Day #17 - In Home Visit

So we go an impromptu call the other night from Grant, our exchange student counselor, and he wanted to come up and visit that very night..."uh, I thought you were going out of town today" - he tells me he was, but it has now been delayed for a day and he won't be back for 2 weeks, can he come up tonight?

I was thinking this is how they try to trip people up, by making it hard for your house to be completely ready, they call you an hour before they get to your house to see how you REALLY live. My house wasn't a total disaster, but it wasn't "first impression" clean either. I don't think I have moved that fast in years. When you know someone is coming to your house to judge it, it is not the same thing as your best friend popping by for a visit and the house not quite looking the way you want it to for company. The difference is it doesn't matter, because your friend knows the BEST AND the WORST things about you and still loves you anyway.

I finally calmed down a bit and Grant called - he had gotten off the wrong exit and was completely turned around - poor guy came from Orem and was totally lost. When he finally got here, he was the most easy going, sweetest guy on the planet. One thing that struck me was how much he really cares about these kids and stressed several times that he wants them to be "part" of our family; not just a visitor staying with us.

I also found out these kids sign up for the program without even knowing what State they are going to. They just put their names in the program and host families pick someone based on a few paragraphs of data and off they go.

Anyway, the in home interview went great and now it is just a matter of getting approval from the School District...this is going to be the most interesting year yet.

I Am Grateful,
HB

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