{"id":10857,"date":"2022-11-23T14:00:04","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T14:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preprod.sts-education.com\/host-family\/family-stories\/host-family-stories\/retter\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T02:49:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T02:49:20","slug":"retter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sts-education.com\/en-nz\/host-family-3\/family-stories\/host-family-stories\/retter\/","title":{"rendered":"Retter"},"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>Having a host daughter has made our family better<\/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>We have now hosted 2 students, Emma from Finland and Sara from Italy. 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