Lindenwood Christmas Conference!

     This weekend was the Inbound/Outbound Christmas Conference at the Lindenwood Retreat Center in Donaldson, IN. For this Conference, all of our districts Inbounds and future Outbounds had to bring either a main dish or dessert from our country to share with everyone. There were also many activities to help all the Inbounds and Outbounds get to know each other. Here is who was all there:

Inbounds:                                           Outbounds:

Linda (Finland)                                               Maggie (me)

Bryant (Taiwan)                                              Sophie

Bernardo  (Bolivia)                                          Sydney 

David  (Spain)                                                 Erin

Por  (Taiwan)                                                  Hannah

Zuzia   (Poland)                                               Nicole (couldn't come) 

Juna    (Belgium)

Daniela   (Ecuador)

Bruno  (Brazil)  (couldn't come) 

We also had to share a room with someone who we hadn't met before. So, most of the rooms were 1 Outbound and 1 Inbound. I shared a room with Daniela, the girl from Ecuador. She is one of the nicest girls I have ever met. I had such a good time talking and spending time with her. All of the Inbounds were so nice and really easy to talk to. All of them were willing to share advice with us, the Outbounds, about their experiences on foreign exchange. I couldn't ask for a better group. Our next conference is in February. I don't think I'll be able to wait that long before seeing them all again! 

In this picture, from left to right, is David (Spain), Bernardo (Bolivia) & Matt (from France, was an exchange student here five years ago)

And here, from left to right, is Daniela (Ecuador) , Linda (Finland) and Zuzia (Poland).

Hopefully I will be finding out my host country in the next month or two. Or three.

--Maggie