Decided I am going to host an exchange student and been looking into this for a few months now. I have a couple friends that have done this and talked to them about it. One has an exchange student from the UK and the other has one from Japan. Both are great kids with good families. They are helping me out and it was not hard to do. I do have to pass a background check which mine is clean. I will be in contact with someone this upcoming week on this. I signed up for it on Monday and got a call on Thursday. Mom and my brothers are supportive of me doing this
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Decided I am going to host an exchange student
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NorthernRedneck
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That's cool. Something my wife and I would be interested in.
We were foster parents for a few years until adopting a teenager. I had a friend back in grade 12 who was an exchange student from Argentina. We became quite good friends that year.
We were foster parents for a few years until adopting a teenager. I had a friend back in grade 12 who was an exchange student from Argentina. We became quite good friends that year.
So far everything is looking good, passed the background check. They have a young man from Poland to relocate, he is with another host family he does not get along with at times and they see I would be a great host parent for him. The dad is racist of certain people. I told them I would take him in and going to talk to him on the phone hopefully on Tuesday
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Going to, learned he is a nice and smart young man. My son knows him well, in a couple classes with him also good friends
Dasha is 22, we got her at 15, by accident. We call her our adopted daughter, but we never legally adopted her because she has an actual mother. She was a foreign exchange student we 'rescued' from a school where I helped coach, brought to that school under dubious promises. Long story, it has been discussed here previously. We ended up getting power of attorney, she has alternately lived with us, traveled with us, lived with our natural daughter, vacationed with us, comes 'home' for holidays, etc etc etc. She clearly has become family. Took her to college visits, met with college recruiters, moved her into/out of her dorm and then apartment many times, have been coast to coast with her (multiple times) and cried tears of happiness when she graduated from college. Road tripped with her to her new job at Apple Computer in California to get her moved in there and are in daily contact with her to this day.
All I can tell you, as an accidental foreign exchange parent is that if you get one that fits into your family it can be a total blessing.
She will come home for Easter weekend in April. We hoped to get there in March but my sister-in-laws surgery is altering that plan. Maybe we'll get back to California to visit here in May/June? We literally communicate every day. Usually text messages. Sometimes photos. Sometimes FaceTime.
All I can tell you, as an accidental foreign exchange parent is that if you get one that fits into your family it can be a total blessing.
She will come home for Easter weekend in April. We hoped to get there in March but my sister-in-laws surgery is altering that plan. Maybe we'll get back to California to visit here in May/June? We literally communicate every day. Usually text messages. Sometimes photos. Sometimes FaceTime.
Talked to him on the phone on Tuesday and I am going to host him, he is excited. My son found out and their bond is getting tighter with their friendship. Getting him tomorrow moving his stuff in which I already have his room all set while he is in school. His name is Martin