Well, we picked James up last night. How fun! The students flew to Phoenix from all over the world. There were 3 young men from Thailand. When they got to Phoenix, the local AFS volunteers picked them up from the airport and took them to a hotel in Tempe for the night. Then, on Friday, they had an orientation and Friday afternoon all of the host families came to pick up their new children. (Oh, and if you were wondering...we were 10 minutes early!) It was so cool. The volunteers had all of the students in a big conference room to wait for their families. You could hear them eagerly chatting with each other from down the hall. And then, as we approached the room, I heard one of the volunteers announce, "Here comes another host family!!!" The whole room got quiet and the anticipation and excitement of the students was palpable. We felt like movie stars. Or maybe new parents :)
Where do I start? He is such a nice young man. He is smart and handsome (really tall) and his English is excellent! Did I already mention that he is really sweet? It will be fun to get to know him.
Today we are headed out to buy uniforms and school supplies because school start in 2 days. If we get all of our chores done today, we might have time to go kayaking tomorrow. Welcome to Phoenix!
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