{"id":108,"date":"2026-05-05T01:47:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T01:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalstudentconnections.ca\/?p=108"},"modified":"2026-05-05T01:47:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T01:47:52","slug":"from-glenn-noreen-hosts-20-april-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalstudentconnections.ca\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/from-glenn-noreen-hosts-20-april-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"From Glenn &amp; Noreen, Hosts &#8211; 20 April 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0How easy was it to arrange meal times together with your student? \u00a0 <strong>WE ALL HAD BUSY SCHEDULES TO WORK AROUND, BUT ALL WERE FLEXIBLE AND KEEN.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0How easy or difficult was it to ensure safe passage for the student? \u00a0 <strong>VERY EASY. HE HAS HIS OWN CAR(S).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0How often were you and the student get together in the term? \u00a0<strong>ONCE EVERY 1 &#8211; 2 WEEKS, BUT WE COMMUNICATED BY MESSAGES \u00a0MORE OFTEN. \u00a0S. SAYS IN 1ST OR 2ND YEAR HE WAS TOO BUSY WITH NEWNESS OF COUNRY, HEAVY COURSE LOAD, MEETING AND BEING WITH FELLOW STUDENTS (SOCIAL LIFE!!!), AND PART-TIME JOB (NEEDED TO PAY THE BILLS) TO EITHER PARTICIPATE, OR TO LEARN AND BENSIT FOR BEING WITH US, AS MUCH AS HE DOES FROM BEING WITH US NOW. \u00a0(I THINK SATEESH IS PROBABLY MUCH-MORE WORLDLY THAN MOST INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS.?)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0What was your experience of your meal time with them?\u00a0\u00a0Enjoyable, difficult, a learning experience for you and them, or anything else? <strong>FUNDERFULL! \u00a0OURS IS PROBABLY ABOUT AS NEAR-PERFECT A MATCH AS THERE COULD BE. \u00a0S \u00a0IS NOW MUCH-LIKE A FAMILY MEMBER. \u00a0WE LEARN, AND RECEIVE \u00a0AS MUCH FROM S, AS HE LEARNS AND RECEIVES FROM US. \u00a0AND\u00a0ALL\u00a0INVOLVED FEEL VERY POSITIVE ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP THAT CONTINUES TO FLOURISH.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Do you see yourself continuing the relationship with the student as the term comes to an end? \u00a0<strong>YES &#8211; DEFINITELY. \u00a0THERE ARE\u00a0ALREADY PLANS IN PLACE TO DO SO..<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00b7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong>WE WERE MATCHED WITH AND HOSTED ONLY ONE STUDENT \u00a0.. BUT EXPECT TO HAVE SOME CONTACT WITH OTHER INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN THE NEAR FUTURE&#8230; I.E. FRIENDS OF S&#8217;S<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Would you be willing to continue participation in the program, signing up for a new student in the fall term? \u00a0<strong>I DOUBT IF WE WOULD START ANEW UNLESS SATEESH RETURNS TO PAKISTAN TO LIVE.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Based on your experience, would you be willing to invite people you know to sign up for the program? <strong>YES<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0How easy was it to arrange meal times together with your student? \u00a0 WE ALL HAD BUSY SCHEDULES TO WORK AROUND, BUT ALL WERE FLEXIBLE AND KEEN. \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0How easy or difficult was it to ensure safe passage for the student? \u00a0 VERY EASY. HE HAS HIS OWN CAR(S). \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0How often were you and the student [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-feedback","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/internationalstudentconnections.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/internationalstudentconnections.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/internationalstudentconnections.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/internationalstudentconnections.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/internationalstudentconnections.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/internationalstudentconnections.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109,"href":"https:\/\/internationalstudentconnections.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions\/109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/internationalstudentconnections.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/internationalstudentconnections.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/internationalstudentconnections.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}