Vera Spiekerkoetter was with us in Columbus from August 4, 2000 to January 13, 2001.
We really enjoyed her visit. It was too short. She was a student  at Upper Arlington High School during the school's best football season.

Above is Vera and Chantal in October 2000.
  Vera's photo taken in a mirror.
After she left us, we asked her to do two more things:-

1. When she is old, she must try to host an exchange student,

2. She must try to rent the move "Sound of Music" with Julie Andrews.
We hope that Vera will always remember us. We hope that Vera will come back and visit us someday.