We’re a Host Family
Monday, January 24th, 2005It all happened so fast but we are now host to a foreign exchange student from South Korea. We were approached last Wednesday by a lady looking for families in the area who are willing to host foreign exchange students. One particular student was due to arrive on Monday from South Korea but his original host family was struck by a sudden emergency and could not take him. By Friday, my father-in-law had agreed to host him and signed the papers. The 16-year-old student will be going to the high school a block away from the house. Today, he arrived with the program coordinator who picked him and another student up from the airport. She briefed us on the hosting experience, had my father-in-law sign some more papers, and went on her way.
The tired lad is resting right now. We scrambled to empty and clean a room previously occupied by my wife’s nephew and gave the room to him. At such short notice, the emptied contents of the room are sitting in the middle of the house in several boxes. The next few days will be busy as we do some more cleaning and rearranging of stuff. We’re a little anxious but surely excited about the prospect of being a host family for a year to a student from a far-away land.