Dear Host Family,

I first would like to say something about me, my life and friends; therefore I show you a normal day in my life.

I get up at 6:30 a.m. in the morning. My dad Michael and my mom Ellen get up a little earlier, because my dad has to go working.

We have breakfast all together in our kitchen and I often read the local paper. Our school normally starts at 8:00 a.m. and ends at 1pm. In break times I often play basketball, talk and have fun with friends. I really love going to school, because the most things you learn are so interesting and helpful and you have a great time. When I come home I have lunch with my mom and my brother and do homework and sometimes I learn for school.

I do a lot of sports, with friends and with my family. For example I play Basketball in a team for several years now. Most times I'm the point guard in my team. It makes a lot of fun and we have been very successful, but often it's very straining and I'm very tired after the training. I also play tennis in a team. It's a fantastic sport in the summer time and I play with lots of friends, my brother and in the evening with my dad. I also go jogging with friends, play volleyball, or sometimes to the cinema. I've got pretty good relationships with a lot of my friends. With close friends I really talk about everything. They can talk about everything with me and there's a big faith between us.

I'm a real family person. We do lot's of things together especially at weekends. We do sports, trips or just work together in our garden (cut trees etc.) We sometimes just sit together near our fireplace and talk or watch TV. I would enjoy doing those kind of things with you, things together like a real family. I play the piano for 7 years now. It's an awesome instrument and sometimes I give small concerts for my family. I have a perfect relationship either with my parents or with my little brother and I'm proud of it! I'm a guy who loves water sports, especially surfing and swimming. I often go surfing together with my dad. At the moment I'm being trained as a lifeguard and it makes a lot of fun.

I really would like to be an exchange student in the U.S., because I want to learn more about the country and even more about the American people. I'm also very excited to meet new people and to make friends. I want to live the American way of life! I would like to feel how it is to live like an American, in school and together with American people! I'm looking forward to laugh with you, to have a wonderful time and to get to know people for life! It would be fantastic if you could support me as family in my time in America; if you could support me with love, family, friends and a home.

I would like to take part in your family life and it would be nice if I could integrate myself; if I could help you by lots of different things, could go to the market and could help in the housework or maybe in the garden. It would be great if you could support me in the starting time, because the daily life far away from home is something really different to me. I'm looking forward to a great time with you as host family!

Sincerely yours,
Nils