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By LISA G. CURRIE
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
It’s often said that “you must live with a person to really become- familiar with them.” Rappahannock exchange students Amy Longyear and Heather Kilpatrick took the saying to heart and have discovered it to be true.
Both girls became representatives of the United States in other countries as part of the Youth for Understanding Exchange, an international student exchange program which allows teens ages 15-19 to study in various participating countries for time periods ranging from six weeks to one year.
Delaying her freshman year at college, Heather Kilpatrick, daughter of Sean and Sharon Kilpatrick, set her sights across the Atlantic and landed in Holland for the 1988-89 school year. Wakefield junior Amy Longyear, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Longyear, filled the void summer vacation often creates for teens and spent eight weeks in South America’s Chile.
The exchange has given both girls memories to cherish and stories to tell.
The program allows the student to choose which area of the world he would prefer to visit, and if an opening is available and his qualifications are met, a placement is made.
In Amy’s case, she was the last to know.
With an air of diplomacy and careful articulation, Amy explained that she applied to the program in late March hoping for a summer exchange. “I was interviewed while I was on spring vacation in Florida,” she said, adding that nothing more was heard from the exchange program until after her “new sister” wrote a letter to welcome her to Chile. “After that, I figured I was chosen,” she said, laughing.
On June 24th, Amy arrived in Santiago, Chile. “I
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