One fun thing I just started this semester (a little late to be starting things, I know) is participating in the Language Exchange Program here at OU. I have three international students– one from Kuwait, one from Africa somewhere (speaks French), and one from Korea (I think)– and basically we get together for an hour once a week or so and speak English. That’s it. So I now have three new friends.

Well, I have only met one so far, but I’m sure the other two will be just as much fun. Yesterday I met Ahmad, an 18-yr-old freshman from Kuwait who has 18 siblings (TEN brothers, EIGHT sisters), two mothers, is a middle child, and is the only one of his brothers to get good grades and to go on to university (and to study in the United States). Fascinating kid. I can’t wait to learn more about a different culture and help him make more friends here in the U.S.