It seems cruel to limit a foreign teenager's contact with family and friends back home. Why on earth would anyone suggest such...
Tags: Culture Shock, Youth Exchange, cultural understanding,
Cassandra Ross and her husband were expecting to host Kim, a lovely exchange student from Germany when… the unexpected...
Tags: Host Families, Cultural Exchange, Youth Exchange,
Cooking. Cleaning. Driving. Advising. Comforting. Cheering. Protecting. Host moms do a lot! We have the deepest...
Tags: Cultural Exchange, Youth Exchange, Host mom,
Ivona Vanekova has been selected as the ICES Student of the Month for April. Ivona is from Prievidza, Slovakia and is living...
Tags: Exchange Student, Student of the Month, Youth Exchange
Sometimes love is found in the most unexpected places. We at ICES hear about students and host families’ wonderful,...
The 18-year old me spent the summer listening to Spanish lessons on vinyl records, obsessively checking the mailbox for news...
If you’re the mom of seven kids and your husband travels for work, what do you do? Host an exchange student, of course! While...
Now, more than ever, we are looking for ways to bring unity, peace, and understanding to our world. Hosting an exchange...
Tags: Welcome Family, Host Families, Cultural Exchange,
When my oldest daughter was just two months old, my Spanish husband and I liquidated our life in Seattle and moved to Spain...
