A woman from church called last night asking us if we'd be willing to be a host family for a foreign exchange student for a year... that totally caught me off guard... she said that she's trying to place two teenagers and as she was going over names of people that might be a good fit and our name kept coming to her.
The boy is 16 and from Brazil and the girl is 16 and from Columbia... we could have our pick of which one we wanted
I thought about it long and hard last night...
The Pro's
We'd be able to give a teenager an opportunity to study in our great country.
I'm sure it would be a good experience for us and for them.
We like teenagers.
The Con's
We don't have an extra bedroom.... the student would have to sleep in our family room.
We not really in a financial position where we could really support them. The woman who called assured me that they would have their own money and we wouldn't have to put out a dime... but if they're living with us I don't really see that happening... but if its the right decision we could make it work.
We only have one car... I think it would be hard juggling trying to get them to and from school and activities.... but again we could make it work if we needed to.
We don't know how long we'll be here... my husband is always applying for jobs and we can't guarantee that we'll be here for a whole school year. We could. We could not. We never know. So would they move with us or would we be responsible for finding them another host family?
So I'm interested to hear your thoughts/comments/suggestions... what would you do?
I have to give her an answer by next week.
I would LOVE to hear feedback!