A few weeks ago I got an email from an old friend and roommate that I had at BYU. In his email he made reference to a little club that we started in the summer of 2002, The International Friends. All of the guys in the group had known each other from their freshman year before they had gone on missions, except for me. I got adopted into the group after I moved back to Utah without knowing anyone to start school again. Tim and Ryan lived down stairs from me and after randomly stopping at their apartment and just sitting down on their couch and talking we became friends. Soon after Robbie, Scott, Adam, Nate, and Josh returned to BYU. Since the entire group served in different countries around the world and we each had met a variety of people from different parts of the world, we decided to make a club celebrating the diversity of people we knew. We even created T-shirts (that I still have) that we would wear to football games. Although our group was small, it was strong in spirit. We took the following pictures one summer afternoon up on “Y” Mountain. We all wore soccer jerseys representing our mission countries or language.
Andrew, Adam, Scott, Tim, Ryan, Nate, and Robbie
I know they look a little cheesy, especially the one with our shirts off, but it shows the things you do when you’re young and they now make for some good memories.
Several years down the road, after some of the members had gotten married and a few were ready to graduate and move on, we had an International Friends Reunion (no photos). We made new shirts (that I still wear) and had a BBQ up Provo Canyon. It has now been over five years since that last get together. All of us have gotten married, several of us have kids, and we are now spread across the United States, but we all have some type of contact with at least one ore more members of the original group. It only goes to show that once an International Friend, always an International Friend. We hope down the road we can all get together once again to reunite. Thanks Tim again for the great photos. It’s been a blast from the past and great to be reminded of some of the best moments I had at BYU.
Andrew, Adam, Scott, Tim, Ryan, Nate, and Robbie 
I know they look a little cheesy, especially the one with our shirts off, but it shows the things you do when you’re young and they now make for some good memories. 
Several years down the road, after some of the members had gotten married and a few were ready to graduate and move on, we had an International Friends Reunion (no photos). We made new shirts (that I still wear) and had a BBQ up Provo Canyon. It has now been over five years since that last get together. All of us have gotten married, several of us have kids, and we are now spread across the United States, but we all have some type of contact with at least one ore more members of the original group. It only goes to show that once an International Friend, always an International Friend. We hope down the road we can all get together once again to reunite. Thanks Tim again for the great photos. It’s been a blast from the past and great to be reminded of some of the best moments I had at BYU. 
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Look at those studs! Robbie, you look so young! I love a good blast from the past! :)
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