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So for those of you that do not know me that well, I will give
you a little glimpse into my past. I am from the small village of Minerva, that is in Ohio (as I am told... it is the state
everyone drives through to get in and out of Michigan) I have lived there my whole life... well until now (but I will get
to that in a little while). I graduated from high school this past June 2004 with my three best friends Michelle Amie and
Tiffany. I have one brother, Dan who is 20, and my mom and dad... but I won't list their ages because I value my life to much.
Josh also lives with us... he is like my brother.. he has lived his whole life in Mexico. I grew up a very strong Christian
and still am today.
Well enough about my past. Currently I am living in a city of about
55,000 ppl. That is about 11 times the size of were I am from. The city is called Vejle, and it is in Denmark (yes that is
a country). I will be here for the school year of 2004 -2005. I will be staying with three different families, attending gymnasium,
which is kinda like high school, and fulfilling my duties to Rotary. Along with seeing a new land I will be partaking in the
Danish customs of Danish teenages. What that means exactly, I can't tell you, but I know that I am in for one fun and event
filled year.
Deciding to be an exchange student was not a very hard choice to make. Yes living in a small
town had it's perks. I knew almost everyone, and everyone knew me. But that comes with downfalls too. It wasn't so much that
I was not allowed to be an individual, but you can only go so far. OK so I am different than most people, but most of the
stuff I have done in the past that to me were special, every other kid in Minerva had also done it. So I was ready to get
out of the small village and be different. I will never forget my roots, but I will enjoy being able to sneeze in the morning
and not have to whole town know that I did by that night.
Why Denmark... that is the 50 point question. The answer, I did not pick it. In fact, at the
time of my interview, I did not know that Denmark was a country. I wanted to go to Italy, well Sara, also from Minerva, is
going there. I was originally assigned to England, but the chaps fell through with a promise that they had given my district
a few years before. So one night I was sitting at home, watching CSI, and Bob called. He informed me of an opening in Denmark.
I still wasn't to sure, so I explored my options. I stumbled across Holland, and after a lot of effort on mine and Vicki (district
person back home) we finally convinced my parents to let me go. I was so excited, I was going to Holland. Yeah well, we found
out that it cost a lot more to go there, so Holland was eliminated. Dang... It was Febuary, and I still was not sure where
or if I was going. So I said that Denmark was fine. We filed the paperwork, and in a few weeks I got my final notification.
So that is how Denmark, or as the danes spell it Danmark, came about.
To let you know a little about the language... there are almost no rules. They have three(tri)
extra vals,
Å Æ Ø
and the regular letters are not said the same way. And they don't say... the dog,
which would be... et hund. They add an et or an en to the end of the word... so
it is... hundet(the dog), and when asking the teacher how do we know if it is et or en on the end of the
word, they tell us, "God will tell you which to use, you will just know in your heart." Yeah that is like the only place they
put God. So the language is difficult. Oh yeah and double k's (kk) are said as a g. I will learn it
eventually though.
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Favorites
Here's a list of some of my favorite movies:
~Pirates of the Carribean
~The Prince and Me (about Denmark)
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