Monday, September 10, 2012

What's more American than Apple Pie?

Here's a unique opportunity to taste-test the Host Family Experience!
You can help a young girl's dream of experiencing life in the USA come true.  We are looking for a loving family to open their heart and home for just 4 weeks.  You'll be amazed at how quickly you bond with your student and see them become the part of your family you never knew you missed.  

Your student is from Saxony (Georgia's sister region in Germany) and she'll be arriving on September 28th and departing again on October 28th. The plan is to allow her to shadow in a local high school.

Saxony is a great place to taste-test some of Germany's most famous specialities; bread, potato pancakes, pretzels, cheese, wine, beer, schnitzel, apple tarts and more.  

But even more importantly... you'll have the opportunity to make a life-long connection with someone who truly wants to get to know you and the American way of life!

If you are interested in hosting please give me a call.  We are looking to place this student (get all the paperwork done) this week, but she will not arrive until 9/28.  If that's too quick for you, but you're still interested, let me know, and we'll talk about hosting a 2nd semester student or a student for the 2013-2014 academic school year. (We already have a boy from Copenhagen, Denmark who would like to  be hosted in Athens, GA for next year.)

Just a funny story - we had a mid-year get together last school year and asked all the families to bring a covered dish.  Additionally, we asked the students to bring their favorite dish from their home country. The German girl brought an apple pie.  We laughed and told her that there's "nothing more American than apple pie!".  But when we thought about it, we realized the American Indians didn't make apple pie - and it had to come from somewhere...  After all, isn't one kind of apple pie called "Pennsylvania Dutch"?  They weren't really Dutch (Netherlands) they were German and spoke Deutsch... So we immediately had something in common... our respective countries' national dessert - Apple Pie.  
And hosting is just that - easy as Apple Pie.  Try it.... you'll like it!

Remember, these students compete academically for a spot on their country's exchange program, they come with their own accident and health insurance and spending money.  Your investment is 3 meals a day, a bed to sleep in, and your open heart to accept them into your home as a member of your family.
It is an experience that will change your life forever!

Contact me today:
Deby Sorensen
HostStudents@gmail.com
706-202-1550