WHEREAS, Luis Natividade, an exchange student form Braganca Paulista, Brazil, has been living in Springville, Alabama, with host parents Detlef and Sandra Balfonz and attending Springville High School, where he has made many American friends and participated in numerous school and community activities; and
WHEREAS, the son of Dolores Natividade, Luis' stay in Alabama has been made possible through the American Intercultural Student Exchange; and
WHEREAS, at the end of the school year, Luis plans to continue his travels for awhile and he will then return to Brazil to study ecology in college; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA, BOTH HOUSES THEREOF CONCURRING, That we hereby welcome Luis Natividade of Braganca Paulista, Brazil, to America, commend him for his participation in the American Intercultural Student Exchange program and, by copy of this resolution, extend to him sincere best wishes in all his future endeavors.