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[quote=Anonymous]A few things to consider:

- An extension AP has already spent a year forming a relationship with another family and probably has more definite ideas about what the the host family AP relationship should be.  If your idea and her's don't match up, you may have a greater chance of disappointment than if you were getting someone "fresh" who didn't have as many pre-conceived notions.
- Along the same lines, an extension AP may have done things a certain way that worked for a prior host family.  If you ask her to change those things/ways, there could be a chance of conflict.
- A lot of what we have enjoyed about hosting is sharing a new adventure with our APs.  Everything is less new for an AP who has already been here for a year.  I think there is a greater risk of burn out 
- Of my current and prior APs friends who have ended up in rematch or simply leaving the program early, a disproportionate number have been extension APs.

We actually do not consider extending with any of our APs (mostly because of the third bullet above) and would not consider an extension AP.  YMMV.[/quote]

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