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Friendship Force Northern Illinois

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Still Remembering Japan! Don't Wait for an Ideal Time

Twenty-five years—A Friendship Force visit never forgotten..

Living

Handicap? What Handicap?

A sugar bowl taught me a lesson. Learn to live with the cards you are dealt.

Holiday Guide 2011

Of Christmas and Kookaburras

A Christmas card triggers fond memories of Aussie friends and Kookaburras

World

Fond Recollections of New Zealand and Australia

Fond Memories of New Zealand and Australia from a trip with Friendship Force Northern Illinois

Jean Wilson of Libertyville is Friendship Force Honoree (in Libertyville Patch)

Jean Wilson of Libertyville awarded Wayne Smith Medal by Friendship Force Northern Illinois.

World

Friendship Force Experiences in Japan

Memories of a trip to Japan with Friendship Force

Living

Friendship Force as Window to the World

Open a new window to the world -- meet your international neighbors.

Americans and the Thai Artists' Colony

How an unsuspecting American couple helped Thai artists network

International Conversation Conundrums

International conversations aren't easy -- even when both participants speak English!

Memories from Japan

Friendship Force Memories from Exchange to Japan: Kimonos and Fried Chicken

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