Letter to host family

Bom, faz muuuuuito tempo que não posto nada aqui, porque, enfim, meu processo tava meio parado, mas agora to quase lá! (se o site da APC cooperasse, seria bem melhor).

Vim hoje falar da LETTER TO HOST FAMILY, que é um dos passos mais importantes do processo. É onde você vai falar sobre sua personalidade, porque a família deve te escolher, porque você será uma boa Au Pair etc.

Para as meninas que também estão nessa fase e tem algumas dúvidas (como eu tive) vou postar aqui a minha carta :))) Lembrem-se que vocês têm que escrever at least 600 words!

Lá vai!

Hello, host family!

My name is Nathalia, I’m 20 years. I am a Business student and an English teacher.  I live with my mother FULANA, who is a psychologist and our dog. I don’t have any siblings. My father, sometimes, comes to visit me. His name is FULANO and he is a sales manager.

I live in Fortaleza, in the state of Ceará. It is a city with about 2.5 million people in the Northeast coast of Brazil. It’s a nice city, with lots of beautiful beaches around. If you don’t like beaches, there are mountains too. The weather here is hot the whole year. There is only one season in Fortaleza: summer.

I always help my mother with the housework, because she works full-time, so when she doesn’t have time I have to cook my lunch, wash the dishes, do the laundry and walk our dog.

Since I live in the coast of the country, in my free time I love going to the beach with my friends. Almost every week my mother and I go to the movies when we have time. I also enjoy reading at night, playing sports and exercising. When I want to rest I watch TV and listen to music. When I was younger I took singing classes and guitar classes for 1 year. And I used to practice karate and dancing. I had to stop, because of school and work. I love animals, especially dogs. Therefore, if you have a pet it won’t be a problem.

My experience with kids was very good. I have a kids’ class at the English school I work and I have been teaching them for 1 year and a half. Last year, during my summer vacation, I started working as a volunteer at an institution that takes care of abandoned children and children with HIV. There were kids at different ages and temper. And I had to play with them, help them to shower, feed and put them to bed.  It was the greatest experience I have ever had, because it makes you feel very good helping those children. I enjoyed myself very much! On my last vacation, I took care of my friend’s nice, Maria Eduarda. I was there to help her mother, so I just had to play with her, help her to eat, watch her having shower and put her to bed, which was a good experience too.

I decided to be an Au Pair because I think it is a great opportunity to learn a different culture, meet new people and become more fluent in English. I have always wanted to live abroad and I also love taking care of kids, so it’s a perfect match!

I am an easy going and flexible person; I can handle challenges and adapt easily to different ways of living. I am also honest, responsible and organized so it will be easy to live with me. Besides all of that, I am active and outgoing, because of that I will always try to keep the kids entertained. I am patient and caring too, so I will give as much as attention the children need. That’s why I think I will be a great Au Pair.

Being an Au Pair can bring me many good things; it will make me more adaptable, more independent and mature and more responsible. I think I will grow as a person. Besides that I will bond with your children, exchange cultural information, learn from them and show your kids a little bit about my country, so they will never forget this piece of Brazil.

I hope we can get along very well and learn a lot from each other. I am looking forward to be with you in America! See you soon!

Nathalia,

Fortaleza, Brazil.

Espero ter ajudado vocês, futuras Au Pairs! ;*