Why would he write to his own family in a foreign language?

Children are required to write one letter a week to their family.

Before he left, he wrote a letter to his family.

With that happy thought in mind, I wrote to my family and friends to break the awful news.

I wrote to my family that night and told them I couldn't go back home just yet.

In another instance, he made a girl write to her family and say she was at a drug rehab center.

After the photo shoot, the girls spend one last moment in Tokyo to write wishes to their family and friends.

I encouraged him to write letters to his family even though he didn't want to send them.

After Kate wrote a letter to her family the police found out where they were living.

She spent the next hour 01 so happily writing to her family.