But the new association prompts tensions within the host couple.
Jim and Katie Mangan, a host couple from Poughkeepsie, N.Y., took their two sons, Kyle, 2, and Ameleii, 3, out of the car.
One night, Mr. Smith and another Obama staff member arrived at the Ark early enough to have a drink with the host couple.
"I feel happy and excited to see my friend again," she said about her host couple's 9-year-old daughter, Sarabeth Suttmeier.
To break the ice, she brightly asked the host couple, "How did the two of you meet?" You can almost hear the mortified silence.
The meals were prepared by a volunteer host couple who lived in the house, and were served by a team of silent young men, also volunteers, who were part of the group's mentoring program.
Montgomery, Alabama: A delightful host couple and a terrific crowd.
All this cloak-and-dagger activity takes a predictable toll on the host couple and their teenage daughter.
Perceived imprecision of available tests reflects the biology of mycobacterial infection and the chronology of the resultant immune responses triggered within the host, coupled with the existence of closely related and antigenically very similar mycobacterial species ubiquitous within the environment.
Within the last five years, the organization has opened offices in eight cities, where the group hosts couples discussion groups, religious services and social events.
