Please write down the names of your family members in English letters and help them pronounce them. Tell them how they should address you: "Mr. First name" or 'surname".

Show them which bathroom to use and explain anything tricky about working the faucets, shower or toilet.

Please provide closet space and hangers so he/she may hang up clothes in his/her room.

If available, please provide a mirror in his/her bedroom. A small one is fine.

If possible put a hair dryer (and it's OK if you don't), can he/she borrow it?

Soon after they arrive, please discuss plans for the rest of the day and what clothing is appropriate.

Before going to bed, discuss plans for the next day-including what time to get up, what time breakfast will be served, what the weather will be like, and what he/she should wear.

Please ask about his/her preferences for breakfast food.

For lunches and dinners, please don't feel that you have to make something fancy. They would very much like to try your family's favorite dishes or specialties.

Ask in advance their previous hosts/ district, they may have a record sheet that keeps track of what he/she has eaten recently. It may also tell you if he/she have discovered some foods that he/she don't like.

As he/she will almost certainly need to do laundry during his/her stay with you, please show him/her how to use the washer and dryer.

He/she may also have an item or two that will need to be dry-cleaned. He/she will be happy to pay for this. Please help them to get the clothes to the dry cleaner?

At some point during his/her stay with you, he/she may need to contact one of his/her fellow team members at his/her host family's house. Would you please show him/her how to use your phone for local calls. Also, if he/she would like to call his/her family back home.

Please help him/her with their calling card so you don't get charged for the call.

If available and convenient, please show him/her how to access the Internet from your home. They would love to check their emails.

Please let them know if it is OK to drink Pot water. Otherwise, it would be appreciated if you could keep some cold bottled water or soda available to re-hydrate after a long day.

Please structure activities so that they can get to bed by 10:00 pm.

If available, please show them how to access English-language CNN or BBC news on your television. Also, if English-language newspapers were available, it would be very interested in getting one.

GSE team members will try their best with Hindi, but please try your English too! Your English will almost certainly be better than their Hindi. Don't worry at all about making mistakes. They will be flattered by and grateful for your efforts. It will help both of you to know each other better and really help break the ice!

Most important: Please relax, be ourselves, and have fun. That's what they want to do too.