Entertaining strangers

Yesterday evening the Doane Choir from Doane University in Crete, Nebraska performed in concert at First Pres as part of their winter tour.  If you've never heard of Doame University or their choir don't feel bad.  Neither had I.  They were magnificent though, and a real pleasure to listen to.  After the concert - more fun. I was one of several volunteers who agreed to house the students over night.  I took two.  Some people took three or four but, in my defense, I only have a two-bedroom apartment. The young men  who spent the night with me (now there's a phrase I never expected to write) were very polite, got over the fact that there were no football games on my non-cable TV quickly, and we spent a fun couple of hours snacking and talking about their tour and their future plans while Penn and Teller on TV provided background.  I asked them to autograph my program which they thought was fun.  They saud no one else on the tour had asked them to do that.  We all wound down about 11:00pm and went our separate ways to bed. Our instructions to those of us who agreed to host these singers was to feed them breakfast and have them back at the church, ready to board the bus by 8:00am.  I told the young men that breakfast would be ready by 7:00am and they set their alarms accordingly. Here you appreciate the difference between boys and girls.  They set their alarms for ten til 7 and were ready to eat and showered and ready to go on time. They ate up the scrambled eggs and sausage and inhaled the cinnamon rolls I baked.  It was the same recipe I used for my family on Christmas morning. One of the young men said they reminded him of his grandmother's. Go figure.  All in all, a very pleasant experience.