Fund 17 Documents

Fund 17 Documents

Approaching Relationships with Innocence

Approaching Relationships with Innocence

Approaching Relationships with Innocence

Approaching Relationships with Innocence

Approaching Relationships with Innocence

Hosting Rotary youth exchange students has become a passion of our family. Over the years we have hosted girls from Sweden, Italy, Japan and Germany, while getting to know other students from Belgium, France, India, and throughout Latin America. While apprehensive at first, our children have formed special and unique bonds with each student, which has shaped the way they approach new relationships.

By
David McKinney
David McKinney
David McKinney
David McKinney

THIS TWOSDAY'S TAKEAWAYS

  1. Reluctance gives way to eagerness.

  2. Immersion quickly changes perceptions.

Hosting Rotary youth exchange students has become a passion of our family. Over the years we have hosted girls from Sweden, Italy, Japan and Germany, while getting to know other students from Belgium, France, India, and throughout Latin America. While apprehensive at first, our children have formed special and unique bonds with each student, which has shaped the way they approach new relationships. 

As a family we welcome students into our home with understanding of the difficult decisions they have made to leave behind friends and family and delay graduation, all for the opportunity to immerse themselves in a foreign environment. Students often find themselves feeling alone or homesick and we find our kids are often best equipped to reassure our guest.

David, Amanda and Duke McKinney with Rotary Youth Exchange student Emma Zaby from Reidstadt, Germany enjoying game day with the Seattle Mariners.

Forming Relationships With Guest Families Back Home

Relationships with our guest's family back home are formed by way of FaceTime visits, playing Minecraft with younger siblings at home, playing games together online across the oceans, while travel plans are made to visit our guest back at home after the exchange has ended. 

Watching these new friendships blossom, evident is the absence of judgment, politics, assumptions, labels. In its place is the desire to understand, to seek common ground while reveling in the new perspectives. We can all learn from this more inquisitive approach as we consider how we enter into new relationships, putting aside our defenses.

Fund 17 Documents

Fund 17 Documents

Fund 17 Documents

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(509) 965-4240

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*Wilkinson® is not an investment adviser or a broker-dealer. All prospective investors should consult with their own advisors before deciding to invest. This does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities. Securities may be sold only to accredited investors and only through an offering memorandum.Total transaction volume rounded up to nearest $100K.

(509) 965-4240

©2025 Wilkinson Corporation. All Rights Reserved.


*Wilkinson® is not an investment adviser or a broker-dealer. All prospective investors should consult with their own advisors before deciding to invest. This does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities. Securities may be sold only to accredited investors and only through an offering memorandum. Total transaction volume rounded up to nearest $100K.

(509) 965-4240

©2025 Wilkinson Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

*Wilkinson® is not an investment adviser or a broker-dealer. All prospective investors should consult with their own advisors before deciding to invest. This does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities. Securities may be sold only to accredited investors and only through an offering memorandum. Total transaction volume rounded up to nearest $100K.

(509) 965-4240

©2025 Wilkinson Corporation. All Rights Reserved.