submitted at 12:37:15 AM on April 6, 2008

COMPLETED BY NAME:	Marianne Lennon
COMPLETED BY EMAIL:	starstarie@hotmail.com
PHONE:	484-
COMMENTS:	2004-1005 Spain Current Status: Student at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Junior major in Biology and Spanish Exchange Description: I was in Denia, Spain a little town south of Valencia. I was alone in my town and had an extremely tough time getting accustomed. I was very close to going back home quite a few times, but ended up pushing through. Staying in Denia ended up being the best decision of my life so far. I think about my experience every day and have been back 4 times in those 3 years, including spending the summer there. I still keep in touch with my friends and host family and am planning to move to Valencia for a year before starting medical school. The experience has also encouraged my to continue learning about new cultures: I studied abroad in Mexico, Argentina, and plan to go to Brazil in the fall.

02/06/08 from Raissa Viana, inbound from Brazil

District 7430 Youth Exchange -- Contact Us form submitted at 8:31:31 PM on February 6, 2008

COMPLETED BY NAME:	Raissa Viana
COMPLETED BY EMAIL:	rahbranco@hotmail.com
PHONE:	(55)81-32220030
COMMENTS:	Hi everyone, I was and inbound in 05-06. Rah from Brazil, I really really hope you remember me. Just wanted to let you know how wonderful I think this program is and how GREAT the committee has been to all of us. Thanks for everything, hope I'll see you all soon! love, rah

11/13/07 from Kati Ruhl, outbound from Doylestown

Hello all!

Pardon another mass email, but I wanted to give a quick update and my new address.   So I finally found a place to live! I have been crashing at the FIRRP volunteer house for the last two months - a very welcoming apartment, but I very much needed my own place! Living and working in a small town, built around the prison industry, was also starting to exhaust me - with such intense work, gaining a little distance on the weekends is a necessary luxory. SO, my new address is:

Tucson, AZ 85719

I would love to start actual, written communication again, so if you would like a real letter, send me one or at least email your address to me. If you have my PO box, I receive mail there as well.

AND PLEASE COME VISIT - I totally have room - as in an entire spare room and bed - so I would LOVE guests.

On the job front, I am truly loving it. Amazing co-workers, and fascinating work. Very hands on. I am in court, in the Florence detention center, just about every morning to give a pre-hearing know your rights training, and to prep pro-se (meaning they are representing themselves) folk for court. Considering the very high stakes involved, it is quite increadible how few people can afford attorneys. Even if one can pay, there is competition for the few attorneys that actually come out to Florence to represent detainees. I can't wait to start entering on cases as an attorney. Bar results are next weekend, so fingers crossed! In the meantime, under our pro-se model, I get to work with everyone who doesn't have an attorney, to help to prepare their cases. Basically, I advise folks, research legal remedies, and help to write briefs, motions, etc. - any legal argument. There is PLENTY to keep me busy there! I also spend alot of time talking to families, which I really shouldn't do, but it's like people fall into a black hole when they get picked up by ICE. Family members are usually in a desperate panic, having no idea where their family members are, and no one will give them any information.   I can at least let them know the process and orient them.

In the afternoon, I'm in the office, or in the several prisons where they hold immigrant detainees in Florence. Besides the main center, there are about three other prisons- one county, the others federal (privately run prisons, with publicly traded stock), where they hold immigrant detainees as well as criminal detainees.   Visiting folk in these prisons is, well, exhausting, and I could talk about it forever, so please do ask me, but only if you really want to hear! It's amazing how it affects you. Every night as I drive home, I pass these jails and feel, well, guilty that I am out here and those guys are STILL in there. What really kills people is the uncertainly - the indefinite nature of it. Everyone wants to know when they will get out, and I just can't tell them. The unknowning is truly maddening.   I have watched countless people - people who have lived in the U.S. their whole lives, refugees, people who are totally qualified for a remedy and have increadibly sympathetic cases, give up their rights and take deport because they just can't stand indefinite detention. Oops - see there, I can't begin or I just won't stop!

My co-workers are hard working, but have a great attitude. We are very supportive and strive to keep things in perspective and ourselves happy.   But these moments come up randomly, when you can't block out the gravity of what is happening to people. I can and will go on about this another time!

Sorry to ramble. I hope you all are well, and I would love to hear an update on all of your lives.

Same cell phone, by the way - 530-902-4253.

Hope to see you all soon!

Katie

9/24/07 from Aditi from India (06-07)

hey all,

how are u doing? i m just fine...and doing good..today i m writing u as to inform u that i m back in nagpur (india). i left usa on August 3rd and reached India on August 9th......since then i have been trying hard to gett adjusted to nagpur heat and humidity...i have been in india for a nearly a month now..and m still in shock to belive that i m back to my hometown.

my family was really exited to see me,as i was back after an year. they even organised a warm welcome party for me, in which all my relatives particapited and it was quite fun and everyone was happy to see me back in one piece hahaa.

but my experience was just fablous in usa ...and for that i would like to

thank all the rotariens from dist 3030 to dist 7430. specially host family and the all the people i met...they just gave me wonderfull outlook to america..which i will never forgett..

beore returning to india ...i had a month long tour of usa with the other exchange students.....we were 143 of them with three buss full.and i have no words for the places i saw. literally i saw so many things that i cannot describe them in this mail...

During the year i did a lot of things with my host Family, District and my club. I would never forget going to Hershey in December and ridding the columbus ship with mom and steven and thinking how lucky we are to get the whole ship to ourseky and we can sit anywhere we want and during the ride realizing that its freezing after the ride took of and noone would ever do that.... Having see snow for the first time and having snowball fight with Steven fun fun!!! Making all those cookies during christmas and seeing Amanda turning Steven upside down and their fighting... Going ice-skating with friends from school and falling down and being scared!!

Going to all those Volleyball games and going mall for shopping with Sherry's. Ridding school bus and see Amanda learn how to drive and hope she would drive us safely everywhere!!! Going to Punxy.

I would never forget going to Philladelphia with Kevin and Mandy and getting lost both in Philly and in Mertztown!!!! Sixers game and the choclate place...laser tag.........

King tut exhibit, Dinner at Indian restaurents, Going to New york and doing all the other stuff with Mr Hobough and his family.

Patt i would never forget u making me walk everywhere when i stayed with u for last couple of days and i would always complain about it!!!

Going to Lancaster with Headings and seeing all the Amish stuff.

I would like to thank the district commitee of dist 7430 for organizing all the activities like sking, Trip to Washington DC, Distict confrence and everything else,

I have allmost been to 30 states out of 52 in usa...and i dont think any other exchange student to usa...getts to do that...i have seen drammtic changes of forests to desterts in minutes..and changes from desters to mountains.

all i would say is i m so lucky..that i got all this.

anywyas i have got lods to talk abt ...but may be next time. i hope to see ur reply a.s.a.p.

rgds,

Aditi / Adi

5/22/07 from Jarlene Choy, Outbound, from Ambler

Hello everyone at Rotary District 7430 and Ambler Rotary!

This is Jarlene Choy, Rotex that you sponsored to Japan 2005-2006, sending you an update and a hello from Penn State, Univ. Pk!:) (Do you remember me?) How are things at Rotary? I've been meaning to write for a while now, but the move to Northern Jersey and then off to college have taken up a lot of my time and energy. This said, I hope this email finds that things are well with each of you and this year's inbounds/outbounds.

College is going well and I wanted to share with you an international service learning project that I am participating in...here is a brief overview:

Each year the Penn State Schreyer Honors College sends a team of students to do service work in orphanages run by HOINA (Homes of the Indian Nations) in Southern India. Since 1972, HOINA has been a non-profit organization that not only provides a home for orphaned, abandoned and handicapped children, but also educates them by training them for careers and also providing medical care.

The founder, Darlene Large, is actually a Penn State alumnus, and she has received numerous awards for her humanitarian work. Among which, Rotary International has honored her as an Honorary Rotarian, Paul Harris Fellow and given her its Leadership Award.

This summer, from the end of July to mid-August, I and six other students, led by two instructors will be teaching ESL to staff and children of HOINA, tutoring and serving any other needs that are needed in the community while we are there. The purpose of this program is for students to better understand contemporary perspectives on globalization and development as it specifically affects India and its children.

This past January, our team hosted a successful spagetti fundraiser on campus to raise funds that go directly to the HOINA students' educational scholarships.

Meanwhile, our team meets once every week for class where we learn about Indian history, culture, effective teaching methods and globalization, in preparation for our trip.

for more info on HOINA: www.hoina.org

Since moving to Jersey, my mother and I have contacted the local Madison club and we are getting plugged back in. :)

As for other community service that I am involved with, I am currently raising awareness and funds for Relay for Life, a 24-hour event sponsored by the American Cancer Society that will take place at Penn State on April 14-15. Please let me know if you would like to contribute to this cause, I would greatly appreciate any support!

Thank you and Best regards,

Jarlene Choy

--
Jarlene Choy
Pennsylvania State University
Schreyer Honors College
University Park

11/7/2006 from Severine Grimaud Patanakul Inbound from France 1996-07

Hi John,

Thanks for your email. You're very welcome. I will update it further soon with a picture and everything.

It's already been 10 years!!!! Well I still live in the New York City area, and I actually do get back to PA about once a month or every two months or so, so we sure could meet again. I'll be down on Thanksgiving, but I know it's a little hectic about that time or year...

As for the news, I am not sure how much you know. So I'll start over a little, I got two MA degrees at Portland State University where I was also teaching French and ESL and met my husband. Oh and I got married Dec 25, 2005 in Bangkok (he's Thai), and again Aug. 12, 2006 in France! We moved to the NYC area about two years ago now where he is a professor and I am pursuing a PhD in bilingual education. And the latest news: we are buying a condo (big step) and will have our first baby in April (even bigger step!). We are very excited.

Hope to see you sometime soon...

Severine

9/20/06

District 7430 Youth Exchange -- Contact Us form submitted at 8:55:18 AM on September 20, 2006

COMPLETED BY NAME:	Ciara Shive
COMPLETED BY EMAIL:	SHIVECL@washjeff.edu
PHONE:	610-306-4378
COMMENTS:	I went to France in 03-04. I go to Washington & Jefferson College and I'm now a French, German and business administration major. Studying abroad was the reason that I could triple major because I started at a high level in French. I love this program and if you need help with anything or if students need someone, to talk to feel free to have them call or email me!

9/18/06

District 7430 Youth Exchange -- Contact Us form submitted at 3:04:42 PM on September 15, 2006

COMPLETED BY NAME:	Nicole Alcamo
COMPLETED BY EMAIL:	na2010@gwu.edu
PHONE:	610-248-6940
COMMENTS:	Hey everyone!! I am doing great. I am currently attending George Washington University with the intended Major of International Affairs and a concentration on Latin American Studies. I currently have an internship with CLAI ( Center of Latin American Issues) where I help organize, carry-out, and attend confrences with Latin American ambassadors and other important people. It's pretty cool. I miss Chile alot, I went from 04-05, but I do still keep in touch with my family and friends there. Rotary is awesome, and thanks for all the great expierences i had with you guys. I can truely say that i am where i am today, in a great school, with a great internship, because of your help! Love, Nicole

8/16/06

District 7430 Youth Exchange -- Contact Us form submitted at 1:26:02 AM on August 16, 2006

COMPLETED BY NAME:	Laura Bender
COMPLETED BY EMAIL:	laura_bender@hotmail.com
PHONE:	610-570-5205
COMMENTS:	I still think back often to my year abroad in Chile 2001-2002. I am now a Spanish teacher at St. Andrew's School in Delaware. My Rotary year had a profound effect on me! Thank you

7/16/05

Greetings;

A long time ago (November 2003) I met you as a young Outbound exchange student, headed to Germany. Consider that year a success-- I'm now hooked on the internationial experience, and spent last summer in Singapore and am back in Germany this summer, having managed to land an internship at Porsche's R&D center.

I'm now halfway into my studies, and even (or because) I'm at such an intensely high-performace company, I'm beginning to wonder what exactly I'm studying for. In two years I'll graduate with a degree in mechanical engineering, and hopefully all the skills needed to create new technologies and bring new products to the marketplace. It's an awesome power-- but I don't know how I want to use it.

I can see the potential that technology has in our world --the U.S. and western Europe-- but I'd like to complete that view, and see what impact technology has had --and can have-- on the rest of the world. Though it's easy to forget when living and working in an all-engineering school, I know that much of the world isn't happy with the results that technology has had on the world.

I'm hoping that Rotarians, with their values and international involvement, might be able to provide me with some insight into the countries that have been touched by globalization-- either those who have been left behind in the first world's rush for affluence, or that have been negatively touched by the effects of our globalized economy. I'd like to get a similar view, both so that I can understand what aspects of development cause problems, and so that I can understand how my skills might be used positively.

Babson College, a neighbor to my own little Olin College, has in the past offered an intersession trip to Sri Lanka, under the name Babson Global Outrach through Entrepeneurship, in which business students from Babson work with locals in the tsunami-stricken region to see how local entrepeneurship might be able to help these people-- starting a business making mosaics out of ceramic shards, or getting micro-investment help to get fishermen back on their feet.

Unfortunately, that program may not be offered this year-- do you know of any similar programs, in entrepeneurship, product design, or engineering? Or do you have any suggestions of how I might be able to get onto the right track towards finding (or putting together) such a program?

Many thanks-- I really look forwards to your thoughts. If you'd prefer to talk about this over telephone, tell me what times are good for you and I can give you a ring.

All the best,

Oi!!!!!!
          Un ano já passou muito rapido. Foi um pouco mais de una ano desde
eu devoltei pra casa depois um ano otimo em Brasil. Eu quis a ver como voce
estando. Eu quis todos de voces a saber que voce e em minha
pensamentos e eu appreciar tendo a opportunidade a encontrei voces.
Voces fizeram meu ano especial e este e o razon eu quero manter
contacto com voce.
        Eu comercei meu primero ano de faculdade a setembro passado em
Bentley College, un pequeno faculdade perto de Boston. Agora eu estou
estudiando economia e financa mas este pode mundar em un ano de agora. Eu
estou feliz a dizer que em o proximo ano de faluldade eu vou partihar meu
amor para Brasil com os estundantes em meu faculdade com um clube, Portugés
através continentes, um organaçao sobre cultura de pais de fala portugués.
Eu estou animado para meu segunda ano de faculdade e eu vou estudiar em
Madrid durante meu semestre de primavera. Eu ainda não posso parar de
viajar.
       Este verao eu tenho um trabalho com Liberty Seguros, um compania de
seguros e eu estou fazendo um curso de filosofia. Eu sempre preciso ficar
ocupado! Espero que voce tem a opportunidade a mandar um email sobre que e
novo em sua vida. Me gostaria de ouvir de voce e mantar concato. Voce pode
email eu em pickle_sabr@bentley.edu, email primário ou em
brini245@hotmail.com mais ha um grande chanca que eu vou demorra com uma
resposta.


                            Beijos
Hey!

            One year has gone by so fast. It has been a bit over a year
since I have returned home from my amazing year in Brazil. I wanted to
check in with everyone and see how you were doing. I wanted all of you to
know that you were all of you know that you are in my thoughts and I
appreciate having the opportunity to meet all of you and you all made my
year in Brazil special and that is why I wanted to stay in contact with you.
I started my first year of college last September at Bentley College, a
small business school in the Boston area. I am currently an economics and
finance major but who knows what my major could be a year from now. I am
happy to say that next year I get the chance to bring my love of Brazil to
the rest of the student body at Bentley College because I am the vice
president of a new organization on campus, Portuguese Across Continents, a
cultural awareness organization that focuses on Portuguese speaking
countries. I am excited to start my sophomore year next September and
during my spring semester I will be studying abroad in Madrid, Spain. I
still can't stop traveling!
This summer I have an internship with Liberty Mutual, an insurance company
and I am taking a philosophy course (a requirement for my college ƒ¼).
I have to stay busy. I hope that you get a chance to email about what has
been going on with you. I would love to hear from you and keep in touch.
You can email me at pickle_sabr@bentley.edu, my primary email address, or at
brini245@hotmail.com, warning I will probably take longer to respond.


With Lots of Love,

Sabrina Pickle

Belo Horizonte- '04-'05

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