Family Letter

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Eu estou aqui no finalzinho o meu turno e resolvi postar a minha Family Letter, nossa demorei tanto pra fazer e corrigi-la mas agora graças a Deus está ai prontinha ;)  Espero que seja útil pra alguém...
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Dear Host Family,
My name is Andressa and I’m 20 years old. I live in Hortolândia which is a mid-sized city in the state of São Paulo. I like living here, because Hortolândia is near big cities like Campinas and São Paulo, where I have access to a lot of entertainment and education. I live with my dad Silvano, 48 years old, my mom Mirma, 45 years old, and my dog Pitty. I’m an only child but I have a lot of cousins younger than me, I really enjoy being with them, going to playgrounds, zoo, parks, playing in the pool and doing other things to have fun. I have a big and united family. We always do things together like traveling and gathering for huge family lunch, and I like it so much.

I can describe myself first of all as a person who likes children. I really enjoy taking care of them. I am patient, friendly, flexible, funny, responsible, honest, dedicated and organized. I like the simple things of life, such as traveling with my family and friends, going to the theater, movies, parks, reading, listening to music and cooking for my friends. I love driving. I am very careful driver. I have never crashed. I got my driver’s license when I was 18. I don’t have my own car but I drive my parents’ car all the time, and I’m used to driving my little cousin so it won’t be a problem if you need me to drive the kids around.

I’ve studied English for four years and I’m a sophomore in college, I study Business Administration I have always studied and worked and because of this I think I became more responsible and independent person.. I started working when I was 16, at GE as an electronic trainee, then when I was 19; I worked as a Business Administration trainee but I quite it last June to start one of the best experiences of my life, be a volunteer in a public daycare center.
I had this exceptional experience helping children with their meals, putting them in bed, changing diapers and bathing them, playing hide-and-seek, tag, ring-around-the-rose, hopscotch, in the playground, playing house and dolls, some actives in classroom like craft, drawing, painting, educative games, reading books and telling stories, I looked after babies from 4 months to 5 years old. They are so cute. I had the opportunity to learn, teach and have fun all at the same time. Before that, I also took care of Bia on Saturdays at home for 6 months, she was a 1 year old girl. I started the day bathing her, combing her hair, preparing her baby bottle. I used to take her for a walk and play in the park, then we would come back home for lunch and she would take a nap. In the afternoon we played a lot, with dolls, toys, educative games, painting, to stimulate her motor coordination. She loved listening to music, I would sing to her and tell her stories. We also watched cartoons together. I fed her with baby’s bottle changed her diapers and bathed her. Bia’s Mother is a single mom, so everytime she can, we took Bia to circus, zoo, mall and parks. She was calm and so lovely.

My cousin Caio lives near me, so I´ve seen him growing up, now he is 7 years old. I always help my aunt when she need it, like pick him up and drop him off at school, helping him with his homework, feeding and putting him to bed. We still play a lot, he loves soccer, riding bike together, playing hide and sick, puzzles, video game and watching cartoons. Brazil is a very hot place so we play in the pool a lot, by the way he is a great swimmer.
He used to enjoy when I read story to him and nowadays, he is learning how to read and write so now I just drive him to the library and help him out with some words he doesn´t understand.

So when a friend told me about the au pair program, I saw a great opportunity. As I said, I always liked children and it was a serious and reliable program, so I decided to get more experience dealing with children. Then I realized how they were special and how fulfilling it was taking care of them and all the time that I spent with my cousins, Bia and children from the daycare center were awesome, by far it was the best job I've ever had.

Now, a little about my expectation. The American culture has an enormous influence on my country as we watch a lot of American movies, listen to your music, eat fast food, etc. So going up to the US such as an au pair would be such a great opportunity to witness all that. Living and being part of your family, culture and your language is something I really desire.
It will be a dream come true living in the US, visit new places, take some courses, practice and improve my English, became more independent. I'm sure the best way to get it all is living with an American family for a while.

I'm prepared to live this new experience and I have the support of my family and friends.
It also would be a great pleasure to show you a little bit of my own culture.
You can be sure that I will give the best of me to your children. I hope we have a great relationship, become good friends and have a nice year together.

I am looking forward to hearing from you soon!

Best Regards
Andressa