“Dear Ryanne,
we’ve just got the information that you will be our new family member for ten month. We are so happy to welcome you in September and we believe that you are perfectly fitting in our family. We think you are as excited as we and that you want to know a lot about your host family. We try to introduce our family a bit and if you have later more questions, don´t hesitate to ask us.
Our family, that is Rebecca, Larissa, Sandra and Martin.
Rebecca is our younger daughter. She is 16 years old and so in the same age as you. She’s a lively but also an affectionate girl. She likes sports like athletics, Zumba and ballroom dancing and she also likes much shopping and meeting friends. She´s going to an Gymnasium (it´s not a sports room, it´s the name for a school in Germany). We have another system than the US, in Germany we have a three level school system and a “Gymnasium” is the highest level. But next year she will change school probably.
You would go to the Realschule in Zusmarshausen with many friends of Rebecca and girls in the neighbourhood. You can go to this school by foot or by bike. You have also French there which I read is important for your credits. Don´t be afraid of the new language, even it will be hard the first time you are mainly here to learn a lot about Germany and our culture and at the end you will also speak fluently German. I know this because we had two exchange students before. Five years ago we had an exchange student from Australia for 10 month and three years ago we had an exchange student from Bolivia for 6 month. It was a great time with them and it´s always sad when they have to leave, but the good thing is you have another family member for your life. And we are sure that we have the same good experience with you. We are really looking forward meeting you. Especially Rebecca, because it´s the first time an exchange student is at her age. We are still in contact with our former exchange students, although it´s difficult because they live so far away. So we are happy that you are from the US, than this is not “so” far away and we can see each other also later when you are back home. We also would be pleased if we later could welcome your family in Germany.
Larissa is our other daughter, she’s 18 years old. She is very interested in foreign languages and likes music and singing. When she was 14, she was at a boarding school in Australia. Because she visited our first exchange student. And last year she was for 6 month in France. She has just finished school and is going to start studying English, French, Russian and European Ethnology at University in Augsburg.
Sandra, that’s me. I’m 44 years old and I was a housewife for the last 10 years. In a few weeks I am going to start a further education in human resources. It will take 5 months and maybe I can later find a part-time job in this domain. I do lots of sport activities like walking with the dog, gymnastics and a little bit lifting weights. I also like to watch casting shows with the girls like “Pop Idol”, “Germany´s next Top Model” and TV Series like “Vampire Diaries”. Martin is my husband. He is 46 years old. He studied mechanical engineering. Currently he’s Vice President Europe Devision of a big automotive supplier. He is very often on business trips in Europe, to the US and Asia, but normally he is with us on weekends. Because of his time restrictions, he isn’t able to do sports regularly, but he tries to do exercises as often as possible. Furthermore we have a dog, her name is Fenja, and a cat called Pinki. “
Okay, so TODAY WAS THE DAY 🙂 . I finally got my host family, and oh my gosh, they are so perfect!!! They all are so gorgeous, and enjoy doing all of the things I do. I am SOSOSO happy that I have host siblings, since im an only child here in America. I CANNOT wait to meet them ! Maybe they will share some beauty tips 😉 . I just know the bonds we create will be amazing! Bleeh, im too excited to write anymore! 😀 Well until I post again,
Tschuess!
Just A Girl With A Dream 