The Foreign Exchange Student

[in2herbs]

29. My goodness you sure made some unfounded and incorrect assumptions. The policy of the foreign

exchange program I had no control over. The Apache helicopter is a helicopter of war and specific and tight restrictions are placed on the manufacturer (Boeing) for national security reasons and one of these reasons does not allow ANY civilians in the Apache except those test pilots that have received permission from the government. The kids didn't want to see just any object of flight, they wanted to see an Apache helicopter. We surprised them when told them they could sit in one. The memory of that moment will linger longer than if they'd been to just any air show. Another incorrect assumption by you is that you have concluded that we didn't want to keep in touch with them. Before they left I asked them to write their home address in Korea on 12 envelopes. In this way I could be reasonably assured that the letters we'd send would arrive. The kids were young and as such their attention span is short. I never expected to be communicating with them for a life time, but I am grateful that I could give them the time of their life when they were here and hopefully they have been paying the goodness they received forward.