The response has been AWESOME!!! Lots of questions too so I guess I should go back to the beginning and give everyone an overview....
In August or September 2008, I happened to notice a small add in the local newspaper looking for business professionals between the ages of 29 - 40 interested in participating in a Rotary Group Study Exchange (GSE) and I thought - - "well, I turn 40 in January so this would be my only opportunity - - why not?"
I applied with the approval of RWSC and the Red Wing Rotary Club - - in early October, I participated in an interview process up in the cities with 10 other candidates vying for the 4 open spots. This was an eco-friendly focused trip and I thought I was way out of my league with all of these women working in related industries. Well, later that night, I was at Tyler's ELC Awards banquet when the call came in and I snuck out to take it.
I was selected as one of the four team members to join Jennifer, our team leader for this AWESOME adventure to Sweden. I was sooooo excited as I went back in to let Kevin know what I had found out.
Fast forward to the trip details..... we are scheduled to leave in early March for five weeks in a Rotary district near Goteberg (western side of Sweden). We will spend most of our nights staying with host families in the cities we are visiting and a few nights in hotels. They are estimating that we will have 7-8 host families each during our trip! During the daytime hours, we are expected to attend Rotary meetings & give a presentation on our district, where we live & work. We will also have opportunities to spend "vocational days" in businesses that are in similar industries to where we work - - I'm VERY excited about this part!!! I'm hoping that we'll find out more as we get closer to the departure dates as we really don't have many details yet.
That's all for now - - stay tuned for future updates and thanks again for your support!
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