"Having Yu Seok in our home was a great experience for our family. He interacted well with our children (ages 17 down to 1), during school, going on outings, playing games, talking, singing, and during all the normal times a family has together. He became a brother to the kids and he really enjoyed playing with our oldest son. He helped in taking care of our baby also and I believe he learned a lot from that experience, and grew in his ability to relate to American kids at various ages. Yu Seok learned a lot about our family and our lifestyle, as well as American culture in general. He participated in our homeschool lessons and activities, and observed how we educate, train, and relate to our children at home, at church, and at various activities in the community. His schooling included readings in American history, writing reports, studying vocabulary, and pronunciation practice. He spent a lot of time speaking in English and listening to all of us speak English as native American speakers do. This will really help him to learn English and communicate more naturally. He also participated as a family member in doing chores, following house rules, and relating in appropriate ways, as we seek to do as a Christian family. He learned a lot as he compared his culture with ours, and matured as a person as he faced the challenges and joys of living in a culture different from his own. This comparison of cultures and values allowed him to appreciate Korean culture as well as see that he can learn from other cultures. Yu Seok was here during the Christmas and New Years holidays, so he learned more about these major holidays and why they are important to our culture and thus our language. But the most important lessons he learned, and the most lasting, are in his increased ability to relate with different age groups at a deeper level, which is a major benefit of living with a homeschooling family. He also has grown as a more "global" person, able to adjust to differences and challenges more quickly than before, and able to appreciate these differences. I believe our family will continue to communicate with him as he grows up, and he will always be our 'Korean son'."