The Bramadero Slumber Party

During the last group when we were in Bramadero I had the privilege to have three girls from the community stay with me in our house. Seth head to return to Managua to bring up more supplies and drop off one of the group members in Managua. I was planning on staying by myself, but Jaime, my boss, suggested it would be better if someone stayed with me. It is not that it was unsafe, but more culturally a woman would not stay in a house by herself, so he suggested someone from the learning group or a girl I knew from the community stay with me. So I decided it would be a great time to have a slumber party. Three cousins stayed with me, Catie (8 years old), Berta (7 years old) and Jacinta (10 years old). They were so excited, partly because they got to sleep on mattresses and also they could stay up late (past 8 pm) and play with our games/toys. We colored, took silly pictures and had fun talking. We have two beds, so the two little ones slept on the smallest mattress and the older one, Jacinta, slept in my bed. The next morning they all helped sweep the floor and straighten up the house...I don't think they wanted to leave, but eventually their moms began to call them and they went their separate ways. That night before heading back to our house I saw all three girls and they asked me if Seth was back because if not they were ready to stay with me again...Seth had returned, so no more slumber parties.
It was a lot of fun and will always be a special memory for me.