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Begin your life long friendship today!

Hi my name is Teresa, I am the ASSE Area Coordinator in Michigan. I have been hosting for 4 years now it has left an impact on my family, we have learn about other cultures and they learned about ours. Having an exchange student in the home is much like having an adopted teenage son or daughter from overseas. Each student that we have hosted, has become very close to us and has become a part of our family.

Here are a few students who are interested in Tennis and would love to become a part of your family.

Malte is from Germany and will be 16 this month. Malte is very interested in sports. He plays on the school basketball team twice a week with matches on the weekends. He also has been playing tennis since he was 6. In his spare time he also enjoys pop music, reading magazines and time on his computer. Exchange has been a dream for Malte with hopes to improve his English, explore a new culture and become more confident and independent.

Hello my name is Yuliya, I am from Kazakhstan and I am 15 years old. I'm a member of the English Club and I play tennis, sometimes I participage in some competitions. I am also fond of reading. I read classical books, fantasy and historical novels. I also like to listen to music 

If you would like more information on Malte (GI010MM) or Yuliya (CI034MM) please contact Teresa by responding to this by email or call.

You can also check out www.host.asse.com to see more student and host family videos, read student profiles and apply for our program.

ASSE was established in 1976 as the American Scandinavian Student Exchange by the Swedish Government to organize student exchange programs between Sweden and the United States. Soon Denmark, Norway and Finland elected to participate. Since then, the program has grown to include:
Germany, Spain, Great Britain, Switzerland, New Zealand, Argentina, Portugal, Slovakia, Turkey,
Thailand, China, Mongolia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia/Montenegro, France, Holland, Italy, Australia, Mexico, Brazil, Czech Rep., South Africa, Poland, Lithuania, Astonia, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Canada.

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