“Will there be snow?”
A month earlier in Taiwan, one of our
five young Taiwanese students asked this as we discussed what to expect on
their stay in Maine for our Winter in Maine program. There hadn’t been much
snow in December, so they were a little worried. Snow was part of the reason
they were coming.
As we all now know, they weren’t
disappointed.

Five Taiwanese boys made the long flight
and would stay with us at our home in Windham for three weeks — Richard (16),
Victor (11), PJ (11), Austin (12), and Wei-Da (13). They would attend classes
at Windham Christian Academy during the day and get involved with winter
activities in the evening and on weekends.

No lack of snow, the group was able to
go snow tubing at Seacoast Funpark, make a huge snow fort at home, play soccer
in the snow, ski at popular areas like Lost Valley and Shawnee Peak, and go ice
skating at Portland’s Troubh Ice Arena. Taiwan is a tropical island, so it was
a treat to be able to get out and experience winter sports and life in Maine.

We’d like to thank Windham Eagle and our
friends in Windham for their kindness and for the support of our programs for
Taiwanese students in Maine.
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