DELPHOS — Fifteen-year-old Julie Intveen of Verl, Germany, has dreamed about one day moving to America and starting a life here.

With the friendship-pact and cultural-exchange program between Delphos and Verl, Intveen was able to get a taste of what that would be like.

“I’ve always thought about living in America later,” she said. “I thought this would be a good way to learn the language better and try being far away from home for a while.”