I have known about my host family for about 11 days now, but I just got the official word from AFS, so I'll tell you about them!
I have a mom, dad, sister, and brother. The sister is 16 and the brother is 12. They are all very sweet and nice!
The family contacted me via Skype on March 23 and I couldn't have been more shocked! When I received the friend request saying "Hi, we are you're host family in Brazil," I nearly had a heart attack! I never expected a family so soon and I am really excited about that!
I have IMed my host brother and sister several times since then (they both speak pretty good English).
The city I am in is called Nova Andradina, Mato Grosso do Sul. It's funny, because everyone always says that no matter how much research you do on your host country, your placement/ family/ something will still surprise you. I had never imagined that I would be put here, but now I LOVE the idea of it!
Nova Andradina has about 40,000 people and about 500,000 cows! It will certainly be different from Seattle! ;)
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So I've been working on my Portuguese a little, wrote a letter to my host family, been on Cultures-Shocked a lot, paid my tuition (well my parents did), and everything is moving along smoothly! I'm super physced and I can't believe I leave in less than 4 months. It seems like just yesterday I was leaving in 9. The time really is zooming by, I'm not sure this is a good thing, but I'm really excited. I can't wait to meet my host family and all the exchangers I've been talking to on CS and Facebook for so many months!
2 comments:
Congratulations! This seems really early for an AFS placement -- more time to get to know your hosts!
your so lucky, I am suppose to be going to brazil in 4 weeks but still they have not found me a family yet and I am getting so nervous!!! If you have any extra memories etc you would like to share please email me on ashna-s@hotmail.com I would love to hear more! But only if you want. Thanks!
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