{"id":1779,"date":"2016-09-28T14:04:36","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T14:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/serbia.afssite.afs.org\/?p=1779"},"modified":"2016-10-03T21:01:23","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T21:01:23","slug":"just-do-it-jump-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afs.org.rs\/en\/2016\/09\/28\/just-do-it-jump-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Just do it. Jump in!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have always loved the idea of having a student from abroad live with us as we felt it would be a great experience for our girls to learn lots about someone from a completely different culture. We visited Japan as a family so a student from Japan was a perfect fit.<\/p>\n<p>We have loved having Marina with us, we have learnt so much about her life and her country and we can wait to be able to visit her in Japan. We&#8217;ve formed a new &#8216;family&#8217; bond and this relationship is the best part of hosting a student. I&#8217;m certain Marina will always be a part of our lives.<\/p>\n<p>Lucky for us the challenges have been very few &#8211; to be honest it was much easier than we expected. The biggest challenge awaits us &#8211; Marina&#8217;s departure &#8211; we still have ten weeks but everyone is getting anxious about saying goodbye &#8211; it&#8217;s going to be heartbreaking.<\/p>\n<p>Hosting adds a new dimension to your life, you see things with a new perspective, you learn more about yourself and the world around you than you ever expected.<\/p>\n<p>Advice for new families? Just do it. Jump in. Be warm and open and ready to see the world in a new light. It&#8217;s such a great experience for families that want their children to learn more about the world, be open to other ideas and cultures. You end up learning a lot about your own culture and country too.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Smith family from Australia, hosted a student from Japan<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have always loved the idea of having a student from abroad live with us as we felt it would&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":1780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,50,54],"tags":[117,48,114,47,118,116],"class_list":["post-1779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-host-family","category-student","category-learning","tag-australia","tag-family","tag-host-family","tag-hosting","tag-japan","tag-welcome"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Just do it. 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