Dear Host Family,

My name is Einar. I am an active boy on sixteen years who lives in Norway. My life contains of going to school, hanging out with friends and playing soccer. My class has soccer and strength training about three times a week. I also have a strong wish to keep playing soccer when I arrive the states. I love being in physical activity and to try out new sports and activities, so I would be really happy if you could show me how you do things over there.

I have a lot of friends here, both boys and girls, though I know some of them better than the others. We often hang out together in the weekends, and after school. If we are not sitting on a cafe having conversations about sports, girls or politics, you can find us in front of a Playstation 3, or on the soccer field practicing technique to become even better players. In addition to me, a couple of my friends are also spending their next year in USA. We are all really excited on how we are going to experience high school.

I am a member of a family on four, consisting of my mother and father, and a little sister on the age of fourteen. We live in a house together. We also keep in touch with other family members such as my aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents. We visit those who don't live in town in vacations and the rest of us often have these family dinners, where everyone gathers at my grandparents' house to have a good meal at occasions such as birthdays and Christmas.

I can talk with my parents about anything, and I also have a really good relationship to my little sister. I would also like to mention that I get really well along with the smaller kids in the family, like my three year old cousins. I often babysit for them if it is necessary. Another thing I also would like to mention to you is that I get along well with animals like dogs and cats. I have a job at the indoor tennis and climbing arena in town, a ten minute walk from my house. I work there once a week to earn extra money for clothes and sporting gear. Working at the indoor arena is one of the best jobs I could have, as I meet nice people, and can work in an environment where physical activity is at focus.

One of my best memories that I like to think back on would be a summer when me and my soccer team reached the semifinals. We could not help for celebrating until we lost our voices. Even though we lost received the third place, and had a really great time together.

There are many reasons why I want to be an exchange student in the United States of America. First of all, USA is a country I have always wanted to visit. I want to experience the American culture, try out and learn new things and of course improve my English as much as possible. A year in the states would be an once-in-a-lifetime experience for me to join high school and discover new sides of myself. I am really excited how it will be to live in an American family, and I hope that you could show me as much as you can of the American culture.

In the end, I am really seeing forward to this year in the United States, and I can't wait to travel over the Atlantic to meet my hostfamily.

Sincerely yours,
Einar