Sleepover!!!

So... As I type this post my girls are having their very 1st real sleepover (with someone other than family). When I came home from taking Micah to the Dr. for a check up, a little girl named Sandy was there to greet me. Now, I have seen this little girl several times at the pool with her grandmother, but I haven't seen her enough to know her name until tonight. Apparently, Todd had the girls out swimming this morning and Sandy came back with them to spend the day. The grandmother has met us and we've talked several times so we weren't complete strangers to her. And pretty much everyone in the senior citizen category who spends more than a minute with Todd just absolutely adores him. Something about him exudes trustworthiness I guess. So anyway, Sandy had lunch with us and hung out with the kiddos all afternoon. Then, after yet another thunderstorm passed they all went swimming again. Sandy's mom came home and was fine with her just going with us to the pool. At 9:00 the pool closed and we decided to invite Sandy and her family over for supper - I thought it would be a good time to meet her mother, since she had been with us all day. We all trekked up to their apt. and Sandy went in and told her mom we had invited them to supper. She quickly returned and said her mom couldn't come b/c she was doing the laundry. Did I mention that we have never met this woman and that she knew we were right outside her door and didn't want to meet her?

Sandy came on over by herself for supper. By this time it is nearing 10 pm and my dear children begin asking me if Sandy can spend the night. I said it was fine with me and we called her mom to see how she felt about it. I offered to walk Sandy over so she could get her things for the night (and for another chance for her mother to meet me, you know, since her daughter was spending the night at my house). The mom said no, she would just send Sandy's older brother with her stuff. So, needless to say, I have a little girl whose mother I have never met and never even seen staying the night with us.

This is just a new concept to me. My parents would not let me stay with anyone whose parents they did not know fairly well, so I am just a little shocked about this. Who knows? We could be some sicko family with no morals whatsoever. I just don't understand!

Well anyway, Sandy is a very sweet little girl. She has been great at paying attention to all the kids, even Layna! I am really glad that she came over today. I am hoping that maybe we will be able to reach out to her and her family. Maybe this is one of the reasons my family is where we are. I'm hoping to take her to church - and eventually meet her mother! I have been praying that God would use us here to show His love to others. Maybe this is the start!

Who knew that maybe God uses sleepovers to enable us to meet others who might need Him? So, here I am, at 2:30 am, very thankful that the little gigglers and chatter boxes are fast asleep. And also very prayerful that God is working here. In my life and others.