A trusted teenager from church (or if girls, two of them) would LOVE to GET OUT OF THEIR HOMES and be “boss” for a while.
Make sure the parents are the type to check on them frequently.
We were out of the house for three months, and we had the choir director's daughter stay at our house. The only problem was that she was such a better housekeeper than my wife that my wife's jealousy was palpable.
We’ve used young ladies from church, usually a couple of sisters. We’ve also let it be known at church that we’ll be gone on x day until y day and if anyone has visiting family they can use our place. We’ve also had young marrieds from church house sit. The only thing we’ve ever lost is one parakeet which the young married’s dog ate. They were horrified but it was an old well used parakeet.