Exchange

Khamla from Laos sleeps in the room next door to mine. She speaks English well and is eager to tell me all she can about her country. She tears pages out of her journal and fills them with maps to places that I must visit and the names of her friends and family that I must greet. On Monday we SALTers going to Laos stayed up late talking to Khamla about what to expect, what foods we must try and what to avoid if at all possible. From all accounts, Laos sounds like a fascinating and beautiful country. We tried as best we could to tell Khamla what to expect from her conservative Mennonite family in Ohio. That, I feel, will be a cross cultural experience within a cross cultural experience.