AHN turns 10 – Australian Homestay Network https://legacy.homestaynetwork.org Wed, 31 Jul 2019 00:05:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Blog: My great experience with my homestay family https://legacy.homestaynetwork.org/2018/05/22/ahn-turns-10-emily-blog/ https://legacy.homestaynetwork.org/2018/05/22/ahn-turns-10-emily-blog/#comments Tue, 22 May 2018 06:38:47 +0000 https://legacy.homestaynetwork.org/?p=10308 I came to Canberra, Australia in September 2011 to start my Foundations course at ANU College. I was 17, and had just finished year 10. My sister was already in her third year of university also in Canberra when I…

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]]> https://legacy.homestaynetwork.org/2018/05/22/ahn-turns-10-emily-blog/feed/ 1 Blog: Our family placement… https://legacy.homestaynetwork.org/2018/05/22/ahn-turns-10-blog-steven-and-toni/ https://legacy.homestaynetwork.org/2018/05/22/ahn-turns-10-blog-steven-and-toni/#respond Tue, 22 May 2018 06:38:46 +0000 https://legacy.homestaynetwork.org/?p=10293 Steven was living with a host who was entirely focused on being paid and unfortunately was not offering the kind of homestay that AHN is proud to offer international students. So, we arranged a few options for his new homestay…

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]]> https://legacy.homestaynetwork.org/2018/05/22/ahn-turns-10-blog-steven-and-toni/feed/ 0 Blog: I will never forget Brad and Claire https://legacy.homestaynetwork.org/2018/05/22/ahn-turns-10-blog-bella/ https://legacy.homestaynetwork.org/2018/05/22/ahn-turns-10-blog-bella/#respond Tue, 22 May 2018 06:38:46 +0000 https://legacy.homestaynetwork.org/?p=10319 I am very happy to live with the most beautiful and smart people in the world. During my homestay, my host parents always shared lots of different interesting things with me – like cooking together on Sunday mornings. This makes…

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]]> https://legacy.homestaynetwork.org/2018/05/22/ahn-turns-10-blog-bella/feed/ 0 Blog: My experience with AHN https://legacy.homestaynetwork.org/2018/05/22/ahn-turns-10-blog-alvaro/ https://legacy.homestaynetwork.org/2018/05/22/ahn-turns-10-blog-alvaro/#respond Tue, 22 May 2018 06:38:46 +0000 https://legacy.homestaynetwork.org/?p=10329 I came to Australia to study 4 years ago, I was awarded a scholarship from the Ecuadorian government and got the offer letter from UQ to do my bachelor’s degree. However, I had to do the Foundation Year program since…

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]]> https://legacy.homestaynetwork.org/2018/05/22/ahn-turns-10-blog-alvaro/feed/ 0 Blog: Our homestay experience as hosts https://legacy.homestaynetwork.org/2018/05/22/ahn-turns-10-blog-brad-and-claire/ https://legacy.homestaynetwork.org/2018/05/22/ahn-turns-10-blog-brad-and-claire/#respond Tue, 22 May 2018 06:38:46 +0000 https://legacy.homestaynetwork.org/?p=10333 Seven years ago, we accepted our first homestay student.  We originally decided to become homestay parents to put some additional funds into our mortgage, however we quickly discovered that like most things in life, the more you put in, the…

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]]> https://legacy.homestaynetwork.org/2018/05/22/ahn-turns-10-blog-brad-and-claire/feed/ 0 Blog: We enjoyed homestay hosting https://legacy.homestaynetwork.org/2018/05/22/ahn-turns-10-blog-judy/ https://legacy.homestaynetwork.org/2018/05/22/ahn-turns-10-blog-judy/#comments Tue, 22 May 2018 06:38:46 +0000 https://legacy.homestaynetwork.org/?p=10338 We enjoyed our homestay hosting and had amazing connections with our students. We were their Australian Mum & Dad. They loved our safe, family life and enjoyed the personal attention they received. We involved our family and it was always…

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]]> https://legacy.homestaynetwork.org/2018/05/22/ahn-turns-10-blog-judy/feed/ 1 Blog: What an introduction to AHN we have had https://legacy.homestaynetwork.org/2018/05/22/ahn-turns-10-blog-karen/ https://legacy.homestaynetwork.org/2018/05/22/ahn-turns-10-blog-karen/#respond Tue, 22 May 2018 06:38:46 +0000 https://legacy.homestaynetwork.org/?p=10349 What an introduction to AHN we have had. We have been blessed to have Yuri as our homestay guest since August 2017. Yuri has become part of our extended family and it will be sad to her return home when…

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]]> https://legacy.homestaynetwork.org/2018/05/22/ahn-turns-10-blog-karen/feed/ 0 Blog: Our AHN story https://legacy.homestaynetwork.org/2018/05/22/ahn-turns-10-blog-paul-and-kay/ https://legacy.homestaynetwork.org/2018/05/22/ahn-turns-10-blog-paul-and-kay/#respond Tue, 22 May 2018 06:38:46 +0000 https://legacy.homestaynetwork.org/?p=10362 Our students have told us that they enjoy the more friendly, secure lifestyle of staying in homestay compared to small confined units that they would be in if they’d decided to stay in on campus accommodation or typical student accommodation.…

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]]> https://legacy.homestaynetwork.org/2018/05/22/ahn-turns-10-blog-paul-and-kay/feed/ 0 Blog: Our AHN story: Fish and Chips https://legacy.homestaynetwork.org/2018/05/22/ahn-turns-10-blog-selena/ https://legacy.homestaynetwork.org/2018/05/22/ahn-turns-10-blog-selena/#respond Tue, 22 May 2018 06:38:45 +0000 https://legacy.homestaynetwork.org/?p=10367 We have done homestay for 9 1/2 years and had some awesome experiences and shared amazing memories with our students. Our best experience is with a young lady called “Fish”.  She joined our family in February 2012 and stayed with…

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]]> https://legacy.homestaynetwork.org/2018/05/22/ahn-turns-10-blog-selena/feed/ 0 Blog: Sharing our stories https://legacy.homestaynetwork.org/2018/05/22/ahn-turns-10-blog-sharyn/ https://legacy.homestaynetwork.org/2018/05/22/ahn-turns-10-blog-sharyn/#respond Tue, 22 May 2018 06:38:45 +0000 https://legacy.homestaynetwork.org/?p=10369 We have laughed with them and talked with them at length enjoying conversations during and after dinner. We have celebrated birthdays. I am pleased that my cooking has been acceptable to people with very different diets to us and every…

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