In order to get to know host families for ConeXion Xela, I'm living with one family after another every week. This is the way I've gotten to know many Spanish teachers last year, and I'm doing the same with host families now. It's been 5 days living with the Morales family, and I'm satisfied here. No, they don't have experience of welcoming a foreign student.
Actually, I'm their first one. But, what I'd like to see in a host family is their happiness as a family, because I don't think they would be capable of making students feel happy if they are not happy themselves. So, I really liked to see how Allan, the father, was playing with his daughter after lunch and how every member of the family was cheering in front of a TV when they watched a soccer game of Xela against Suchi. Ah, since there are three couples in the family, I asked them how they got married and who proposed marriage, etc. They had lots of fun answering the question, and their fun was contagious. It was one of my favorite moments of doing my job.