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HEY! :) you can do both haha my family hosted two exchange students one on the 13/14 period and the other 14/15 period, now is my turn to be an exchange student for this 17/18 period that's coming up next August, but I'm going with rotary
I've never been on the students side, but meeting the student is something I really look forward to every single year. We have hosted five times and it is so much fun!
I think it's so amazing that your family has hosted five times! This year is our second time hosting with YFU. My mom was an exchange student with YFU in the 80's and my grandparents also hosted with YFU in the late 70's early 80's and I think it's a great program and I just think thas amazing how your family has touched 5 different students!
I agree it's an amazing experience that not a lot of people get to have. I think it's really underrated, people think of it as just a favor for the students but it really is just an insightful and fun experience for the whole family. One of our students from Germany is visiting for two weeks right now actually, she just got here yesterday.
That's so great! We hosted a German exchange student last year and she's going to come visit after this school year in the summer. Right now we're hosting a girl from Estonia.
So far so good. Since my family doesn't really have much extra space in our house I've been sharing my room with our exchange student and she's adjusted well to that I think. I mean of course there are disagreements here and there but I'm sure you know what thats like. How about you?
this made me cry tbh... I spend my exchange year near GR, MI last year. today, my family is getting a new one and I don't think I can handle this.. it's just making me sad and jealous
This is absolutely fantastic and makes me so excited for the future! My mother and I were approved yesterday to home our FIRST exchange student! She is from Kyrgikstan and I am soooo excited to finally meet her and bring her into our home! We are in a small town in northern Michigan, and I can't wait to bring her into our small, loving community. Thank you for posting this!
It is awesome there are still families out there like yours who made these exchange students feel wanted and loved...they right away experience a sense of belonging.... Of care and love....it is obvious all of you enjoy it ..from grandparents to kid brothers....be blessed.
My family once hosted an exchange student from Spain, a girl named Irene. I was too young to really comprehend why she was even staying at my house, but I do remember that it was a nice experience. Maybe in the future my family will host again! :)
This video has been such a relief for me specially after seeing with which organizations she came from. I hope my host family will receive me like that
Carter Surach omg didn't see that you replied to me until now!! I'm going on exchange to Billings, Montana. My departure is literally just 14 days away!! I still get emotional watching you welcoming Mila, I'm so excited to meet my family!
I’m picking up my exchange student in 9 days!!! I’m so freaking excited!! This will be my first time hosting and I just want these 9 days to go by fast. Her name is Jasmin and she is from Germany. We have been talking for about 3 months now and the day is almost here!! I can’t wait any longer 😫😫
I'm gonna be an exchange student in America in 2017/2018. I don't have a family yet but i hope i get one as nice as yours. Its really cool to see what its like from the families perspective
We have always enjoyed the experience and I hope that you enjoy yours! No matter where you go just soak in the culture and enjoy whatever you can. The United States varies so much depending on where you are when you come here. Going from state to state can sometimes feel like your travelling through different countries. Like I said enjoy your experience on exchange because it will likely be very unique! If you don't already have an exchange program that you're going through check out YFU, they have always been great for my family.
hey) you made me cry😢 .. I'm also an exchange student and my placement organization also YFU. but I dont have a family yet. so you did a great job!!! 👍👍👍
alaina ashley yes my mom works for YFU so we stick with YFU and have loved it since we started hosting. Do you have any recommendations as to what countries you've had good experiences with etc.?
Carter Surach oh that's really cool! My mom works with northwestern services so we switched to them ever since. But I think my favorite countries we've hosted exchange students from were Germany and Spain. The majority of our students have been from Germany. What countries have your students been from?
I really want to be an exchange student but a) my parents don't want to pay for it/ think I'll get hurt and b) I'm not good at speaking + being social and sometimes I get anxiety from it 😭
All of those things you mentioned are issues you might face on exchange but none of those things can completely stop you. You can learn to manage anxiety, speaking English gets easy fast when you are constantly surrounded by it, and you most likely won't get hurt! I hope you can convince your parents to let you go on exchange it's a wonderful experience. Show them this video and show how awesome it can be! :)
Milla is in a lot of my videos, she is participating in the cheer team and she will be in my video that I post tomorrow. If you have any questions for her I can ask her in future videos so you can see what she says!
No I haven't, but my cousin is now dating a past exchange student that we had. They have a long distance relationship but she is home visiting right now! :) It sounds strange but it's cool with all of us and they love each other very much!
Oriana Garage no you don't get paid but if you want to you can make them buy their own food and stuff like that, you just have to give them a place to sleep basically. We wouldn't ever do that though, when we have had our exchange students their automatically part of our family.
It's always hard to say goodbye! That never gets easier but we do keep in touch using whatsapp which is an app for international texting, and skype of course. It's worth the experience though! If you plan to host or go on exchange I recommend YFU!
It is my pleasure to extend an invitation to you if you are interested in becoming a host family on our platform, a NEW online platform of host family for International students (High Schools/Colleges/Language Schools). Please visit our website at www.ehostfamily.com and let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!
I can see how it would be confusing! After talking for months over skype and getting to know each other; I suppose the only natural thing to do is give a hug! Definitely a lot of fun though! Check out yfu.org/ to learn more!
This video has received overwhelming support and as of right now it is the most viewed video on my channel! I just want to say thank you to everyone who is subscribing to my channel and I hope that you enjoy the rest of my content. I encourage all of you to explore the world!
Much love,
Carter
Next year I would be an exchange student in Germany. My agency is YFU too. Can you please recomend me some tips to make good relationship with family?
Hi:) how to be an exchange student???
@@LoL-cn2ft yess
This made me cry . I want to be a exchange student but i also want to host an exchange student too.
I love when the videos can bring out an emotional reaction! I'm happy that you enjoyed this video, if you ever host; I recommend hosting with YFU!
HEY! :) you can do both haha my family hosted two exchange students one on the 13/14 period and the other 14/15 period, now is my turn to be an exchange student for this 17/18 period that's coming up next August, but I'm going with rotary
Talia Deen Mee too!!! 😭😭
Sameeee
wendhyline hi!! I was just wondering how rotary was? I’m considering using them but some of their reviews aren’t so great I’ve seen !!
I will be an exchange student in 2017-2018 in USA... I hope I will have a family as nice as yours ❤️
Aw thank you, that is so nice of you to say that. I hope you make great experiences in the states. Keep me updated on your year!
bella moon hoping for the same
Mariana Facendo Can I ask with what service you do it? Or like Organisation?
Omg i am exchange student in USA too!
your family is soo nice and sweet i wanna be an exchange student too and live moments like these ♥♥
aww thank you!
Привет
Watching this because my family is getting our foreign exchange student from the airport today!!
SydneyKate that's great! Let me know how it goes!
How did it go?
@@noobybuisness1649 The exchange student murdered the family while sleeping.
@@sebastianskii7512 qbahaahahahahahhaahahahahahahahaa i cant
They’re not yours your treating them like a dog or pet
I´m at the moment an Exchange Student in Norway. This feeling when you meet your host family the first time is so great!😍
I've never been on the students side, but meeting the student is something I really look forward to every single year. We have hosted five times and it is so much fun!
I'm going to Norway as an exchange student soon too! How was it?
Ikr. My first host family was from Nice,France . I was super excited to see them.
I know you posted this three years ago, but what program did you do? I’m really interested in doing this!
Kpop Trash hope you had a great time!!
I think it's so amazing that your family has hosted five times! This year is our second time hosting with YFU. My mom was an exchange student with YFU in the 80's and my grandparents also hosted with YFU in the late 70's early 80's and I think it's a great program and I just think thas amazing how your family has touched 5 different students!
I agree it's an amazing experience that not a lot of people get to have. I think it's really underrated, people think of it as just a favor for the students but it really is just an insightful and fun experience for the whole family. One of our students from Germany is visiting for two weeks right now actually, she just got here yesterday.
That's so great! We hosted a German exchange student last year and she's going to come visit after this school year in the summer. Right now we're hosting a girl from Estonia.
Adriana Ismaili that's awesome I met a girl from Estonia last year! How is your year going so far?
So far so good. Since my family doesn't really have much extra space in our house I've been sharing my room with our exchange student and she's adjusted well to that I think. I mean of course there are disagreements here and there but I'm sure you know what thats like. How about you?
this made me cry tbh... I spend my exchange year near GR, MI last year. today, my family is getting a new one and I don't think I can handle this.. it's just making me sad and jealous
Aww, thank you for watching the video. I'm glad you enjoyed. How was your time in GR? Did you enjoy Michigan?
Watching these videos makes me so excited for my exchange in France, I’m super excited and nervous!
Good to hear! How exciting!
Awesome vlog! I really wanted an exchange student so this makes me a tiny bit jealous. So cool ! 😁
Thank you for the nice comments and sorry I made you jealous! :)
+Carter Surach forgiven hahah i'm looking forward to your next video 😊
Awesome Kayla! I'm glad you found one that you enjoyed! I plan to stay updated with your channel as well, you make some great content.
+Carter Surach thank you so much! I subscribed to you so i'll keep an eye out for your next vid 👍🏼
I'm Finnish and on exchange too! in spain though. This was so nice to see, hope you're enjoying the time with her!
kiacecilia she just went home today, it was a great half semester.
kiacecilia Bienvenida
IM GETTING AN EXCHANGE STUDENT TOO YAYYYY
Cheers! :)
Coop Dog23 me too!! Ummm picking her up in 9 days!!
*Omg that's so incredible how loving all of your family is!!! I bet they would love to have real adopted grandchildren also!! 😇*
Thanks for being so kind!
This dude should have a lot more subs, great video dude
Thank you so much man, I hope you enjoy the rest of my videos! :)
I literally looked at the thumbnail and I immidiately knew she was Finnish
Are we that recognizable?
This is absolutely fantastic and makes me so excited for the future! My mother and I were approved yesterday to home our FIRST exchange student! She is from Kyrgikstan and I am soooo excited to finally meet her and bring her into our home! We are in a small town in northern Michigan, and I can't wait to bring her into our small, loving community. Thank you for posting this!
Woah that's great! If you think of hosting again let me know. I'd love to connect you with the best exchange student organization in the world!
Im an exchange student too but from germany... We are so thankful
Awesome! Where are you going to school?
Clinton, Michigan... near Ann Arbour
what organization?
yfu
Whats your name? My mom is a field director for YFU!
It is awesome there are still families out there like yours who made these exchange students feel wanted and loved...they right away experience a sense of belonging.... Of care and love....it is obvious all of you enjoy it ..from grandparents to kid brothers....be blessed.
Wow thank you for the kind words. We love the experience of hosting.
That's so sweet. It makes me want to sign up for another exchange student. It's been 8 years since the last one.
My family once hosted an exchange student from Spain, a girl named Irene. I was too young to really comprehend why she was even staying at my house, but I do remember that it was a nice experience. Maybe in the future my family will host again! :)
Let me know if you decide to I'd like to help you get in touch with the best hosting company out there and get you a really good student! :)
This video has been such a relief for me specially after seeing with which organizations she came from. I hope my host family will receive me like that
That's so sweet!! I'm from Norway and Finland myself, and going on exchange myself this fall 😍 Your video made me even more excited for my year🎉
Aww that's so great! Where are you going to be on exchange?
Carter Surach omg didn't see that you replied to me until now!! I'm going on exchange to Billings, Montana. My departure is literally just 14 days away!! I still get emotional watching you welcoming Mila, I'm so excited to meet my family!
Mary Elle Awesome! Well, I wish you the best of luck on your journey the United States is a wonderful place to be!
Carter Surach Thank you! When is Mila going back to Finland?
Also, Happy 4th of July! 🇺🇸❤
She is already back in Finland! Are you from Helsinki? Maybe you could meet her!
I’m picking up my exchange student in 9 days!!! I’m so freaking excited!! This will be my first time hosting and I just want these 9 days to go by fast. Her name is Jasmin and she is from Germany. We have been talking for about 3 months now and the day is almost here!! I can’t wait any longer 😫😫
Yay! I hope it's going well.
What AWESOME presents!!!!!! And perfect for a family of males! I'd be stooooked!
It's always a lot of fun! :)
I actually liked that basically everything really needed in pronuncing Milla (?) was there.
I hope you enjoyed the video! Thanks for watching and commenting. :)
Omg she's from Finland and with Yfu? I'm actually from Germany and with yfu in Finland! 😱😂😂😍😍😍
That's wonderful! I hope you enjoy your exchange year! :)
Pi A how is it do far ? Ich bin auch zus deutschland und hab morgen das Auswahlgespräch
We got YFU everywhere lol
omg i am an exchange student in USA i love it :) this video remind me when i met my host family
That's so cool! I'm glad you enjoyed!
I'm so jealous, I wish I could come back and do another exchange year! Milla looks very sweet, hope she will have a great time! :)
I wish you could Jil! :(
I'm gonna be an exchange student in America in 2017/2018. I don't have a family yet but i hope i get one as nice as yours. Its really cool to see what its like from the families perspective
We have always enjoyed the experience and I hope that you enjoy yours! No matter where you go just soak in the culture and enjoy whatever you can. The United States varies so much depending on where you are when you come here. Going from state to state can sometimes feel like your travelling through different countries. Like I said enjoy your experience on exchange because it will likely be very unique! If you don't already have an exchange program that you're going through check out YFU, they have always been great for my family.
Now we're apart of....Finland?
Of course! We're all connected. That's the beauty of hosting.
i'm gonna be an exchange student in the us next year and i hope my host family will be as nice as you
Aw I hope you have fun! Let me know how it goes!
Carter Surach thank you so much! i will xx
Awww that part when she hugs you,I just cried after seeing that.
awww ;) glad you enjoyed the video.
hey) you made me cry😢 .. I'm also an exchange student and my placement organization also YFU. but I dont have a family yet. so you did a great job!!! 👍👍👍
Hey Leyla, where are you from? Maybe we can help you get placed!!
I'm going to the US as an exchange student in January and it looks so amazing! Can't wait :)
That's awesome I hope you have a great year, what organization are you going in exchange through?
The Austrian organization is STS (Student Travel School) and my American one is STS Foundation :)
+Little Marzipans how cool! I hope you have a great year! Let me know how it goes!
I'm going in January as well and I'm from austria too, haha :D
really? mit welcher organisation fährst du?
Were you holding your phone by the corner, doing the IPhone challenge (or whatever its called)? lol
I was holding it between my pinky and my thumb over the corner and i dropped it. So dumb of me.
Awesome, you guys are really so loving.
Aw thanks for watching the video! :)
I really hope my host family will be like yours! I’ll be an exchange student in 2019/2020!
Aw you're so sweet! :)
I’ll be an exchange student 2020-2021 and hopefully 2021-2022! Good luck on your exchange!
I'm going to study abroad and i am very excited after i saw your video.
Shes so pretty!
I’m hosting an Italian exchange student next month!
YES! Enjoy that!
I know I’m too late But, if Mila is still here welcome to America! I’m in Houston Texas btw
Hey I host exchange students too. We have our 18th this year and I'm from Ludington MI which is pretty close to Kalamazoo
alaina ashley hey that's awesome! What company do you host through?
Carter Surach we've hosted from aspect, northwestern services and I think one more but I can't remember haha. Do you only get yfu students?
alaina ashley yes my mom works for YFU so we stick with YFU and have loved it since we started hosting. Do you have any recommendations as to what countries you've had good experiences with etc.?
Carter Surach oh that's really cool! My mom works with northwestern services so we switched to them ever since. But I think my favorite countries we've hosted exchange students from were Germany and Spain. The majority of our students have been from Germany. What countries have your students been from?
alaina ashley We've hosted students from Germany, Finland, Denmark, and were hosting a student from Thailand next school year!
I'm being an exchange student in Switzerland at the beginning of year nine and I can't wait but I am kinda scared to
I'm sure it's scary but you will make experiences that you will never forget and have so much fun I'm sure! :)
wow dude. ..short but sweet video, you're bad A$$!
Hey thanks man, glad you enjoyed!
Great video carter!!
Thank you thank you! :)
I cried when they arrived idk why
I wanna be an exchange student please, who's willing?? and how do i go about it😢😢I'm from Kenya
through an organization like EF (wouldn't recommend that one though)
@@aahpuuh why?
Damn that was so emotional
Looks like sucha cool experience ! Is she over for education ?
Yah shes going to our highschool!
The background music is Ohio
Love that song 😀
Yes! Good catch, I love it as well!
Why did this made me cry
I think I’m going to the US with YFU on 2022! 🥳
WOO YFU!! Also Imma go then too!
I wanted to be an enchange student too but my parents don't allow me to leave and i also don't have enough money.
I really want to be an exchange student but a) my parents don't want to pay for it/ think I'll get hurt and b) I'm not good at speaking + being social and sometimes I get anxiety from it 😭
All of those things you mentioned are issues you might face on exchange but none of those things can completely stop you. You can learn to manage anxiety, speaking English gets easy fast when you are constantly surrounded by it, and you most likely won't get hurt! I hope you can convince your parents to let you go on exchange it's a wonderful experience. Show them this video and show how awesome it can be! :)
my family picks up our exchange student tomorrow but sadly i have to miss it because of work
You'll have the whole year to get to know them! :)
How to apply exchange students?
I wish I have had an exchange family like this one... mine was all day fighting (not playing)
I'm sorry to hear that, where did you stay for your exchange?
Carter Surach michigan
That's where I live, did you enjoy being in the United States?
yes, I enjoyed high school I was at Bridgeport high school. But I didnt enjoy the house hahaha. Where are you from michigan?
can you vlog about how its like to have an exchange student? going to be an exchange student next year and want to see how its like to have one
Milla is in a lot of my videos, she is participating in the cheer team and she will be in my video that I post tomorrow. If you have any questions for her I can ask her in future videos so you can see what she says!
yeah! i was wondering if it was easy to make the cheer team?
I can put that in a future video! :)
you guys are so cute! I'm jealous of the girl.
If you ever decide hosting sounds like a cool option to you, go through YFU it's a great program.
awkward question but have u ever developed feelings for an exchange student?
No I haven't, but my cousin is now dating a past exchange student that we had. They have a long distance relationship but she is home visiting right now! :)
It sounds strange but it's cool with all of us and they love each other very much!
What's an exchange student? Can anyone explain to me please?
I wanna be an exchange student too bad it probably only happens in Private schools in America
awesome! !
It was so much fun! Check out some of my other videos if you enjoyed this, I have another video coming out at 10:00 a.m. est. today!
It was so much fun! Check out some of my other videos if you enjoyed this, I have another video coming out at 10:00 a.m. est. today!
+Carter Surach ok 😀😀😊
do you get paid for hosting them? who do pay for their expenses?
Oriana Garage no you don't get paid but if you want to you can make them buy their own food and stuff like that, you just have to give them a place to sleep basically. We wouldn't ever do that though, when we have had our exchange students their automatically part of our family.
hey carter i see you live in kzoo!! so do I!!!
Have you ever thought about hosting? That's great!
Kalamazoo!
whaat is she finnish, i’m too 🤩
can you please tell me how can i be an exchange student in usa please ?how much does it cost?
Contact www.yfu.org/ tell them Carter Surach sent you.
Just one question, was it hard to say goodbye? and do you keep in touch with them?
It's always hard to say goodbye! That never gets easier but we do keep in touch using whatsapp which is an app for international texting, and skype of course. It's worth the experience though! If you plan to host or go on exchange I recommend YFU!
I'm an exchange too i will live in Grand Rapids haha in 3 days
That's awesome! Are you excited or what!?
+Carter Surach yesss of course i'm exited
I’m hosting in tc MI!!
Daily Denali and katie that’s great! Where are you hosting from?
Carter Surach our exchange student is from Madrid, Spain and we are hiding in Traverse City, Michigan
Wait wait wait, so if I become and exchange student does somebody Also come to my house?
Usually na
I will be an exchange student but it's impossible for me. Anyways, I like a lot this video, all of you look so kind 😊
Why is it impossible? What is standing in your way of becoming an exchange student? Thank you for the sweet comment!
Carter Surach Money :c Thank you for reply me 😊
No problem, where do you live?
Carter Surach In Barcelona, Spain
Claudia Stonys you should apply for some scholarships on YFU's website! They offer a lot of scholarships that help students pay for their year!
What’s the name of Airport
Kalamazoo/battle creek airport
Is she a high school or college exchange student?
Christian Duke high school :)
Carter Surach That's so cool!! I wish I was an exchange student!
newwww subbb
thank you so much!
But! Still cool vlog!
Thanks! :)
I want to be an exchange student. does anyone take 35 year old college students?
HAHA maybe you should set something up!
where is she from?
Finland! :)
She looks like the youtuber Alexa mae
Torilleee
She’s kinda peng u know
It is my pleasure to extend an invitation to you if you are interested in becoming a host family on our platform, a NEW online platform of host family for International students (High Schools/Colleges/Language Schools).
Please visit our website at www.ehostfamily.com and let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!
Hol up u a teahcer?
Can you host me ?
I have hard wood in my bedroom and I live in America
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Just reached the 500 sub mark as well!
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She is beautiful. She can be my exchange wife.
whats with all the hugging? they are total stranger's!!
I can see how it would be confusing! After talking for months over skype and getting to know each other; I suppose the only natural thing to do is give a hug! Definitely a lot of fun though! Check out yfu.org/ to learn more!
Carter you are cute, I wish I was young so I could date you. :)
Haha, I have a great girlfriend! Thank you for the compliment though. I really appreciate that!
You welcome my love :(