Wednesday was a day of productivity!! If you know me, then you know I love productivity. I love having a task before me, thinking of ways to meet the task, then finish the task. I had one of those days!! Now, in America productivity is a way of life almost and it is engrained in us to “be productive.” In South Africa, people are still productive but from what I’ve seen it is on a slower time frame due to culture and views of life. Today, however, that stereotype was blown out of the water.
I had my “Teens Team Leadership” meeting this morning. It consists of six LSEs who have come together to instill leadership principles and the importance of leadership to the teens that come to Teens Club and other Living Hope activities. Well, we completely planned and organized the Leadership Holiday Club for teens in April as well as brainstormed leadership curriculum ideas that will begin in July. I left the meeting exhilarated because I feel as if I was able to bring lots to the table for this meeting. Because of my past experiences with leadership, young life, youth internship, and camp, I had something to offer the LSEs. The LSEs had great beginning thoughts but needed someone to help them put that into action. Luckily, God used me yesterday to do that.
To top the amazing day off, Meagan who is the lead on the Teens Team and someone I am blessed to be working with and have as a friend sent me an SMS (text) last night saying how much my initiative, insights, and love for this new program meant to her.
Today, I am so thankful that God used me as a vessel. I had no idea when I came to Living Hope that I’d be working on the teens team and leadership. Luckily my past experiences have shaped and aid me in being able to help Living Hope in this area. Today I was reminded that we do not know in all the many ways our experiences in life help shape us and mold us for other phases later on in life.
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