Little Man

Xiao is a tall kid, incredibly bright, and at least according to his parents, a bit of a chronic under achiever.  He'd always been one of my favorites at Father's church (though they were technically all my favorites), because even if he wasn't particularly well behaved, he was great at taking in sarcasm and had a quiet je-ne-sais-quois amused contentment around him (gosh, I hope he wasn't high).  Two days ago, Xiao went missing.  His dad called up his church friends and one by one, they all said that they thought Xiao was with someone else.  Until finally, Xiao himself called home.

What happened?  It was all quite  Jesus-at-the-temple, really, a perfect story for the season.  Xiao fell asleep at church during rehearsals for the Christmas pageant.  No one noticed.  It happens sometimes with well behaved children.  So everyone left and locked up.  He woke up about an hour later.  Found the church dark and empty and offices locked.  Having left his phone at home, he managed to walk about half a mile to the gas station in the dark, use the pay phone, and got his dad to pick him up.

I can sense that you want to congratulate the boy and his worried parents for their reunion, marvel at the boy's wits, and laugh at whatever friend's mom that left him behind, so perhaps I should mention something else about Xiao.  He's a freshman in college.