I lived six months here in Wisconsin and trust me, six months just of thanking are not enough to pay back for what I got. I got a new family, and with that I discovered a different concept of family itself, totally different from my natural family but equally important. I got a new school and … Continue reading
“I don’t even know where to start when it comes to thanking everyone that had something to do with my exchange year. I have never in my life had so much fun in that few months as I did this year. It’s a year I will never forget and a year that made me become … Continue reading
With this letter I just want to say THANK YOU to everybody. Thank you to my host family that made my dream came true. They helped me with the language, with the school, with my life. Thank you to Blum High School to be so welcoming and kind with me. Teachers, classmates, principal, coaches. Thank … Continue reading
I would like to thank everybody that I met during my exchange year. Every person helped form my year here to become one of the best years (if not the best) of my life. I got to experience so many things that I would have never been able to do if I stayed home and … Continue reading
I could never thank my host family enough. They took me in and made me a part of their family. I love them so dearly, I have no idea how to leave. They have done everything from helping me with homework to do my hair for prom. For all my crazy adventures I want to … Continue reading
This year has passed by so fast. I can’t believe it is over now. I found out so much about life and my self during this time, and that has something to do with all the people I met during this adventure! My teachers supported me always and helped me, and I could ask them … Continue reading
I am sure that this experience was the best choice that I made in my life, but nothing that I lived would be possible without everyone that was involved in this! I want to say Thank You for everybody! Everybody from my school, from my church, and to the whole community! Alexandria is such a beautiful … Continue reading
Dear Beverly, Steve and Terry, Two more weeks left, and it is time for Jakob to say good-bye. Good-bye to you – you wonderful people, good-bye to an awesome and beautiful time he spent with you. It will be very hard for him to leave his “second home”; and we are sure that he will … Continue reading
Thank you! How can you thank someone who gave you the best 10 months of your life? There are no right words, I’m just beyond grateful. How do you get so lucky? A host-family I love like my own, and a school I looked forward to go to every single day, brilliant teachers, great students and … Continue reading
Thank You! Getting placed in Texas was the best thing that ever happened to me. Though I had my doubts in the beginning, I couldn’t have imagined a better family and school to stay. My year here has transformed me so much, and y’all had a huge part of that. I never thought I could find … Continue reading