The AFS experience gives you an opportunity for a new perspective on values, problems, and goals. You may gain new insights into your way of living or into the everyday world. As a host brother or sister, you can have all of this around you—you do not have to leave home in order to have an AFS adventure in sharing, learning, and fun.
Read a great article written by a host sister of a Danish AFS exchange student her family hosted in Minnesota.
“Some of the benefits of being a host sister are that you get to meet a whole bunch of new people who can be resources to help you figure out a problem…and this way you learn to function better in society because you can see more than one point of view. It also helps you to learn to deal with the unexpected.”
—Caitlin, host sister in New York
“Through Janet I have built new friendships with people she has come to know and she has made friends with people whom I know. I have enjoyed her company, her funny British accent, her quiet times, and her not-so-quiet times. It has all been meaningful to me because of our friendship.”
—Carol, host sister in Iowa
