I wanted to start this blog not until the day of my departure but now something happened what I think has to be written down here. I received my hostfamily about four weeks ago when I still was on holidays. Of course I jumped for joy because I'd been waiting for this moment for such a long time!
Then came the part which was a little more difficult: I had to write a mail to my hostfamily. And I can tell you, this sounds easier than it is! After many new attempts I had written a mail, where I could say it made the right impression. I sent it and started waiting. And waiting. And even more waiting. But I never received an answer. So I started getting nervous because I was not sure whether my mail had arrived or not. After two weeks or so I sent a second mail, this time with a copy to my hostfather in case my hostmum had a problem with her mail account. And the waiting started again. After another week, I called my organisation because I was really confused. So I found out that I hadn't gotten all the informations about my family because somehow a part of them had gotten lost somewhere between South Africa and Switzerland. The woman from the organisation promised me to look for this information and to call me soon.
Ok, actually the call didn't come soon at all but anyway, today I received the message, that my hostfamily isn't a hostfamily anymore because of family problems or so and that I have to hope that my organisation will find a new family very soon. Otherwise I will come into a welcomefamily, which is surely better then nothing but not really what an exchange student is hoping for...
Well, that's what happened today, on the day thirteen of my countdown and tomorrow I will give kind of barbecue party for some relatives and a few very close friends where I'll have to tell everyone who thinks I already have a family, that this isn't the case any longer.
Of course I'm not happy about this situation, but I mean better finding it out now than arriving there and suddenly being in the middle of a family conflict. It can only get better now. And with every unexpected situation I learn better how to deal with trouble.
I'll write a short update as soon as I get a new family and I hope this will be soon.
And sorry if my English is a little strange sometimes, but this probably will become better during the next year ;-)
Your Swiss Girl
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