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By LISAG. CURRIE
Rappahannock Newi Staff Writer
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live with another family — someone you’ve never met or someone in a far away land — someone you may share a few similiarities with — or someone with whom you can share a whole new life?
Annually, thousands of exchange students worldwide do just this — join a family, a country, a culture they’ve never met — to share and exchange ideas and establish friendships.
Rappahannock County High School, through resident and school support in housing exchange students, hosted five exchange students for the 1989-90 school year — students from across the Pacific, from across the Atlantic or from lands below the equator.
One of the families was Marie and David Davis in Washington.
As first-time exchange parents, the Davis family welcomed into their home a student from Spain, 18-yearold Francisco (Frank) Vicente Marquez — not only was it the first time for the Davis family to host an exchange child but it was the first time for the family to have a “son.”
Frank’s year long stay with Marie and David — and their three grown daughters — has been one to
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