{"id":10828,"date":"2021-02-11T11:57:12","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T09:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preprod.sts-education.com\/host-family\/family-stories\/host-family-stories\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T08:49:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T08:49:24","slug":"host-family-stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sts-education.com\/en-nz\/host-family-3\/family-stories\/host-family-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Host family stories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-sts-text sts-text-editor has-max-width-md\"><div class=\"sts-text-editor__content\"><div class=\"sts-text-editor__content-inner\">\n<h1>Host family stories<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-sts-text sts-text-editor has-max-width-md\"><div class=\"sts-text-editor__content\"><div class=\"sts-text-editor__content-inner\">\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Do you want to see more from our students? 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