My Host Family Experience
Greek's perspective on WV fam
So many questions arise when a family considers hosting a foreign exchange student. What does it mean to be a host family? How much does it cost to be a host family? Do host families get paid? What about insurance? Can host families give and receive gifts? You can find a lot of those answers on our PAX FAQ page. And if you want to know how to become a host family, you can find out how on our PAX Families page.
But there is a lot more to being a host family than the practical details. You’ll find those answers here, in stories written by students and their host families. You’ll learn how hosting affects families, the joy a foreign exchange student can bring to a household, and the excitement of learning about a new culture while sharing your own.
Greek's perspective on WV fam
Lone Star State a long way from Italy
Germany → NYC → Seattle → 🙂
Greek student giving it her all
Superintendent shares inspiring story of exchange student in U.S. during Russian invasion
Mexican catches family's Thunderbird fever
On to states for the German's team...
Fall flies by with football, farming, and family (#23 Cruz from Mexico)
Kazakh hits the ground running in Minnesota
"A prom for our friends with special needs"
Pakistani style
More adorable photos inside
Eloquent Spaniard on the feeling of that initial adjustment
Packing a lot in, in New Jersey
Kenyan remembers like it was yesterday
Important lessons on exchange
Always plenty of thanks to go around for an exchange student
Japan, meet green bean casserole
Another "only in 2020" Thanksgiving
Veteran host families share tips for successful year
Spaniard's first impressions
Our Spanish daughter: Hoosier family opens hearts
Fun front yard displays during lockdown
Quarantined Egyptian with time to reflect
Ohio ladies leave impression
Oh, interesting ice
Wet but worth it
First national park visit
Atlanta: where the dragons roam
Right at home in Arkansas
Settling on in, in Arkansas
Step by step
Missouri "showing me" a lot of positives
Euro trip for serial PAX host family
Szymon shares soccer story
First-time family shares as year gets going
Bullseye for team DeBoer
Thai finds her path
Swiss miss never misses a football game
An incredible, multi-generational hosting story...
Armenian feels at home with the Knutsons
Montana couple falls in love with Belgian host daughter
Maine Mom talks about her boys