If you've ever wondered how a foreign student exchange program works, Mary Scobey explains it all in Thirty-Six Years Promoting Global Friendships. She chronicles the experience from the day a teenage student arrives until he or she returns to their native country ten months later. You will be informed of the qualifications required of each student and each host family who apply as well as the effort that goes into placing the student with a compatible family. You will share in the student's excitement of each new experience from school and holidays to their growth in human understanding.The ultimate goal of this international experience is to foster comprehension between people of different nationalities and to foster world peace. For thirty-six years Mary has witnessed the beautiful friendships that develop between not only the students and their host families but the overseas parents as well. These friendships can last a lifetime, as Mary and her family can attest. Read Less