This Latino immigrant couple recently arrived in the US wanted to experience the magic of Thanksgiving. The answer surprised them

Susana Orrego emigrated to the United States in August with her husband, Edward, and they soon felt the culture shock regarding Colombia.

His first weeks in the Massachusetts town of Brookline

because Orrego felt Americans colder and more distant than his compatriots.

But he wanted to remedy it and take advantage of Thanksgiving to delve into the traditions of his host country.

Orrego published a message on the Nextdoor app explaining that he wanted to celebrate Thanksgiving with an American family in order to

, its importance and the way it is commemorated in this country.

"We are a couple that is not from the United States. We want to meet Thanksgiving, we want to share the experience," wrote Orrego, a student at Harvard Medical School.

The response was overwhelming

and unexpected: more than 200 people invited them to sit at their table.

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One of the invitations came from Carol Lesser, a resident of their city and the one who eventually became the couple's host on their first Thanksgiving.

"He mentioned that he had

for me that was incredible," Orrego told CBS Boston television about why he chose Lesser for this day.

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Lesser felt the couple's decision as a gift.

"I told him that I felt like

because he had chosen us and we had the opportunity to meet them," the woman said.

"I felt we could reciprocate and show him the good side of the United States," he added.

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The volume of invitations Orrego received transformed his perspective on the character of Americans.

Now "people are kindness, people are love. So it

completely," he explained.