Aase Haugen and Jane Sandstrum met in 1964 as part of a foreign exchange student program. Despite being from opposites sides of the world, their year together forged a sisterhood that has now lasted for more than six decades. – Standard-Radio Post/Brent Burgess
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Sisters for life
In 1965, Aase Haugen boarded a ship in Rotterdam, Netherlands and made her way to New York City. Haugen had been accepted as a student in a foreign exchange student program by American Field Service, an organization that is still in business today.
“I was informed (about) the AFS program through school,” said Haugen. “And I think I was the type of girl that really wanted to try it.
“I lived in a small town called Aludal in Norway.”
Meanwhile, in Del Rio, during a hot summer vacation betwe...
