CURRENT MISSION

Building libraries in Vietnam

ABOUT ME

I am a Vietnam Veteran. I served in Vietnam in 1967.
I have been back to Vietnam in 1992, Save the Cranes in Vietnam Expedition with Earthwatch, 2001, to visit my Rotary daughter Trang Nguyen, the first Vietnamese exchange student in the history of Vietnam-US relations, 2005-06. I am a former member of the Library Project of Vietnam. We have built over 20 libraries in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. Now I belong to LEAF-VN which is an organization that helps in Library Training in Vietnam.

The following is from my official Rotary bio:

SUMMARY
Kent Converse was born and reared on a farm 14 miles northwest of Larned KS. He attended a small two room rural school at Sanford until his family moved to Larned He was an outstanding football player and was one of the main players on Larnedâ

PHILOSOPHY

Stop and smell the roses.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

2005-6 I biked from Hanoi to Saigon. There are many CS in Vietnam who try to present a good image of Vietnam.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have hosted several couchsurfers as they crossed Kansas

Interests

Rotary, gardening, LEAF (Library Educational) organization.

• gardening
• soccer
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

The Lover

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Biked from Hanoi to Saigon Vietnam.

Countries I’ve Visited

Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Haiti, Jamaica, Japan, Laos, Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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