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In total, they have hosted 12 students from Europe and South America! They tell us:<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cHosting has truly given us a big, worldwide family. Having all those youngsters passing through our door has been the best decision we have ever made. To this day, our own children who are now in their twenties and thirties say that their best friends are the exchange students we have had in our home.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-sts-image sts-block-image sts-block-image--count-1 has-max-width-md\" data-count=\"1\"><div class=\"sts-block-image__grid\"><div class=\"sts-block-image__item\"><picture class=\"sts-responsive-image has-fit-cover has-pos-top is-skeleton\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.sts-education.com\/12559_hero_md.jpg\" alt=\"Hosting has given us a big, worldwide family\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"low\" sizes=\"(max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\"\/><\/picture><\/div><\/div><\/figure>\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>Christmas is very special for us. After hosting all those years there is no single Christmas without former exchange students returning to visit and to add fun and laughter to our home. Someone once said that if all the world leaders came to visit and saw all the different cultures laughing and joking together there would be no more wars.<\/p>\n<p>Bringing the world to our family is why we started hosting many years ago. And, what a beautiful experience it has been!&quot;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leanne &amp; Roger Rouse, New Zealand<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"parent":10828,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sts_page_background_color":"","footnotes":""},"wpw_page_folders":[528],"class_list":["post-10855","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Leanne Roger - STS Education<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sts-education.com\/en-nz\/host-family-3\/family-stories\/host-family-stories\/leanne-roger\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Leanne Roger\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sts-education.com\/en-nz\/host-family-3\/family-stories\/host-family-stories\/leanne-roger\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"STS Education\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-25T14:23:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.sts-education.com\/12559_hero_md.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sts-education.com\/en-nz\/host-family-3\/family-stories\/host-family-stories\/leanne-roger\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sts-education.com\/en-nz\/host-family-3\/family-stories\/host-family-stories\/leanne-roger\/\",\"name\":\"Leanne Roger - 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