Our church is trying to find a host family for a 17-year-old Seventh-day Adventist German girl who's planning to study in the States this next school year.
I'm trying to convince Der Deutscher that this would be a great fit for us. With Grammy having moved out we have an extra room. It would be a great chance for JBP to get daily contact with someone who embodies a part of his heritage, not to mention just get used to dealing with people from other countries (a major must in this day and age).
But Der Deutscher is coming up with all sorts of "why nots".
1. What would we do with all the stuff in the spare room, which is currently being used as a store room?
2. Hosting a German would be "cheating" since he's German.
3. We're fixing up the house for sale and it wouldn't be fair to put an exchange student through that.
4. Where would she go to school? Where I teach? Or at the neighborhood school?
I keep trying to tell him, that as with much else in life, if you wait for the perfect conditions you'll never do anything. We'll see if he changes his mind.
Nimitz' Lady
1 comment:
Go for it! As for the stuff stored in the extra room -- Yard Sale! Being German is not cheating. It's a chance for her to see how someone else has coped. And together, they can help JBP learn to speak the language. House sale? It will be more experience for her; she'll see how it's done in the States. Remember, about two weeks after our Japanese exchange student arrived, I lost my job. That's experience! School -- maybe she already knows where she's going. If not, then the school where you teach would be perfect --everyone goes to the same place. If Der Deutscher has any other questions, I'll be glad to answer them too.
Love, Mom
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