Forte Team Melissa Erlenbusch Area Director SD, IA and IL

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17 year old Hyunji from South Korea is watching her dream slowly fade.
Can you be her welcome family? That's only a 6 to 8 week commitment.
Read her story below and contact me today.

Hello, I am very pleased to tell you myself. I'm turned 17 years old this year. I am Hyunji who is living in Korea. I will be in the 11th grade this March. I live with my mother, father, one younger sister and one younger brother. My father works for a construction company and likes golf. I think he always works enthusiastically for the family. My mother runs a hotel. She is warm and kind to us and gives a lot of love all the time. My sister is 15 years old at the junior high school I attended. My sister also wanted to join this exchange student program and we both decided to go for it together. My younger brother goes to the elementary school I went to and is 12 years old. My family likes camping very much. Every time we camp, I feel very freshed and we have good time and it keeps our relationshp more bonded. My family likes camping very much. Since we were very young, my family went camping very often and traveling many times. The most memorable camp was the one that I went to the beach, but it was fun to play in the water and do fireworks with my family in the evening. Every time we camp, I feel very freshed and we have good time and it keeps our relationshp more bonded. Also, we like to go for walks and light picnics. Also, my family enjoys playing badminton and golf. My father, me, and younger brother play badminton, but I have never beaten him, so I have been trying steadily lately. I wish I beaten my father some day. And my parents and my younger sister learned golf, but I could not learn yet, so I want to learn golf if I have a chance in the near future.

I like to watch sports like baseball and basketball at the stadium. Because the sports I see directly in the stadium make me more immersed in the competition. I often went to the baseball stadium with my friends and enjoyed the game, ate and food sold in the stadium, and cheered to the music. It was so much fun. I really like it. My hobbies are listening to music, drawing pictures, reading books, taking a walk, and watching movies on Netflix. Taking a walk while listening to music makes me feel comfortable and can organize complex thoughts. I've been learning guitar lately! There's a song I want to play on the guitar, so I'm working hard even though it is very hard to play. But, I am going to try it until I will be able to play the song I want. I like new things. So I try to create new hobbies every time.

I like math and art the best in school. The reason why I like math is that when I look at the perfect solution process, the formulas and symbols written there look beautiful. Also, since the correct answer is determined, it is good that errors do not occur frequently when standing. I like art because it is beautiful that I can express my thoughts with beautiful paint. Also, I have a lively but cautious and realistic personality, and I express them frankly. I like to meet people and talk with them and listen to them, too.

I have wished that I could live in the US and study there. I want to learn a lot about the English language in the US. Also, I want to try experience the diverse culture and study how different the educational method of the United States is different from our courtry and what is learned. I want to meet many various friends. It would be very valuable moment because there will never be a chance here.

The reason why I applied for this exchange student program is because I have a goal of improving my English, but I hope that I will experience new things and learn while adapting to the U.S. for a year and grow up to be a better person myself.

Time is fading fast. With only 3 months left to go, we still have 38 dreams still waiting to come true. The longer you wait the less time you have to communicate and bond with a student before they arrive.

All you have to do is provide up to three meals a day, a bed for the student (they can share a bedroom) and most important your love and support.

All of our students arrive with insurance and spending money for expenses.

Contact me today to start our easy and painless process to get approved.

* Salomé is a 16 year old from France. She will be in the 11th grade. She enjoys Swimming, Dance, Ski, Horseback Riding, Tennis, Watching TV movies, Cooking, theater, scouts and going shopping

* Ana is a 15 year old from Brazil. She will be in the 11th grade. She enjoys Chess, Football, Guitar, Swimming, Tennis, Volleyball, Handball, Photography, Cooking
and Muay thai (boxing)

* Atilla is a 16 year old from Hungary. He will be in the 11th grade. He enjoys Baseball, Fitness Training, Football, Ski, Soccer, Watching TV movies, Martial Arts, Gym and Swimming

* Klaudia is a 16 year old from Poland. She will be in the 11th grade. She is a vegetarian. And enjoys Dance, Fitness Training, Ice Skating, Snowboarding, Cooking and Reading

Contact me today!
Melissa Erlenbusch
Area Director
FIEA
605 460 1763
[email protected]

Fall 2023 students are coming in! Why not host and get to know them BEFORE they are here for the 2023 school year!

🇧🇷 Brazil 🇧🇷
👦 Otavio will be a sophomore. He enjoys reading, soccer, volleyball, basketball and drama

🇪🇸 Spain 🇪🇸
👧 Laura will be a Junior. She likes dance, drawing, hiking and reading

👦 Alvaro will be a Senior. He likes martial arts, fitness training, football and baseball

👧 Carla will be a sophomore. She likes dance, gymnastics, swimming, reading and ice skating.

👦 Daniel will be a Senior. He likes baseball, basketball, fitness training, martial arts and video games

🇩🇪 Germany 🇩🇪
👦 Marvin will be a junior. He likes basketball

All students come with spending money as well as insurance!

Contact me today for more info!

Melissa Erlenbusch
Forte International Exchange Association
605-460-1763
[email protected]

2022/2023
Student orientation

Their dream is being part of the Class of 22-23 in the U.S. Many schools start in only a weeks time and since they are seniors it's their last chance at being a high school exchange student in America.
By saying yes to hosting 1 or 2 for 6 to 8 weeks you will turn their dream into a reality.
All you need to provide is a bed, Wifi and 3 meals a day.
If you find it in your heart to step up, please contact me today.
Melissa Erlenbusch
FIEA Area Director
605 460 1763
[email protected]

Time is running out and many Exchange students are still in need of a welcome family.
Would you be willing welcome 1 or 2 for 6 to weeks to 8 weeks?
All you need to provide is a bed, wifi and 3 meals a day.
Students come with their own spending money and health insurance.
Please call me today
Melissa
FIEA
605 460 1763

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We really need assistance!!! There are still exchange students looking for homes/families to host them for the school year or to be a welcome family for 6-8 weeks. Please, if you're at all interested msg me. If you know anyone, we have a referral bonus of $300 for you!!!
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🇮🇹Camilla-Italy -likes drawing, writing, editing videos, sports, kickboxing girl scouts.

🇪🇸Pablo-Spain-likes to cook, roller hockey, swimming, basketball, football and skiing.

🇪🇸Juan- Spain-History and PE. soccer. He also likes skiing, golfing, surfing, American football.

🇹🇭Rinrada (Bee)-Thailand-drawing pictures, listening to music, volleyball, badminton, jogging and cycling.

🇮🇹Vittoria-Italy- likes studying & discovering new things. She wants to meet new people, learn new culture & become more independent.

🇮🇹Elias-Italy- likes soccer & volleyball,really wants to try basketball & football in the United States.

🇮🇹Antonio- Italy- likes cycling, swimming, trying new things and get new experiences in his life.

🇮🇹GIUSEPPE- Italy- loves watching movies or TV series, volleyball and padel, karate and soccer.

🇮🇹Tommaso-Italy- He really enjoy spending time with his family, helps his mom to prepare the meals, wash dishes & grocery shop, plays tennis, soccer and beach tennis.

🇹🇭Arpha-Thailand- likes singing, listening to music & watching Korean series. Her favorite movie is Toy Story & her favorite singer is Justin Bieber.

🇵🇱Maria-Poland- likes to study languages, painting, drawing or making some things with clay, reading, cooking, baking, going on walks, exercising & watching movies.

🇫🇷Hortense-France-soccer, sailing, skiing, fitness & dance, reading, listening to all types of music, & watching action movies.

💕 Whatever town you're in- Any kind of house, any kind of family (couple, single, older, younger, same gender, extended) - we love all families!
❤️Refer a host family & earn $300!
❤️Students come with all of their own spending money, insurance, lunch money, insurance & love. You can host up to 2 students at one time!
⭐️Please contact me today.

Melissa Erlenbusch
Forte International Exchange Association
605-460-1763
[email protected]

✋Stop! Please take a moment to read. Can you be a welcome family (6-8 weeks) or host family (school year) for one (or two) of the following foreign exchange students? This is their last chance!

🇮🇹Camilla-Italy -likes drawing, writing, editing videos, sports, kickboxing girl scouts.

🇪🇸Pablo-Spain-likes to cook, roller hockey, swimming, basketball, football and skiing.

🇪🇸Juan- Spain-History and PE. soccer. He also likes skiing, golfing, surfing, American football.

🇹🇭Rinrada (Bee)-Thailand-drawing pictures, listening to music, volleyball, badminton, jogging and cycling.

🇮🇹Vittoria-Italy- likes studying & discovering new things. She wants to meet new people, learn new culture & become more independent.

🇮🇹Elias-Italy- likes soccer & volleyball,really wants to try basketball & football in the United States.

🇮🇹Antonio- Italy- likes cycling, swimming, trying new things and get new experiences in his life.

🇮🇹GIUSEPPE- Italy- loves watching movies or TV series, volleyball and padel, karate and soccer.

🇮🇹Tommaso-Italy- He really enjoy spending time with his family, helps his mom to prepare the meals, wash dishes & grocery shop, plays tennis, soccer and beach tennis.

🇧🇷Bruna-Brazil- likes children and she loves pets, volleyball, watching movies & cooking.

🇹🇭Arpha-Thailand- likes singing, listening to music & watching Korean series. Her favorite movie is Toy Story & her favorite singer is Justin Bieber.

🇳🇱Mandy-Netherlands-likes to draw, craft, sew, and painting, swimming & playing the snare drum.

🇧🇷Marcella- Brazil-likes reading books & watching tv/movies, playing board games & puzzles, loves cats.

🇵🇱Maria-Poland- likes to study languages, painting, drawing or making some things with clay, reading, cooking, baking, going on walks, exercising & watching movies.

🇵🇱Maksymilian- Poland- playing electric guitar, cycling, climbing, snowboarding, table tennis & hiking. He would like to be a pilot when he gets older.

🇲🇽Paula-Mexico🇲🇽-watch movies, soccer, excited to experience American cultures including trying new food, going to Prom & making friends.

🇫🇷Hortense-France-soccer, sailing, skiing, fitness & dance, reading, listening to all types of music, & watching action movies.

🇵🇱Oliwia-Poland-likes going on a walks with her dogs, playing board games with family and spending time with friends, roller skating & ice skating.

💕 Whatever town you're in- Any kind of house, any kind of family (couple, single, older, younger, same gender, extended) - we love all families!
❤️Refer a host family & earn $300!
❤️Students come with all of their own spending money, insurance, lunch money, insurance & love. You can host up to 2 students at one time!
⭐️Please contact me today.
Melissa Erlenbusch
Forte International Exchange
605-460-1763
[email protected]

Take a good look at this picture and you will see what hosting an exchange student is all about.
It's about creating experiences and memories but mostly about the connections that are made.

Maria was an exchange student in 2016-2017. Since that time she has come back to visit host family 3 times. She would have probably visited more but a silly thing like Covid got in the way.

Don't let your fears stop you from hosting. You don't have to wait till your children are older. Maria's host family is proof of that.

We currently have 80 kids still looking for a Welcome family. That's only a 6 to 8 week commitment. Step out of your comfort zone and call me today.

PLEASE SHARE:

Do any of you know someone that would make a great host family?
Or are you interested in hosting?
Right now my referral bonus is $300! That’s $300 just for sending a family my way that hosts! I do everything, you just give me contact information for someone in the US.
I have a few students left that would love to come to the US for a school year, so reach out and let’s get you an easy $300!

School is soon to be in session and students from around the world will be traveling to the U.S. soon to live a high school exchange year; their dream come true.
But many are still in need a welcome family.
Welcome families host only 6 to 8 weeks unless you decide you want the student for the school year.
You provide a bed, 3 meals a day, WIFI and love.
Please contact me today
C: 605-460-1763
E: [email protected]

It's beginning to look a lot like school and we are still in need of welcome families for a few exchange students. SO WE NEED YOUR HELP!
Refer a family to host and if they end up hosting we will pay you not $100, not $200 but $300.
This is a great way to get some extra spending money for school or Christmas.
Pm me today and let's make dreams come true.
Melissa Erlenbusch
Area Director
Forte International Exchange Association

I am the Area Director for Forte International Exchange Association. Our family has been hosting international students for 8 years and it has been a great educational experience and a wonderful ministry opportunity!
Our mission is to change the world one student at a time and we need your help!

Forte Exchange is a high school student exchange program that brings students from around the world to experience the opportunity to live with an American host family and attend an American high school.

Will you join us by getting the word out?

We are seeking help to find families of good character who would be interested in hosting an exchange student or two. They won’t be expected to offer more than six to 8 weeks as a "Welcome family" while we look for a permanent family, but if they choose to host for a whole semester or even a whole school year, we would love that!
A host family volunteers to provide a bed, meals at home, and transportation. The students have their own medical insurance and spending money to cover everything else. They attend your local public high school where you live.

Volunteering to host promotes a positive image of America for the student, expands the family’s worldview by bringing in a valuable new perspective into the home and the community, and is a great mission call.

Successful referrals will be paid $200 once student arrives. I am sure everyone can use a little extra cash after all that school shopping.

Please help us in our search to find homes to bring our students to America.
Contact me today
Melissa Erlenbusch
605 460 1763
[email protected]

River Valley Community School District is accepting an exchange student. We are currently looking for one volunteer family to step up and welcome a student.
Welcome families host 6 to 8 weeks. All they need to provide is a bed, WIFI, meals, and a little love. Welcome families do have the option to become the student's permanent family for the school year.
These are just a few of the many students looking for a family:
CARLOTA is 15 and from Spain. She loves Badminton, Dance, Drawing, Music, Reading, and Video Games
LINA is 15 and from Germany. She loves Cheerleading, Dance, Drawing, Musical Instrument, and Swimming
IAN is 17 and hails from Brazil. He loves Basketball, Soccer, Swimming, and Tennis
GIUSEPPEi is 16 and from Italy. He loves Soccer, Volleyball, Watching TV movies, and Martial Arts
Contact me today if you are interested in helping make a dream come true
Melissa Erlenbusch
Forte International Exchange Association
Cell: 605-460-1763
Email: [email protected]

Gettysburg We need you. We have many students still looking for host families. Gettysburg just opened up 3 more spots. I know many have asked and spots have been full
Contact Melissa Wigart today
Email: [email protected]
Or PM
Or contact me at
[email protected]
Or
605-460-1763

⭐WANTED- Welcome families to step up to host a high school exchange student for 6 to 8 weeks. The ⏰time is now!! School starts in just over a month and these students are still waiting to know her their welcome family or host family will be.
⭐Host families provide a bed, Wifi and 3 meals a day along with some transportation.
⭐Host parents must be at least 25 years old an financially sound.

🌞Karla is16 and from Germany. She loves kickboxing and canoe raving. Karla is a vegetarian.

🌞Jiyoon is 16 and is from South Korea. She loves badminton, playing the piano and soccer

Won't you please take a chance and help these young ladies dreams come true?

Contact me today
Melissa Erlenbusch
Forte International Exchange Association.
C: 605-460-1763
E: [email protected]

Who needs $200? Refer someone to be a host family or welcome family for an exchange student for an easy $200!
WHO DO YOU KNOW?

🖐Can you help? Would you consider being a welcome family for 6 to 8 weeks?
❤️Sophia is from Mexico and dreams of going to school in America like her brother did.
She loves animals, especially 🐴 horses.
She is kind, beautiful and super sweet.
She will have her own spending money and health insurance
Will you please help make her dream come true?
Contact me:
Melissa Erlenbusch
FIEA Area Director
C: 605-460-1763
E: [email protected]

‼️15 kiddos, 15 exchange students waiting to find out if they will be picked by a host family and get to live out their dream of coming here and learning about new traditions, a new culture and get to experience high school life the way Americans do.
Hi 👋 I’m the area director for exchange students and we have 15 amazing kiddos waiting to find out who will pick them. I have a couple that are here for a semester and the rest for the school year. If you’ve ever thought about hosting please let me know. We have a short time before applications are no longer accepted. I would love to talk to you and your family about hosting. You don’t need to be married, you can be single, empty nesters, together, same se , no kids or kids at home. I know how amazing our community is when we work together and how much we can get done. Let’s give these15 kiddos a home today!
Contact me today
Melissa Erlenbusch
Forte International Exchange Association.
605-460-1863
[email protected]

“I Love That You're My Mom,” this is what the mug says I got from my exchange student from Thailand. Because my husband and I stepped up we were able to make dreams true for her along with a young man from Spain. On top of that we were able to welcome back a young man from Brazil that lived with us 2 years prior. May was number 17, Marcos was 16 and Baris was number 13 returning for a 2nd year.

Seventeen times we have made dreams come true for students from all over the world. Two more dreams we are making come true this fall. We enjoy hosting as much as they enjoy living their dreams out in a world thousands of miles away from home.

Yes, we take the same vacation each spring; see the same things over and over but honestly each visit is different because we get to see it through a new set of young people’s eyes. To see the look of amazement and joy on their face when they see Mount Rushmore for the first time in person makes the entire previous 9 months all worthwhile.

We currently have students from all over the world still waiting to find out who their host family will be; perhaps, they are waiting for you. Could it be that you often wondered what it would be like to host a student? Could it be that you always wanted one when you were younger and your parents said no? If so, what is keeping you from saying yes today?

To host all you need to provide is a bed, a place to study, WIFI, 3 meals a day and a little love. If you're still unsure; I encourage you to consider just being a welcome family for 6 to 8 weeks. This would give you the chance to decide if this is really for you. If you decide it’s not then we simply move the student to a new family. Surely you have 6 to 8 weeks to give to help make a dream come true.

BE BRAVE. STEP UP and let me help you MAKE their DREAMS come TRUE.

PM me today and let's start this journey together.

I am a Area Director for Forte International Exchange Association, a non-profit company bringing high school foreign exchange students to the United States 🇺🇸 for an academic school year. In doing this, I hope to promote diversity, acceptance and peace among people of every kind. 🙏❤️
I am currently seeking host families for the 2022-2023 school year. If you or anyone you know are interested in being a host family, please contact me for further information. Thank you!
Melissa Erlenbusch
605-460-1763 / [email protected]

Miguel is 16 and from Spain. He describes himself as a happy person. He spends a lot of time with his family. He thinks that he is honest, hard-working and respects the rules. Miguel's passion is playing golf. Some of his family members are professional golfers and he learned to play from them. In 2019, he won a golf championship. Miguel also likes to play video games and hang out with his friends. Miguel hopes to mature more as a person during his exchange program.

Please consider opening your home for 4-8 weeks and help make his dreams come true

Seeking Host Family for a young man whose dream is to play for the Aberdeen Cougars.
Enrique is 15 and from Spain. He is an excellent goalie.
Won't you please contact me today and help make this young mans dream come true
Melissa Erlenbusch
C: 605 460 1763
E: [email protected]

Are you interested in cultural exchange? Do you enjoy travel or learning new languages? Become a host family for one of Forte's international exchange students! Contact Area Director, Melissa Erlenbusch, by email at [email protected] for more information.

⭐WANTED- Welcome families to step up to host a high school exchange student for 6 to 8 weeks. The ⏰time is now!! School starts in just over a month and these students are still waiting to know her their welcome family or host family will be.
⭐Host families provide a bed, Wifi and 3 meals a day along with some transportation.
⭐Host parents must be at least 25 years old an financially sound.

🌞Lena is16 and from Hungary. She loves Running, Swimming,Volleyball, Badminton, Soccer, Tennis, Ski, Martial. Lena i

🌞Lourdes is 15 and is from Spain. She loves Dance, Volleyball, Basketball, Horseback Riding

Won't you please take a chance and help these young ladies dreams come true?

Contact me today
Melissa Erlenbusch
Forte International Exchange Association.
C: 605-460-1763
E: [email protected]

Hosting an exchange student is an amazing experience. It is filled with highs and lows and everything in between; just like having kids of your own. The only difference is these students are here with you for only 10 months and those months are filled with lots of love and laughter.
Let me introduce you to Mark and Kaylene Sauer. They are host parents to two students Alba from Spain and Sofia from Brazil. Let’s take a peek at one moment of their year this year. Follow me:
Kaylene: 11 pm and we hear screaming and what sounds like dancing coming from the girls. Mark goes up and come to find out he saved their lives. There was a big mosquito type bug in their room oh the horrors they must endure. I am laughing so hard. Mark, the hero.
Sofia Bruzzi it’s all your fault!!!!!!!!!!!! we tell you, close the windows Kaylene, and you go OH IT’S NICE OUT!! Turns out that the bugs think it’s nice INSIDE!!!!!!!!!! if we die you will have to pay our funeral. And Mark before killing the huge bug stared at it for 5 minutes trying to figure out if it was a firefly or not.
Mark needs biology classes asap
Alba Pérez Domínguez And your lights for the helicopter, they attracted the bugs, if they come again we’ll throw u out of the house and we’ll let them eat you, sorry not sorry🙂
Sofia Bruzzi Alba Pérez Domínguez revolution of the sad and scared exchange students
Kaylene Sauer Oh good lord. Lol
This was just one moment in their lives; but this is what their entire year has been like. They would not have changed a thing and they encourage all of your to take part in this amazing experience your self.
We have students for the 2020-2021 school year waiting for a family just like you to step up. I have profiles and essays waiting just for you. Contact me to day for more information.
Melissa Erlenbusch 605*0460*1763 or [email protected]

Dreams do come true

Who has been wanting to host an exchange student but is just too scared to take that first step?

Let's talk!!

I have been a host mom for the past six years and plan on continuing to host for years to come.
Let me ease your fears; answer your question and help you open doors to an entire world that is waiting just for you.
We currently have students dreaming of living life as an American teenager. Together we can make their dreams come true.
Let's talk today!
Melissa Erlenbusch
Forte International Exchange Association
Area Director/ Host Mom
605 460 1763
[email protected]

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SPRING is in the air! And with Spring comes new exchange students looking for host families for the fall!
Students from around the world are ready to be placed for the 2020-2021 school year!
🌺The following students are eagerly waiting to SPRING into your lives:
🌸Estaban is a 15 year old boy from Mexico. He loves basketball, soccer, football, snowboarding, computers and Drama. His dream is to go to Roncalli High School in Aberdeen, SD
🌼Daniel is a 15 year old boy from Mexico. He loves soccer, basketball, tennis and cross-country. His dream is to ho to Roncalli High School in Aberdeen, SD. Daniel is allergic to cats.
🌸Izan is a 15 year old boy from Spain. He loves Rugby. Skiing, Water Polonand Hiking.
🌼Eloy is a 16 year old boy from Spain. He loves soccer, rugby, football, golf and tennis
🌸Fredrico is a 16 year old boy from Italy. He loves volleyball, football, basketball, baseball, and martial. He has a stromg allergy to cats and dogs.

🌺Message me today for details on this fabulous opportunity!
Melissa Erlenbusch
Forte International Exchange
605-460-1763
email: [email protected]

Forte students have arrived in SD, IA and Illinois to take on the U.S. Many thanks to our host families that have opened their doors.

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O Gosh we are running out of time and we need you to STEP UP!! We still have students waiting to see if their dreams come true!!
We are currently seeking WELCOME FAMILIES to host ONLY 4 to 6 weeks. You honestly have NO commitment beyond 6 weeks unless you choose too.
If you have ever thought about hosting NOW IS THE TIME TO STEP UP!! Please contact me today. These students NEED YOU!!

🇺🇸Tomas is 16 and from Spain. He loves badminton, skiing, soccer, surfing, and baseball
🇺🇸Gabriel is 15 and from Brazil. He loves American football, going to the gym, music classes, and drums. Gabriel is Allergic to cats.
🇺🇸Alba is 15 and from Spain. She loves sports and going to the gym and studying English

It is only 4 to 6 weeks and i guarantee you wont regret it!

Call me to today please!!
605 460 1763 or drop me a text or even an email at [email protected].
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