[indahouweres]

My family has hosted exchange students over the years in different capacities. I've also been an exchange student (to Thailand). One thing I would recommend is have your usual life. There can be so much pressure at the beginning to entertain or to have every moment a learning moment. Just relax and live you life like you normally would....that is what the student will want to see.

On the practical side... Thais shower/bathe much more frequently than Americans do. We had a lot of Thai students over the years come to our town in western North Carolina and knowing that I used to live in Thailand they would come over and ask me if I could talk to their parents about showering more...