they give you free room and board. Usually hosts and helpers share meals ... you in their homes (for free!) for a night or so, and feed you and ... -month visa to the US. She got free room and board and was paid a set rate of 25
So.
I had a COVID false alarm this week, which is why I'm currently back at home instead of my new place in Cambridge. I think it's ironic that my summer was so stress-free but that my life was so disrupted