2011 Homestay Trip Countdown!!

Well, the 2011 American Homestay trip is in the final stages of preparation. All the students have their US visas now (finally!!) and they've all been placed with wonderful host families and schools, and so now all that's left to do is confirm a few details and pack!

I realize that I probably should have been using this blog to disseminate information before, but I've been hoping to get a blogging engine set up on my woefully out-of-date website. Unfortunately, I never had the time to sit down and do some serious PHP coding, so we're back here on blogger for this trip as well. Hopefully while I'm sitting around in my parents' house, I'll have time to update the website, however, I had that same notion last year but instead all I did was sleep and watch high-stakes poker on TV with my Dad, hahah!

Speaking of getting information out to everyone, here's an up-to-date list of the Thai students, their host families, and the schools they will be visiting:

#, Student Name:................
........Host Family:...............................School Name:
1 Ben (Sakon Bosereewong)........
........Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Owen....Franklin Elementary School
2 Boom (Sapon Bosereewong).......
........Kay Grady.................................Jefferson Elementary School
3 Oaky (Kristapob Sujivarodom).......
........Kay Grady.................................Jefferson Elementary School
4 Mung (Peempon Jantawanumas)..
........Margie Anderson......................First German Lutheran
5 Oun (Thanas Boonchoo)...............
........Margie Anderson......................First German Lutheran
6 Jet (Varat Charoenpornsawat)......
........Kevin and Joanne Havlovitz....Denmark Middle School
7 Sea (Wisuwat Panyoi)...................
........Tim and Sarah Kupsky.............Bethany Lutheran
8 James (Jetnipit Teavirat)...............
........Tim and Sarah Kupsky.............Bethany Lutheran
9 Gam (Natada Suvanprakorn).........
........Kevin and Dori Miller...............Bethany Lutheran
10 May (Mesa Chinavicharana)..........
........Jennifer Konen.........................Hilbert Elementary School
11 Jan (Salinee Ngoenkham)............
........Kevin LaBerge.........................Hilbert Middle School
12 Dear (Chanisara Wichaidist).........
........Brian and Tammy Brill.............New Holstein High School
13 Net (Nutnicha Chu-Ongsakul).........
........Larry and Alyssa Flaskrud......New Holstein Middle School
14 Pat (Suttida Chirawichakkhana).....
........Camille Pattee.........................Valders Middle School
15 Sai (Tanatchaporn Klaksi)..............
........Camille Pattee.........................Valders Middle School
16 Aum (Phattaraporn Chantraprasi)...
........James and Kay Larson...........Lincoln High School
17 Beam (Jirutt Dendeewanich)...........
........Melissa Samson.....................Denmark Middle School
18 June (Malisa Maneechawakajon)...
........Scott and Michelle Asplund.....Denmark Elementary School

And the Thai chaperone's blog is: Nuchy (Sirinuch Boonthong)

If you click on their names, you will be taken to their blogs. Each student is required to blog about their trip every day. Hopefully they will also post lots of photos and videos too!