Exchange Students
Between 1996 and 2003, my wife and I hosted five high school exchange students, four from the former Soviet Union and one from France through an organization called Academic Year in the USA (AYUSA.) The four from the former Soviet Union came here through a program called Freedom Support Act, fully funded by our government to promote better understanding between our countries, and to seed the former Soviet countries with young people who have first hand experience with America. Continue reading.