I have a college scholarship student who wants to learn/improve his very basic English.
I have a sponsor for his airplane ticket to Sacramento where I have a family who can take him in for week 2 of Jan. 2018 (he will live at a friend's
winery) and another family who can take him week 3 and 4 of Jan. 2018. (they will take him to the snow goose festival).
Anyone out there want a 20 year old college junior studying industrial engineering who loves baseball, wants to see snow, is quiet and friendly?
Want to be a Host Family during the first week of Jan (1/3 - 1/10)?
Alen is a great kid. He has NEVER been to the US of A but has a tourist visa and is ready.
[Edited on 11-12-2017 by BajaBlanca]AKgringo - 11-11-2017 at 09:56 AM
Blanca, I will probably be in Grass Valley (about an hour north) about that time. I am not ready to commit for a week, but I spend a lot of time in
the snow and could take him on a tour of the Donner Summit area.
I have toys to play with, like a bull dozer, chainsaws, 4x4s, and a sluice box (thar's gold in them hills!) but I need to know if your students travel
with any sort of accident insurance.
I may also be in your area about then, depending on weather, skiing conditions and my condition by then.caj13 - 11-11-2017 at 11:28 AM
Blanca, we seem to make a hobby of taking in excange students,
Sweden, Denmark, Brazil, France, Japan etc, we need to add a Mexican to our list.
Im in auberry, in the foothills above fresno , 45 minutes from Yosemite, 2 hours to the beach, snow just uphill from me. I can put him up - he
could easily take Amtrac to Fresno, I can pick him up there, I could also drive up Sac as well , but alot easier and cheaper to throw him on the
train, its a cool trip through the richest agricultural area in the world.
The college I work out has an extensive Industrial engineering program, I can get him a tour, maybe even a sit in if he was interested. Baseball
team will be practicing, but have no idea if I could get him in there for a workout or 2.
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[Edited on 11-11-2017 by caj13]BajaBlanca - 11-11-2017 at 03:28 PM
newbie comes to the rescue! hot diggedy dog! I can check into flights to Fresno....yowza
Please send me an email so we can coordinate better:
portella.blanca@gmail.com
AK gringo we need to talk more! You sure have a lot of toys!! BajaBlanca - 11-11-2017 at 04:01 PM
insurance - great question
can anyone recommend some insurance for a 20 year old that isn't going to take me to the cleaners?caj13 - 11-11-2017 at 04:40 PM
sent you my contact info via email, can;t help you much on insurance, guys I've had in the past were part of organized programs, came wrapped in
insurance as part of the deal.AKgringo - 11-11-2017 at 05:06 PM
can anyone recommend some insurance for a 20 year old that isn't going to take me to the cleaners?
I can't help but think of the foreign exchange student in San Diego about five years ago, that got a bill for almost 144k for a snake bite!
I will stay in touch, maybe Alen would want to spend a couple of days up here in the foothills while he is visiting in Sacramento.
It isn't just a 'Tool Time' macho thing playing with chainsaws. I have a couple of dozen beetle killed pines I want to take out before next fire
season.
I am not looking for free labor, I was just thinking that he might want to at least be along on a mini logging operation (weather permitting)
If he is a surfer, he may want to try snowboarding. I have a season pass at Sugar Bowl, a Donner Summit ski area started by Walt Disney back in 1937.
I would comp his ticket and lesson, but do you think his English is up for something like that?BajaBlanca - 11-11-2017 at 10:05 PM
I don't think his English is more than very, very basic as he has been at college and not studying with Blanquita for years now. Nor does he surf as
far as I know. Once everything is finalized, we can all make decisions on where he goes.
He is so slight ofbuild, I find it hard to imagine he can even hold up a chain saw .....pictures requested if he ends up holding one!
I have to work in the insurance part still and I have another student who will be heading to San Diego. I have a school set up for the month of
January but need a host family???
Anyone have a contact in San Diego???? Someone with easy access to downtown which is where Converse Language School is located. Ramiro also loves
baseball too.
shari - 11-12-2017 at 07:57 AM
this is another reason Baja Nomad is great....people helping people north and south of the border! I think these home stays are super valuable part of
broadening a student's horizons and it will possibly motivate him to learn english. Plus hosts get to learn spanish too...win win for all! Good luck
Blanca.BajaBlanca - 11-12-2017 at 08:42 AM
Thanks Shari and Alen is 100% handled! He is going to have the experience of a lifetime!
I sure wish I could be a fly and follow along on this incredible trip. Yes, there is so much to share between our two countries.
I would love to send someone to Canada but whoaaaa -- tickets are sky high expensive!AKgringo - 11-12-2017 at 09:02 AM
Glad things worked out! By the way Blanca, I looked at the baseball photo, and it looks like his team are the 'Oysters'? That would be one weird
mascot!
