Welcome to Canada

Welcome to Canada!

If you are visiting Canada to go to school or work, we may be just the homestay family for YOU!

We are a couple in our 50's living in Langley, BC, Canada in a beautiful home in a safe, accessible neighborhood. (Langley is a nice suburb of Vancouver, about an hours drive away.) Our son & daughter have each recently married and our once busy home is quiet now but they still visit plenty with infant grandchildren!. ( Please note that this simple page is aimed at High School Students, but we have often hosted adults instead.)

We have many references from our past students - please click the link on the right "Previous Student Reviews" to read a few of them. We will also be happy to provide contact with previous homestay students to ask them questions. 

We have hosted many short term international students in the past and have been a LONG term homestay family continuously since 2004. We really enjoy getting to know more about other cultures.

Our home is over 3000 square feet (340 square meters). Please click on the link to the right to view more photos.

Your furnished bright private room is about 11 X 12 feet. It has a closet, a bed, desk, dresser, lamp, night table, bulletin board & clock radio. (For photos of the room you will stay in, just email us dsfroc@gmail.com or see "PHOTOS" on the right)

Wireless internet connection for your lap top is also available. (For high school students - internet use will be managed as per the contract with the Langley School district.)

We will invite you to come on our trips & errands, but we understand that after a while in Canada, you will have your own friends and things to do also, so usually we don't expect you to come with us ALL the  time.

On weekends, we usually get together with our extended families for dinner and a visit.

Dean enjoys hockey, Sherri likes to read & to cook & garden. We go to work Monday to Friday. We have a friendly dog.

 There are three bathrooms in the house, so conflict is easily avoided. You may shower or bath in the evening OR the morning, whatever is your custom, we can be flexible. Linens are included of course!

Laundry facilities are available and we will show you how to use them.  You may change your bed linen weekly.

Packed lunches are provided for you on school/work days and usually consist of sandwiches, yogurt, fruit or vegetable, cookies. If you like, you may have the remains of previous dinners, we often enjoy these 'leftovers'!

Meal time is a valued time in our home, we always strive to be together at dinner and usually succeed! We expect that when you are home, we will eat dinner together and share some time talking about our days activities. Getting the family together to eat a meal is a great way to de-brief after a busy day and catch up on recent activities. Family meals not only offer time for talk and laughter, they provide a setting for so much more. If you will not be home, that's OK, but please let us know so that we may plan accordingly!

Typically, we are home about 5 nights per week & available to help you with most homework when you need it. (Sometimes we are out in the evenings.) We can help to arrange private tutors for your English if you wish.

We live 600m from 

Langley Fundamental High School

and about 1km from

and Brookswood High School

Our house is 300 meters to the following

· Buses and Transit Service (Buses are #563, #561)

Universities are close by

· Trinity Western University

· Kwantlen University College (Cloverdale & Langley Campuses) (about 4 km away)

We have a few strict rules.

· You have to wake yourself up and get ready to go to school or work ON TIME!

· NO alcohol or illegal drug use permitted.

· There is NEVER any smoking permitted at our home, in the house or on the property.

· Just one shower/bath per day please!

Please always tell us IN ADVANCE if you need to be away from home or will visit a friend. It's easier for everyone if we communicate.

· And most important, we need to know where you are and when you intend to return if you are away from the house. (We'd hate to have to call your parents to tell them we lost you!)

PLEASE tell us what you like to eat! It helps us to plan & to make your home more comfortable.

We hope you have enjoyed learning about our family and we invite you to contact us at dsfroc@gmail.com to ask any more questions! We look forward to hearing from you!

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