Jeanne Gachon, the inbound Foreign Exchange Student was our speaker on May 5th what an amazing young lady.  She said a lot of profound things.  I will quote a few during this brief update.
She made a point to thank the club for loving on her and how much she loves to come to meeting each Tuesday morning and see everyone.  She has never complained about the time of the meeting 7:00 a.m.   She thanked her Counselors Mary and Randy for taking such good care of her and answering all her questions.
 
She thanked all the families that she stayed with Mary Straus and family from our club and the two other host families.  She “felt loved and taken care of by each family”.  She is very happy to have a beautiful little sister in Lilly.
 
She appreciated all the trips that she was taken on; to California, the beach, skiing, Texas, and the four corners and other places in Tucson.
 
She was able to attend prom with a young man named Juan and had a great time; she said it was just like in the movies.  She said “experiencing is knowing, now that she has lived here she understand America”.
 
After traveling here she has learned the importance of family, but she has it in her hear heart to travel she said, “Now the whole world is her home”.  She said when she came here she was so shy; she has changed because of this trip. She said one thing she learned is that “no one can stop you but yourself” and not to underestimate the world around you.
 
She said she loved RYLA and really learned to get over many fears there.   She said she has learned to not say “NO” but to try new things.  She said, “You miss a lot if you don’t get out of your comfort zone”.