Ok, so I went to my friend's Sweet Sixteen party/sleepover last night, and it was so cool! Including me and her, there were five girls, and we had never met each other before (obviously except for the birthday girl). We went to the pool, came back to the house, and ate pizza while discussing the hunger games and Tom Hiddleston. It was about 10:30 P.M when she opened her presents, then her family went to bed and we hung out downstairs. A game of truth and dare broke out, but the conversation kept getting "sidetracked" to one specific topic:God. All these girls professed to be Christians, and it began to show in their speech. We finally gave up truth and dare at 12:00 and went full-force into Jesus-centered conversations. One girl after another( me included) poured out their testimony, and I believe all of us pulled encouragement from the stories. Biblical questions followed soon after, which led to many similar beliefs being revealed. The more we talked, the more encouragement we gave each other. Thinking we would go to bed in "half an hour or so", new topics kept coming long into the early morning. Soon, someone pointed out the dawn seeping through the blinds. I checked the time, and realized it was 6:52 A.M... we had been talking about our faith for almost 7 hours! We all laughed, but it was so cool to realize that we had done that, or rather, God had. Sure, we talked about boys, ate rather fattening foods, and fangirled over fictional characters; but Jesus had ultimately taken over the Sweet Sixteen sleepover. Too hyped up to sleep, we went upstairs to the hostess's room to check our phones and nod off till it was time to leave.
So we had pulled an all-nighter, and I now have bags under my eyes that I didn't know existed. It was, however, so rewarding to tell that one of the girls that she wasn't alone, to share my story, and to be able to share our faith so openly and without interruptions.
Ashton Leigh Xx
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