# 164 District 7730 Conference

Chad with the exchange students from Brazil and Chile 

Nancy, Veronica and Marilyn

GSE Team Leader shares a pose with Veronica and Erlene

Under the masks are fellow NID members from 2010

GSE Team Leader points out where Uruguay is 

I met my son Chad at a friend's house in North Raleigh and we headed to Pinehurst for 7730's district conference, where he was asked to be a speaker for the youth conference being held in conjunction with this meeting.

We arrived with limited time to get ready for the evening's events.  The GSE team had just arrived from Uruguay and were introduce by Elias Thomas, RI President Ray Klinginsmith's representative.  We met both the inbound and outbound teams.  This was a vocational exchange with all participants being employed in agriculture, several of the Uruguayans are veterinarians and the US team are with the Department of Agriculture in NC.  The theme was carnival and many wore masks and beads to get into the New Orleans spirit.  Chad met two lovely foreign exchange students, with whom he was right at home with, I later heard one of the girls describe Chad as being "dreamy".