Maike Niebergal brings her smile to Ruston.

Isn't that a beautiful smile? I wish that I could smile like that.

Maike (pronounced Micah) is visiting her exchange student parents, Cheryl and Richard Maxwell, for the next week. In 2007Maike spent time as an exchange student in the Maxwell home in Malvern, Arkansas. In the eleven years since then Maike in Germany and the Maxwells in America have kept close ties. (several visits) Here is a recent family picture. (today)

This family is closer together than many families that live on the same continent. It warms and gladdens my heart to see them together. The sight is a tribute to the loving nature and graciousness of these three people.