Dear Alissa,

Hello, Alissa! I remember the days with you vividly. You were always full of energy and your smile encouraged me. At the beginning, I wasn't confident about my English. I got my confidence step by step because I enjoyed talking with you in class. I was glad to take your class sitting next to you! I was looking forward to going to the study center every day. Also, I appreciate that you gave us our journals. I understood that writing English every day was an important habit. Since then, I got to like writing a diary thanks to you!

A lot of memories with you for three weeks are really precious! You are a special teacher for us. I'm deeply grateful to you. Thank you so much!

Please take care.

Yu

Dear the Criscione family,

Hello, Sheila, Mike, David and Grandpa! How are you doing? I was delighted to become a part of your family for three weeks. Before I saw you, I worried about whether I could communicate with you and stay in America. I got rid of my concerns immediately thanks to you. I got invaluable memories with you in each passing day. I'll never forget them for the rest of my life. I think that the happiest thing in my homestay is meeting the Criscione family!

A lot of pictures I took with you each day and the e-mails Sheila sent me make me recall the days with you. I wanted to talk a lot more with you. I want to come back to you some day, and talk with each of you about our culture, painting, Record of Lodoss War and fishing! Please take care of yourself. Thank you so much!

I'm looking forward to seeing you again someday!

Yu