Expecting an exchange student? You might be feeling the normal "pre-arrival jitters" as you anticipate the beginning of this adventure! But no matter how long you've been preparing, your student has been imagining this moment for far longer! After months of...

What do you do when you can't decide who to host? You host TWO students! We asked the Robbins family to tell us about their year hosting a boy from Germany and a girl from China, and we just had to share it with you! It is stories like these that fuel our passion! My...

How will YOU celebrate our great nation this 4th of July? Did you know that there there are many iE students still awaiting a host home? These young men and women dream of the opportunity to soak up American culture - to shadow YOU and see what life is like in...

What makes a family decide to host a student? And...what makes that family decide to host again? We talked to two iE families to find out! (They have hosted 28 students between them! Wow!) We interviewed Glen and Donna Blazer of Tennessee. The Blazers have hosted an...

[perfectpullquote align="full" cite="" link="" color="" class="" size=""]"Life became something to notice again instead of being routine."[/perfectpullquote] Charlotte Powell and her teenage daughters - Kiah (17) and Hailey (16) - opened their home to two exchange...

The gift a host family gives their student is priceless: a new family in a new land.  They say, “Come, be part of our family!”  They say, “What’s ours is yours!”  But...why?  Even in the face of such a meaningful gift, the Chugh family told us they were repaid beyond...

Did you know hosting while retired is actually a great idea? We asked Dave Long, a 72 year old Vietnam veteran and Bronze Star recipient, and IE-USA host parent about his experiences. [perfectpullquote align="right" cite="" link="" color="" class="" size=""]My wife...