Day or Night, Wichita Kansas is the jewel of the prairie! Be sure to see downtown Wichita, the sunflowers on the prairie and The Keeper of the Plains statue on the Arkansas Riverwalk.
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Upcoming Events


September 27-October 5
Open World Kosovo

October 26
Quarterly Meeting
10:00am
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church (1101 N River Blvd, Wichita, KS 67203)

November 8
FFK Helps at Food Bank
Kansas Food Bank (1919 E Douglas Ave, Wichita, KS 67211)

TBA
India Inbound

December
Christmas Party
TBA

December 5
Board Meeting
10:00am

2025

January 25
Quarterly Meeting
10:00am
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church (1101 N River Blvd, Wichita, KS 67203)

March 6
Board Meeting
10:00am

April TBA
Outbound Journey
La Serena, Chile

April 26
Quarterly Meeting
10:00am
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church (1101 N River Blvd, Wichita, KS 67203)

June 5
Board Meeting
10:00am

July 26
Quarterly Meeting
10:00am
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church (1101 N River Blvd, Wichita, KS 67203)

August 11-17
Outgoing Journey
Des Moines, IA

OUTGOING INTERNATIONAL JOURNEYS

 


YEAR

 


COUNTRY


EXCHANGE DIRECTOR

  2024 flag Mongolia Angela Pirner
  2023 flag Nashik, India Curtis Zerr/Angela Pernir
  2022 flag Egypt Curtis Zerr
  2019 Tauranga Western Bay of Plenty, New Zealand Sherry Lichtenberger
  2019 Kazakhstan Lynn Harrington
  2018 Japan/Taiwan Lynn Harrington
  2016 Sweden Lottie Miller
  2015 Australia Lynn Harrington
  2014 Korolev, Russia Tatyana Bobrova
  2013 Nairobi, Kenya Africa Lottie Miller
  2012 flag

Calgary/Edmonton, Canada

Rita Pressnall
  2011 flag La Libertad, Peru

Sherri Litchenberger

  2010 flag Sussex, U.K.

Nancy Murry 

  2009 flag Howick, New Zealand Lynn Harrington
    flag Christchurch, New Zealand Lynn Harrington
    flag Blue Mountain, Australia Lynn Harrington
  2008 flag Poland Christa Cloyd
  2007 flag Alajuela, Costa Rica Lottie Miller
  2006 flag Mongolia Nancy Murry
  2005 Ulyanovsk, Russia Nancy Murry
    Niagara, Canada Rita Pressnall
  2004 Wales Mike Summers
  2002 flag France Bob Hustead
    flag Cuba Rosalie Summers
  2001  flag Vietnam Gloria Bonwell
    flag Adelaide/Tweed Valley, Australia Nan Duncan
  2000 flag Netherlands Bob Hustead
    flag Iran Rosalie Summers
    flag Brazil Mike Summers
    flag Chile Mike Summers
  1999 flag England Zane Day
    flag China Rosalie Summers
  1998 flag Colombia Ronda Holmes
    flag Cuba Fred Hadley
    flag So. Africa Dorothy Orloske
  1997 flag Austria Christa Cloyd
  1996 flag Berlin, Germany Mary Schank
    flag India Joe Gingrich
  1995 flag New Zealand Emzy Oakes
    flag Philippines George Short
  1994 flag Japan Helen Carter
    flag Russia George Short
  1993 flag Italy Beverly Gochis
    flag Kyrgyzstan Dorothy Orloske
  1992 flag Germany Rosalie Summers
  1991 flag Kenya Naomi Rasmussen
    flag Brazil Arnold McEachern
  1990 flag Netherlands Thelma Bell
    flag Australia Maurice Johnson
  1989 flag Japan Beverly Gochis
    flag Germany Helen Carter
  1988 flag England Len Gajewski
    flag Thailand Maurice Johnson
  1987 flag Mexico Helen Moore
    flag Finland Ken Albright
  1986 flag New Zealand Maurice Johnson
  1985 flag So. Korea Evelyn Fretz
    flag Ireland Ethel Smith/Anne Darling
    flag China Virginia Daniels
  1984 flag Colombia Rosalie Summers
 

 

 

 

 
INCOMING INTERNATIONAL JOURNEYS
  2023 Satouchi-Hiroshima, Japan Steve Smith
  2019 Fukuoka, Japan Steve Smith
  2018 Tauranga, New Zealand Shirley Wiilson
  2017 Taipei, Taiwan Steve Smith
  2015 Home on the Range Marie Riggs
  2014 Durham County, England Nancy Murry
  2014 Open World, Serbia Sherri Lichtenberger
  2013 Sherbrooke, Canada Rita Pressnall
  2013 Taming a Harsh Land Global Exchange Marie Riggs
  2012 Australia Russian Open World Program Christa Cloyd
  2012 Australia Kempsey, Australia. Sherri Lichtenberger
  2011 flag Christchurch, N.Z. Leon Krob
  2010 flag Russian Open World Program Lottie Miller
  2009 flag Freiburg, Germany Christa Cloyd
 

2008

flag Blue Mountain, Australia

Ronda Holmes

  2007 flag Chinese Educators, Jiangsu Province Nancy Murry
    flag Brisbane, Australia Ronda Holmes
  2006 flag Niagara, Canada Rita Pressnall
  2005 flag Sunshine Coast, Australia Nan Duncan
  2004 flag Russian Open World Program Bonnie Baker
  2000 flag Russian Open World Program Carol Wohlford
  1999 flag Vietnam Marie Gillespie
    flag Campinas, Brazil Ronda Holmes
  1998 flag Curitiba, Brazil Arnold McEachern
  1997 flag Irkutsk, Russia Wayne Spackman
  1996 flag Bogota, Colombia Ronda Holmes
  1995 flag Tweed Valley, Australia Beverly Gochis
  1994 flag Bishkek Dorothy Day
  1992 flag Colombia Maurice Johnson
  1990 flag Ehime, Japan Gladys St. Erne
    flag Finland Mary Schank
    flag Germany Gloria Bonwell
  1989 flag Thailand Nancy Short
  1988 flag Tajikistan Dorothy Day
    flag England Doris McEachern
  1987 flag Egypt Liz Piper
  1985 flag So. Korea Virginia Daniels
  1984 flag

Colombia

Rosalie Summers
         
OUTGOING DOMESTIC JOURNEYS
  2024

San Antonio, TX
  2024

Birmingham, AL
 

2023

Tallahassee, FL

 

 

2022

NE Ohio

Steve Dunn

 

2018

Columbia-Cascade, OR

Hoyt & Jo Hillman

 

2018

North Carolina

Helene Longhofer

 

2013

Denver, CO

George Short

 

2011

Central AZ - Phoenix

Marie Riggs

 

2010

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Nebraska, USA

Sherri Litchenberger

 

2007

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Las Vegas, NV

Jan Blick

 

2006

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Connecticut

Rosalie Summers

INCOMING DOMESTIC JOURNEYS
 

2024

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Des Moines, IA

Ronda Holmes

 

2022

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San Antonio, TX

 

 

2019

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Columbia - Cascade

 

 

2017

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Western North Carolina, USA

 

 

2003

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Connecticut, USA

Beverly Gochis

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