The Kingdom Come

My family has been thinking about hosting a foreign exchange high-school student. Tonight we attended the "return ceremonies" for the previous year students as they return home. Host families provided a food dish so there was plenty of good eats.

We were able to speak with a few of the students; one from Columbia, Thailand, and Germany. We grilled them on all of the various situations that may experience or did experience. We were particularly interested in how the exchange student felt about interaction with the host family's children. They all seemed to indicate a pleasant experience even if it started off awkward.

Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that we're going to be able to host a student this coming school year, since the public school in our area only allows so many exchange students a year; and they are at the maximum. So, we'll try for 2011.

I'm excited for this experience, both in learning and teaching and generally interacting with someone from another culture for an entire year in our home. I'll update again when there is more to say.