"Mirja has become a real sister"

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 curious about other people and enjoy learning more about other countries. It was an adjustment at first. You're no longer on your own and you have a new person in your family who you have to get to know and who has their own routines. But we settled in quickly. After two or three months, Mirja flipped a linguistic switch and then almost everything was in German.

We learned a lot of exciting things about Montenegro, because Mirja had a lot to tell about her country. Mirja also shared very personal things and that was just a great experience. Mirja is a very communicative, empathetic and likeable person. She dared to tell us when she didn't like something, and we were allowed to do the same with her. That was very important to us, because it's normal to have different opinions when you live together for a whole year. We were very lucky that Mirja also likes to play board games like us and we had so many fun situations during the Activity pantomime.

We went skiing together and to the Christmas market, but it's the little moments that make the experience of hosting so special. That feeling that Mirja is an additional family member, that we enjoy her company and we're happy when she comes home. Mirja has become like a sister to our daughter Leonie. They talked about everything, went shopping together, went to restaurants and lay in bed in the evening with stomach aches because they laughed so hard.

Our friends also got on well with Mirja. They saw how wonderful and enriching it is to be a host family. This has made some of them curious about cultural exchange. Hopefully we have inspired a few people to host students. We can definitely imagine repeating this experience!

But first we would like to visit Mirja and get to know Montenegro.

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Hvorfor anbefaler dere oss å bli vertsfamilie?
Å være vertsfamilie er en fin måte å øke forståelsen for andre kulturer og mennesker på. Du får et ekstra familiemedlem å ta vare på og et nytt søsken for barna dine. Det er også en mulighet til å forberede seg til et akademisk år i utlandet, hvis en av barna i familien din planlegger å studere i utlandet.
Hvordan blir vi en vertsfamilie?
Du melder din interesse, og får en introduksjon til elevene som kommer til Norge. STS kommer på hjemmebesøk og etterpå blir du matchet med en elev som vi tror vil være en god løsning for deg og familien.
Kan vertsfamilien velge elever selv?
Ja, vertsfamilien velger eleven de føler er en god match for familien.
Er det mulig å være vertskap for mindre enn et år?
Ja, du kan velge å være vertskap for et helt år eller et semester. Noen ganger trenger vi også en såkalt velkomstfamilie for en kortere periode (minimum 3 måneder).
Vil vertsfamilien få kompensasjon?
Nei, vi forventer at vertsfamiliene våre ønsker en elev velkommen ut fra et ønske om personlig utveksling, ikke for å få økonomisk kompensasjon. Det er viktig at utvekslingseleven føler seg som et familiemedlem.