Vaughn Starr:  I have had a life-long interest in foreign exchange.  As a high school student, I spent a year abroad studying in Denmark.  It was an experience that, perhaps more than any other, has shaped who I have become.  In my experience, exchange provided the opportunity to share ideas and cultures – it also helped me clarify my own beliefs.  Since my return from Denmark, now more than 20 years ago, I have always looked forward to the opportunity of hosting students myself.  My wife, Lisa, and I have now provided hosting for more than 30 students – some for a week or two – others for an entire school year.  For several years I had worked as a middle school teacher in a small parochial school teaching science and history classes until forming my own business six years ago.  Through the teaching experience, history became a true personal passion which I have enjoyed sharing with those who pass through our home.  The Starr Home idea began took root in the summer of 2008 as I had begun to search my heart for a new calling upon my life in the midst of an economic downturn that has really hurt my business as a Financial Advisor.  Current economic conditions no longer allow us to continue serving and hosting on an entirely voluntary basis – at least not how we would like to do it – spending the time with our students and showing them so many special sights.