{"id":30,"date":"2025-12-09T19:44:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T19:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalstudentconnections.ca\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2026-04-02T01:41:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T01:41:35","slug":"comments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/internationalstudentconnections.ca\/index.php\/comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Comments and Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">First International Student Connections hosts and students, 2025-2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>From Valentine:<\/strong> &nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">I want to use this opportunity to thank you all so much for the warm welcome, the conversations and effort put into the realization of this extension of love, care, sense of community and family.&nbsp; You&#8217;re the family connections we&#8217;ve longed for and the parents we left behind.&nbsp; &nbsp; Tank you for opening your doors to us mere strangers, we look forward to a more beautiful future ahead&nbsp;of us together in friendship. Goodnight for now&#8230; 1 Dec 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/internationalstudentconnections.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Shirley_and_Valentine.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-63\" srcset=\"https:\/\/internationalstudentconnections.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Shirley_and_Valentine.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/internationalstudentconnections.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Shirley_and_Valentine-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Valentine &amp; Shirley<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/internationalstudentconnections.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Shirley_and_family_with_Valentine_and_wife-rotated.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/internationalstudentconnections.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Shirley_and_family_with_Valentine_and_wife-rotated.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/internationalstudentconnections.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Shirley_and_family_with_Valentine_and_wife-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Shirley &amp; Family, with Valentine and wife<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><strong>From Sateesh:<\/strong>  <\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Hello Noreen, Glenn, Ray, and Fenella <br>Hope you are doing well.<br>It is one of the best programs to be part of, thanks Ray and Fenella for making this possible.<br>Noreen ( The Artist) and Glenn ( The Rocket Man) thanks for hosting me today.<br>Warm regards,<br>Sateesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1920\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1080 \/ 1920;\" width=\"1080\" controls src=\"https:\/\/internationalstudentconnections.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Noreen_Glenn_Sateesh.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Patrick, Mary-Anne and family, with Nicholas and Charbel:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/internationalstudentconnections.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Patrick_Mary_Nicholas_Charbel-web-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/internationalstudentconnections.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Patrick_Mary_Nicholas_Charbel-web-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/internationalstudentconnections.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Patrick_Mary_Nicholas_Charbel-web-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/internationalstudentconnections.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Patrick_Mary_Nicholas_Charbel-web-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/internationalstudentconnections.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Patrick_Mary_Nicholas_Charbel-web-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/internationalstudentconnections.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Patrick_Mary_Nicholas_Charbel-web-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/internationalstudentconnections.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Patrick_Mary_Nicholas_Charbel-web-800x450.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Dana, Laurie, Emmanuel:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/internationalstudentconnections.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dana_Laurie_Emmanuel-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60\" srcset=\"https:\/\/internationalstudentconnections.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dana_Laurie_Emmanuel-1.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/internationalstudentconnections.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dana_Laurie_Emmanuel-1-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First International Student Connections hosts and students, 2025-2026 From Valentine: &nbsp; 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