Ann has lived in Fremont, Michigan since she was born.
Fremont is on the north side of the United States.
Michigan is famous for the Great Lakes. They are very large, so they look like the sea.
Ann loves her hometown very much.
In Fremont, there are a lot of beautiful lakes and mountains, too.
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Last year she came to Yahaba in Iwate.
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So it was very exciting for her to stay in Yahaba.
She has never studied Japanese before, but she tried to communicate with her host family in Japanese. Her host family was very nice to her,
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Two weeks later, she went back to Fremont.
We are glad to hear that she is studying Japanese very hard in Fremont now.
Do you know why she is trying hard?