Saturday, August 09, 2008
Exchange Student
A few days ago, an email plea came through our company looking for families to host exchange students. Several of them are due in the country soon and their trip will have to be cancelled if they are not placed. Since we have an extra bedroom now, we decided to look into it. Lee and Tina had such an awesome experience that we decided that it would be worth a try.
Wow are things moving fast! We have an in-home interview tomorrow and we have started cleaning up and painting that extra bedroom. Tons of work, but hopefully a life changing experience is on the way. The girls are excited about the idea.
If all goes well, we will have a student living with us before the end of the month. Hopefully we will survive the preparation process!
Wow are things moving fast! We have an in-home interview tomorrow and we have started cleaning up and painting that extra bedroom. Tons of work, but hopefully a life changing experience is on the way. The girls are excited about the idea.
If all goes well, we will have a student living with us before the end of the month. Hopefully we will survive the preparation process!
Labels: Exchange Student, Family
# posted by - Rob @ 11:44 PM 
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Do you know which country they are coming from?
I have always enjoyed company from far away. They always have such different perspectives than what we're used to.
And a lot of gesturing with your hands... :)
I have always enjoyed company from far away. They always have such different perspectives than what we're used to.
And a lot of gesturing with your hands... :)
It looks like a done deal, but we have not gotten 100% confirmation yet.
We finished painting the extra bedroom today. We also had our interview which was much less content than I expected.
In any case, we selected a 17 year old named Ina from Norway. Among other things, she wants to learn to surf! We will have to hook her up with some surfing friends of ours.
She is supposed to arrive right after the reunion: somewhere around Aug 19 through Aug 21. Just in some for high school registration!
We finished painting the extra bedroom today. We also had our interview which was much less content than I expected.
In any case, we selected a 17 year old named Ina from Norway. Among other things, she wants to learn to surf! We will have to hook her up with some surfing friends of ours.
She is supposed to arrive right after the reunion: somewhere around Aug 19 through Aug 21. Just in some for high school registration!
Sounds like she's going to be with you for the whole year?
Our GS troops always arrange for high school exchange students to come and talk at a Thinking Day event (Feb 22). We typically do a Service Unit Thinking Day, and each troop chooses a country, and there there's a separate area where the girls can talk to the exchange students. Always a lot of fun :)
Also, Leonie's parents really appreciated being able to see what was going on with her via my blog. You might want to do the same for Ina's family back home :)
Our GS troops always arrange for high school exchange students to come and talk at a Thinking Day event (Feb 22). We typically do a Service Unit Thinking Day, and each troop chooses a country, and there there's a separate area where the girls can talk to the exchange students. Always a lot of fun :)
Also, Leonie's parents really appreciated being able to see what was going on with her via my blog. You might want to do the same for Ina's family back home :)
So now you have to find some
Norwegian dishes for supper!
http://www.amazon.com/Authentic-Norwegian-Cooking-Astrid-Karlsen/dp/0963433970
Norwegian dishes for supper!
http://www.amazon.com/Authentic-Norwegian-Cooking-Astrid-Karlsen/dp/0963433970
You can bring the leftover lutefisk home from the reunion if you want. It's buried in the yard right now
You know me better then that!
My diet is a choice not a position.
It's more the unsettling notion of digging up something dead and burried, then eating it.
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My diet is a choice not a position.
It's more the unsettling notion of digging up something dead and burried, then eating it.
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