Letter to potential host family!?

Guten Tag Gastfamilie!

My name is XX from New Zealand. My greatest wish is to spend time in Germany. I鈥檓 looking forward to try new things and immerse myself in a family, community and culture. As we don鈥檛 even know each other yet, I鈥檒l try to describe myself, my life in New Zealand and what I want to get out of my time in Germany.



I live in a city called Lower Hutt. Lower Hutt is very multi-cultural, especially the suburb where my school is. As a matter of fact, if you walk around my school you could hear up to five languages. Unfortunately the only language I speak fluently is English. Lower Hutt is a 25-minute drive form New Zealand鈥檚 capital- Wellington. Wellington is a small but very cultivated city, which suits me perfectly.



I live with my mother, X. She is most likely the kindest, most loving person I know. I tell her everything that鈥檚 going on in my life, so she trusts me because we have no secrets and she knows I am a good. However my mother and I are like fire and ice so of course we don鈥檛 always see eye-to-eye.



Also I have a Brother, I get along with him very well even though he is 12 years older then me. He has lived with us off and on for the past five years after leaving the army and has been my best friend since I was 12. We have quite similar personalities. He would always take me out and I would hang out with him and his friends but now his girlfriend and him had a baby and he lives with her. My mother and I don鈥檛 really like his girlfriend and we don鈥檛 think she likes us as they don鈥檛 come over very often.



I go to a small school of 700 students, which I really love. I take Maths, English, German, History and Science. Alas I can鈥檛 stand Science so I am dropping it for economics in 2011. English and German are my favourite subjects. I do quite well at school. After I finish school I want to go to university and study German, and perhaps some sort of business subject. I think that when I grow up I want to work in fashion (marketing, writing, or directing) and be a entrepreneur. I can鈥檛 wait to see what it鈥檚 like at a different school!



In the winter I play hockey and netball for school and in the summer I go to the gym. I also have a job at a fish and chip store, which I work three nights a week at. It鈥檚 difficult for me to summarise what I do in my spare time because I don鈥檛 do the same thing all the time. Sometimes I go to gigs, or parties, or to the library, or to the mall. But mostly in my spare time I like to go window-shopping, go to the beach, watch movies with friends or just try anything new. But I don鈥檛 have that much spare time in between school, sport, work and eating (I kid) Oh! And I enjoy cooking, maybe I could cook you some NZ food sometime.



I associate with the Baptist church. I know most Europeans aren鈥檛 at all religious, which is fine with me- I don鈥檛 come from a Christian family- it鈥檚 something I do independently.



My favourite things include foreign cinema, indie music and fashion. I鈥檓 crazy about fashion. I enjoy ready and I don鈥檛 mind animals, so if you have animals that鈥檚 fine. I don鈥檛 like mushrooms. When all else fails, will always enjoy observing new places and environments. And I don鈥檛 smoke. Oh and I鈥檓 not allergic to anything.



Like me, my friends are quite intellectual, fun, honest and happy people. We are not as up and down as normal teenagers even though we are all completely into different things. In contrast to my friends, I am the more Free-spirited one who鈥檒l try, do and say what I please, even things others may consider challenging. I also have a stronger sense of identity. I know who I am and I know what I want. However at times I can be a bit presumptuous but I鈥檓 working on it. I鈥檓 talkative, open-minded and have an opinion on most things, which I GENEROUSLY volunteer to conversation quite regularly ;)



I want to go to Germany to experience a new kind of living. To lots try new things, take opportunities and go outside my comfort zone. I鈥檓 not frightened about getting home sick, or missing my friends and family as I know I am not shy and will be able to make friends and bond with others easily and have the time of my life. Besides, I am not afraid of things like that, I am not afraid of new things. My biggest fear about coming to Germany is that I wont be able to communicate properly and people will think I鈥檓 stupid. I know it鈥檚 silly. I do have realistic expectations though, I know that it will be hard at first and I may get sick of saying 鈥榣angsamer bitte鈥?but with your help and patience my vocab and ability will grow. I just will need to get out there and speak speak speak!



I hope I have conveyed who I am well in this letter. I can鈥檛 believe I鈥檓 going to Germany, I am so lucky to be coming over, let alone live with a family for six months. It鈥檚 such a huge opportunity andLetter to potential host family!?
The letter is good except in all honesty I think you are putting in some personal things that are just too "personal" for a first letter. I have copied and pasted the points I think you should save for later. Sometimes "too much" personal information at first can be "overload". Leave out the portions I copies and pasted and it will be plenty of information about yourself and then they can get to know the real you when you stay with them. I know you will enjoy your visit. Good luck.

live with my mother, X. She is most likely the kindest, most loving person I know. I tell her everything that鈥檚 going on in my life, so she trusts me because we have no secrets and she knows I am a good. However my mother and I are like fire and ice so of course we don鈥檛 always see eye-to-eye.



Also I have a Brother, I get along with him very well even though he is 12 years older then me. He has lived with us off and on for the past five years after leaving the army and has been my best friend since I was 12. We have quite similar personalities. He would always take me out and I would hang out with him and his friends but now his girlfriend and him had a baby and he lives with her. My mother and I don鈥檛 really like his girlfriend and we don鈥檛 think she likes us as they don鈥檛 come over very often

Peace, Love %26amp; HappinessLetter to potential host family!?
Sounds great to me.