How do you count the worth of the influence of a good home and good parents for children to grow up in?
The church I fellowship in is small. Recently, we have been blessed to have a lovely new family, who moved from Arizona to Wisconsin, start attending our church. There are three delightful boys in this family. Nicholas and Johnathan are twins and Adrian is the oldest son. These young boys are so courteous and polite to everyone. I’ve seen them show their respect to older people by spontaneously holding the doors open for them to enter the building.
Over the years, it has been a delight for me to take children into my home and work one-on-one with them teaching them how to make homemade fried cake doughnuts. I asked this family if they would consider having the boys come over on a Saturday and learn how to make doughnuts and then take them home for everyone to enjoy. That went over big time! These boys relish eating doughnuts. This morning the three chefs arrived with Mom and Dad. I had three aprons for the boys to wear and three chefs’ hats. The hats were used for taking a fun photo. I was amazed at how adept and attentive these boys were in learning the process.
Nicholas came up with a brainstormed new technique for cutting out the doughnut and sliding the spatula under it before removing the doughnut cutter. How slick this process works making it much easier to get the doughnut onto the spatula before it is carried to the deep fryer.
I took photos of the boys while they were industriously making doughnuts so we could put together a presentation memory book which includes the recipe, history of doughnuts and photos of the boys achieving their new skill. Both the boys and their parents appreciated this little book of photos. We used an applesauce doughnut recipe and sprinkled a cinnamon-sugar mixture over the finished doughnuts. When all the work was done, the three chefs had a whole platter filled with these delectable treats to take home. I am grateful to God for the opportunity of showing hospitality to these new friends in our church family.
(This story and the pictures was sent to me by my friend Sonja who lives in Wisconsin.)
