Rules are broken....

Changes....Oh mighty how things are changing!! As you all know, we had a foreign exchange student, Bruna. Well Cody and I have decided that is best for her to leave our home. There is alot of pain and anger that has been caused!! To sum it up, she is spoiled, she gets what she wants in Brazil and she has no rules. She back talks Cody and me. She has threatened Katelyn 2 times to hit her. The rules alone, is enough to say that she can not handle them. She wants to be treated like an adult and she is acting like a child. She was punished for taking advantage of my family and she got mad and tried to throw a fit. She called our coordinator at 11 at night, which lives in Idaho falls, 2 hours away...To come and get Bruna. When the coordinator told her that she was not going to make it on Bruna's demand, she got even more mad!! Her expectations of coming to my home, is that she can do what ever she wants.. I told her NO and that I am in control so she is throwing a fit like a 2 year old. Her way of handling this was to lie and tell her mother and the coordinators that we starve her!! This makes me laugh!! She is a pig at my house, she alone eats more than the 5 in my family!! She has also, gone to say that Cody and I are in a troubled relationship.....We are not perfect, but we love eachother and we are a team...Not troubled, but as I think, NORMAL!! This morning, she was screaming at her mother to sign the papers so she can get on the next flight to Brazil, her mother said no, she needs to try!! Bruna cried, screamed, and didnt get her way, so she is very mad!! So as of now, I dont know what is going on but she is not staying here!! She is determined to go back and she will destroy anything to get there!! But the one thing she will not destroy is my family and my pride.
I am determined to have a successful experience with a host student. I am not done with this process and I think this was a great learning tool for us!! I have made mistakes but I am learning and growing... I am honest with Bruna and myself when I say that I am a little discouraged at this point but I still want the best for her and I hope that she succeeds wherever she goes!!!

I understand that not all teenagers are like her....So that is my decision on not giving up...Bruna has some great friends that I have met that are not like her!! That are respectful and appreciative. My expectations were realistic for this experience, and I knew that there were stages for being homesick and/ or adjusting...I just never thought it was going to end up like this..
So it has been officially a week since we have been a family of 5 again and I can not tell you how enjoyable and relaxing life is again......We can breath and laugh in our own home!!! The last few months have been difficult but there is light at the end of the tunnel....I spoke with our coordinator the other day and she said Bruna was adjusting well and doing okay!!! So she wasnt meant for our family but we do wish her luck!!