A great year, journey that ‘changed my whole life’

By Ron Burtz on Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Former Belgian exchange student returns to Aurora

  • Belgian Marie Brasseur, right, a foreign exchange student to Aurora in 1997-98, stands next to Deanna Powell who was one of her four host mothers during her year in the U.S.
    Belgian Marie Brasseur, right, a foreign exchange student to Aurora in 1997-98, stands next to Deanna Powell who was one of her four host mothers during her year in the U.S.
    A customer of Deanna Powell’s Dream Designs Bridal Shop has finally returned to pick up a dress she purchased from the shop nearly two decades ago. That’s a story in itself, but it’s just a part of the much larger story of Marie Brasseur’s recent return visit to Aurora. In fact the Belgian woman’s relationship with this community started more than 25 years ago when she came t...

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