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My name is Lauren (Wist) Vorbeck, and when I was 16, I went to Holland as an exchange student with YFU. I was one of 42 students, and it was probably the most influential time in my young life. I was probably not the most typical teen, but I found new friends, a challenge of learning a new culture and new language, and a chance to rediscover myself.

I spent my first three months in Gouda, and transferred from that family to the Familie Roebers, in Tilburg. My time with the Roebers taught me new things about being a family, and helped me with learning about the bigger world around us. When I returned to the U.S., I knew that my world would never be the same. I would never be the same.

Please contact me at llvorb@aol.com to share your memories and to also reconnect to YFU!

Orientation at Het Spyk, July 1981 - click on the photo to get a larger picture of the group

One of many new Dutch Experiences during our Entry Orientation at a converted convent, Het Spijk. Little did we know that bikes would truly be a way of life!

YFU counselors for Holland, Lauren Wist and Sabrina Eastwood and a field trip to Flevohof, 1981.