{"id":1736,"date":"2016-09-28T11:49:09","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T11:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/serbia.afssite.afs.org\/?p=1736"},"modified":"2016-10-04T01:29:33","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T01:29:33","slug":"now-i-have-family-all-over-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afs.org.rs\/en\/2016\/09\/28\/now-i-have-family-all-over-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Now I have family all over the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1737\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1737\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1737 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/d22dvihj4pfop3.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/09\/28114620\/12109200_10153350743630547_5576648802129318277_n-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"photo by Cindy Kate Tom\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1737\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo by Cindy Kate Tom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When I look back, I think about how those past eight months have brought me A LOT. Not in form of diplomas or medals, but in the way I get along with people or how I see the world. It&#8217;s very hard to explain, but I think I&#8217;m still the same person, just with some different aspects. Lots of new brain connections have been made here. It&#8217;s so much less hard to approach people or to just go for experiences I&#8217;d never thought I&#8217;d do. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I literally have family all over the world now. Congo, America, France, somewhere in Russia, Canada! I&#8217;m so fortunate to be able to travel so much, a lot of American kids can&#8217;t do that. Also speaking several languages makes connections easier to make, and it doesn&#8217;t set barriers.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have learned to make the most out of every moment, and not to be vindictive.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I love my host family more than I thought I could love someone I&#8217;ve only known for eight months. I try to show them, even if\u00a0sometimes it&#8217;s hard for them to see. All of them have taught\u00a0me how to behave in certain situations and how to do things the &#8216;Minnesotan&#8217; way. 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