Dear host family,
my name is ....... and I am 22 years old. I live since December.2012 in an apartment with a really adorable girl named ....... in ........, that’s in the north of Germany. Before I moved to ........., I lived in a small town called ........, thats about 20km from .......... There I lived with my Mum ........ and my older brother ............... She is 52 years old and a Bakery Trade seller and Christian is 25 years old and a Specialist in Food Technology. My parents were divorced in 1999. My father lives with his new wife in England. When my parents were still married, we had a dog called Rex, a German shepherd.
I love animals and I’m a nature loving person. I don’t smoke and I'm vegetarian, but I don't have a problem to cook with meat for the children.
My friends, family and my colleagues describes my as attentive, honest, caring, patient, neat, social, witty and dependable but sometimes a bit disorganized.
I have my driving license since August.2009, accident free. I don’t have my own car but 2 times a month I borrow my mother's car for distant routes, to visit friends or a bulk buying. I'm looking forward to the experience of driving on the other side of the road.
In my free time I hanging out with my friends, go to the cinema, go shopping. I do some of sports like jogging, swimming and playing volleyball. Moreover I like playing Paintball, go on the trampoline, walk in the wood or to ride my bike and inline.
At the moment I do an internship in a school for children with disability. In this class “Elementary class .....” are 8 children in the aged of 6 – 8 years und everybody have a different disability, like mental and physical disability, severe multiple disability or Down’s syndrome, three from the children are sitting in a wheelchair. We do a lot fun things, like go out, go Snoezelen, do handicrafts, working with colors, do everything to learn playfully their name, light numbers and letters. When a child just has no program, I like to sit down with him, read a book, paint or play a game. Together we make light meals like cookies or special breakfast like healthy or cereal breakfast. We eat breakfast and lunch together, after that we go to the toilet and brush their teeth and than we clean up the kitchen. Once a week we go swimming and drive to a farm where some children ride a horse. Sometimes I accompany the children to their physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, sport or culture technique where they learn reading, writing and count.
Also I work every second weekend in a home for children and young adults with disabilities. The Group I’m working in, called “Group ........”, there life 7 people in the aged from 17 – 25. All are sitting in a wheelchair and have mental and physical disability and severe multiple disabilities. In the group is a very high care needs, so the activities are limited, but when we go out, than that’s a really great time, we went to the zoo, in a near city Park, go shopping, or do just a walk in the city. On Fridays we like to go in a disco especially for people with disabilities.
I have completed my schooling in 2008, after that I visit a school for domestic economy. Than I did a year a internship at a florist and then I have completed an education as a care assistant. 2012 I start the education for a Social Care Work, but in the second year I canceled it for the moment.
I like kids because they are innocent and free of problems. Do fun and creative things with them and enjoying the childhood. I do not have a lot of experience with healthy children, but I hope this will be no problem for your choice.
The main reason why I want to become an au pair is that first of all I like to be with children, that I would get to know the irish life, their culture, to see the country and the cliffs, may to see the ocean. Also I would like to improve my English.
I hope I can get you a good impression of me and my life.
I would like to thank you for welcoming me in your family and giving me the chance getting to know the Ireland life.
Thank you so much for taking time to read my letter and I am looking forward hearing from you soon!
Greetings,
Do not use greetings as you did, it's wrong! You shouldn't try to translate German expressions literally. 