It's not their cars or their beautiful homes.
'What makes the Cruse family so amazing? I can tell you that it's not the gifts they give me or the vacations they've taken me to. The precious moments and times we lived together will be forever in my heart.' I will miss each one of them so much when I leave, but I'm sure that our friendship won't have an end I'll try my best to keep in contact and still be part of their lives. I love them and I'm thankful of having them in my life because they are the type of people that hug me when I need and give me support and care. Tim gave me some heating pads and told me to just relax. Once, I had such a strong cramp episode, Patrick went to the store, bought chocolate ice cream, rented movies, made brownies and gave me a blanket, suggesting I take the day off. Patrick spent hours cooking 4 different dishes and trying to make me feel welcome and at home.
We had Brazilian food during 3 or 4 nights. In my first week here they took me to a Brazilian store and asked me to buy everything that I loved that they should try, and we bought supplies to make it at home as well. We would stay up talking about all sorts of things until 1 or 2 am or even watching shows on TV. I can talk about anything with them, I feel like they're my friends because I can open myself about any topic and we will laugh about it together. 'My host parents and I had such a great connection that we were teasing each other on the first week.
