History

Over the Years

Since 1998, the homestay program has expanded greatly!

We started CaliforniaHomestayUSA in 1998 in order to give Japanese kids an experience of real American life. Since then a lot of kids have had great experiences and grown up through participating in the program. A few weeks of staying with a Christian host family makes kids not want to return home. There are many tears and many students repeat the program year after year, testimony to how great the program is.

Thanks to GOD and the warm hospitality of the host families from Calvary Chapel of Oxnard and other surrounding churches in the Ventura-Oxnard-Camarillo area, we can present this program year after year. It’s an experience of a lifetime, and one host families and students that participate will cherish the rest of their lives.

1st Year - 1998

1998 – 10 Days

1999 – 14 Days

2000 – 17 Days

2001 – 19 Days

2002 – 20 Days

2004 – 21 Days

2005 – 21 Days

2007 – 22 Days

2009 – 23 Days

2009 Homestay Group