a group of 45 students from a christian school in the netherlands had corresponded with 4 canadian christian schools last year.
billeting was required for theses students in groups of 2.
as apart of their course studies this year, they were to visit & experience the canadian school system.
10 of these students were assigned to our school.
danielle's gr 10 english class who did the corresponding last year were notified that 4 girls & 6 boys were coming.
besides seeing the area sights they were to go to school everyday with danielle & attend all her classes.
eryn right away said she'd give up her room....it has 2 single beds.
she'd sleep with jordyn in her big bed.
we were so excited to meet our dutch guests!
this picture was taken on my web cam.....
heeeey, we're dutch!!
nicky & paulien.
they are so cute....
they were pretty tired when they arrived at our house...11pm our time~5am their time
but they came with big smiles and spoiled us with all the goodies they brought...
these 2 are so creative, they made this little note book{on the left}~a profile of themselves to help us get to know them better.
it has pictures of their homes, family members, pets and fun little sketches they drew....sooo cute!
during their stay with us, we took them to the falls...
she just had to.......
doing the touristy thing.....
{ahem...little road construction going on :(}
check out the life size moose...
lov'n timmy's....
{& the mall!}
they made themselves at home here & fit in well with our family {our little kids just loved them ;)}
we saw their homes, streets & neighbourhoods on google earth.....
we taught them to play this fun game....
~good times, my friends :)!!
just relaxing....
over all the 2 weeks went great.
we totally enjoyed having these 2 stay with us....they were always so grateful of everything that was done for them~i think they even appreciated my cooking :)!
before they left, they presented us with a thankyou gift they made....
this adorable little painting!
~i'm the short one in light blue....how
on our side of the earth....the golden arches of mcdonalds, the skylon tower {n.f.}& a timmy's donut!
they even remembered to put mika in :)!
on the dutch side...
the windmill, tulips, & paulien & nicky
i love it!
what a great gift for us....it's already hung!
this one cracks me up.......
she's always drawing & sketching & left this little gift on my computer!!
last morning home before leaving for the airport....
little fun on the computer.....titled 'heeeeey we're dutch!'
thanks again girls.....we loved having you & you are welcome to come back anytime!!
:)
Dear Brenda,
ReplyDeleteIt is so much fun reading this story, being Pauliens father...:) We want to thank you enormously for opening your home and for all the efforts you have made to make our girls feel welcome and at ease. They had a great time, and to be honest: we were at ease too, knowing they were in good hands.
warm greetings,
Henny van den Born