How the Weekend Went

So Saturday and Sunday I had company.  The 11-year-old I last told you about in an earlier post spent Saturday and part of Sunday with me.  She came with me to rehearsal Saturday morning and then helped me get ready for Justin, Trisha and the girls coming for the football game.  She wore Samson out with playing fetch.  Nikki and Ivy had a lot of fun playing with their new friend.  She is great with little kids and seems to really enjoy them.  Sunday morning she sang with the worship team at 8:00 (no fear!) and then sat with Grace and her daughter Sam during the 10:30 service.  She and Sam really hit it off, too.  She said my church is "cool."  We went out to eat with Sarah, Jon, and Tegan at Village Inn after church was all done.  Sunday afternoon her foster mother met us at the church where I had choir rehearsal.  She had never been to a church service that used guitars like our contemporary service does and said she had never eaten at Village Inn before.

There were really no problems.  There was a little bit of pouting over a misunderstanding, but she got over that and it was as if nothing had even happened.  Sounds like the last couple days have not been good, however.  We won't be having another visit this weekend, but the caseworker and I are hoping to work something out for next weekend.  I want to get some more time under our belts first before I decide if this will become permanent.  The current foster mother seems to think it will be.  The caseworker is hoping so.

My heart just breaks for this little girl.  There is so much need there!  But we need to be realistic and do the proper due diligence before taking a really big step and saying "yes" - regardless of what folks around us are saying.