At the end of the year, despite many hardships, the whole family was sad to leave. What made the difference for them was one caring French family. They helped us find a place to live and helped us settle in. And they had problems. So we knew what it was like living in a country and not knowing the language and cultureand having only one contact.
Some people come here and have no contacts.
While in France, Kathleen helped out in a conversational English class for French women. She enjoyed the experience, and when she returned to Minnesota, Kathleen eagerly accepted an offer to substitute as a teacher in a conversational English class at an international center connnected with the university. But something about the experience was missing. Eventually, Kathleen did find a way to ask her students if they would be interested in a study of the Bible. Several students were interested, and that began a class called American Life and Culture that continues even today.