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We appreciate your excitement about becoming a host and opening your home to new people and places. Both you and your international student will be embarking on an exciting inter cultural adventure! We hope you will use this site as a resource to make the most of your experience together.

Announcements!

• Summer 2009 Our A.C.E. Language Institute in Seattle is now placing students in homestay through Intercultural Homestays & Services. Students attending the A.C.E. Language Institute in Bozeman will still have direct homestay placement through the A.C.E. Language Institute.

SPU Session Dates 2010 Jan 07 – Feb 12 Feb 11 – Mar 19 Mar 25 – Apr 30 Apr 29 – Jun 4 Jun 10 – Jul 16 Jul 15 – Aug 20 Aug 19 – Sep 17 Sep 23 – Oct 29 Oct 28 – Dec 9

MSU Session Dates 2010 Jan 13 – Mar 5 Mar 8 – May 5 May 17 – Jun 25 Jun 28 – Aug 6 Aug 30 – Oct 19 Oct 20 – Dec 10

What a great homestay!

I just wanted to say what a great home stay experience my daughter and I had with a recent student named Shunsuke from Japan. Shunsuke was placed with us through the ACE program at Seattle Pacific University in Seattle.

My daughter loves to meet the new students that we host and looks forward to it with great excitement. She invited a friend over that first day after school to meet "our new student". I knew right away Shunsuke was going to fit in just fine in our household. Within minutes my daughter and her friend had made friends for life! Poor Shunsuke! (see picture right)

I think a homestay with children can work out really great. Even if the English level is low, my daughter seems to be able to communicate really well with all our students.

We were very happy to host Shunsuke and still keep in touch. He sent my daughter some Hello Kitty presents for Christmas and we sent him a photo album with memories of his time in Seattle. We hope to see him again someday. — Meg C. Host family since 1998

See this story on our blog http://acebook.wordpress.com/2009/03/17/homestay-story/