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Mizuho is a Japanese Rotary Youth Exchange student who is spending this school year in Columbia, attending Claire's alma mater Hickman High School. Mizuho will be living in our house from about March 1st until the end of June. Already, Claire has become Mizuho's de facto big sister. Sunday, October 18, we celebrated Mizuho's 18th birthday with her current host family, other exchange students, Rotary counselors and friends. Unfortunately, Mizuho was in absentia because she was sick. Fortunately, she is feeling much better now. Pictured below are her birthday cakes.