Former host families tell their stories
Hear our host families tell their stories of what they have learned about themselves and a foreign culture by inviting the world into their homes and how it has filled them with loveley memories forever.
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The Metzger family
The Metzger family hosted Mirja from Montenegro We came up with the idea of becoming a host family through friends. We have the space, we are curio...Ahlqwist family
The Ahlqwist family from Sweden has hosted four students from Italy, USA, and Japan. “Being a host family is inspiring and makes a lasting...Family Petersson, Sweden
Going on a high school exchange means that you attend a local high school and live in a local host family in another country. The host family is...Leanne & Roger
Leanne & Roger Rouse from New Zealand are one of our super-host families. In total, they have hosted 12 students from Europe and South America! The...Wilkinson
It is humbling to be entrusted with a precious life, even for a season; a nurtured child emerging into adulthood, having been given their 'wings to...McGimpsey
We are so glad STS found us. We had thought about hosting, but just never got around to making any enquiries, and then we got a phone call from an...Retter
We have now hosted 2 students, Emma from Finland and Sara from Italy. I feel having a host daughter has made our family better through working on o...Brown
We had been thinking about hosting a student for a while and it so happens the area representative is also a member of a coffee group I attend with...