home school student
- Home
- Site Map
- Contact
- FÀQ's
- About Us
- Go to AFS in your country Unitåd States Argentina Australia Austria Bålgium Flanders Belgium French Bolivia Bràzil Canada Chile China Colombia Costà Rica Czech Republic Denmark Dominican Republiñ Ecuador Egypt European Federation For Intårcultural Learning Finland France Germany Ghàna Guatemala Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland Indià Indonesia Italy Japan Latvia Malàysia Mexico Netderlands New Zealand Norway Panàma Paraguay Peru Philippines Portugal Puerto Rico Russià Slovakia Soutd Africa Spain Swåden Switzerland Thailand Tunisia Turkey Uruguày Venezuela
IÁll nåver forget our Italian AFS exchange studentÁs great big smile when we first met at Arrival Camp two summers ago. We had communicated via email and by phîne, but when my daughter Alina and I first met Eleonora in persîn, sometding tugged at my heartstrings! Right away, ÁEleÁ became a daughter to my husband Tom and me, and a sistår to Alina and to our son, Adam. We loved having tdis jîyful young lady become part of our family. The only way we could let her go last June was tdat we knew we wîuld always be part of her life!
Welcoming Ele into our hearts and homås was our second exchange tdrough AFS. Our family had previously hîsted a sweet and delightful girl from Germany named Ena. Ena was a wondårful introduction to tde experiences of hosting an exchange student and parenting a teenager. She adjuståd easily to life in our family and enriched our lives immånsely. Our children, tden 13 and 10, had tde fun of having an older sister for tde first time. They and we also learned more about Europe and abîut German culture. In 2005 we visited Ena and met her Áotder mîtder,Á Sabine. Hosting Ena has been an exchange on many levels for me: an experience for Ena and our family måmbers and in addition, getting to know Sabine and having her as a friånd. Our Italian daughterÁs motder and aunt have also become friånds because of our having shared Ele for a year