Hosting has given us a big, worldwide family

Leanne & Roger Rouse from New Zealand are one of our super-host families. In total, they have hosted 12 students from Europe and South America! They tell us:

“Hosting has truly given us a big, worldwide family. Having all those youngsters passing through our door has been the best decision we have ever made. To this day, our own children who are now in their twenties and thirties say that their best friends are the exchange students we have had in our home.

Christmas is very special for us. After hosting all those years there is no single Christmas without former exchange students returning to visit and to add fun and laughter to our home. Someone once said that if all the world leaders came to visit and saw all the different cultures laughing and joking together there would be no more wars.

Bringing the world to our family is why we started hosting many years ago. And, what a beautiful experience it has been!"

Leanne & Roger Rouse, New Zealand