The Lyon Family

AFS Family crosses globe; generations

The Lyon Family
of Kirtland, OH

The Lyon's hosted Samuel, from the Canary Islands, Spain's largest archipeligo, located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa. Host mom Jane Lyon says:

"A unique story that we would like to share was that Samuel got to meet and spend time with his AFS grandparents. His mom was an AFS student in a neighboring city 30 years ago. Also, our liaison’s parents were good friends with his AFS grandparents. This fact unfolded after our liaison was already chosen.

AFS truly makes the world a smaller place. Samuel’s English teacher this past year had hosted an AFS student when she was in high school who turned out to be from the same town as he was from. Samuel’s mom then connected with this girl and got to meet her. We all told Samuel that there was no denying that he was right where he was supposed to be."

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