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I Just Started Using WhatsApp to Communicate with our Students from Spain!

New blogger and new to WhatsApp and new to hosting students from Spain. What an adventure!

I feel sooooo hip, cool or whatever is the current descriptor for being on top of the latest awesome new stuff. Paying 99 cents on the iPhone got me an app to text and group text with for free. That is pretty nice.

So, I've cleaned up the house and set up the room for the escort whom I will be hosting. All the information is out to the 14 other host families and we are all set up for our Welcome Party at the Wackford Teen Center - such an awesome place! Now what is left? Hop over to my fav spa for mani/pedi and facial....over to Fresh & Easy for groceries and then somewhere for welcome sign materials? Anyone have a good idea for those?

I may host one more info day at the local library to see if there are any more local families wanting to host the students coming over from France in July and August. We have lots of French kids coming to EG and the general area also, but we have about 20 more to place with families!

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