Leading YoungLife in college is hard. Leading WyldLife in Floyd County is even harder. This week we were tasked as a leadership by our area director to come prepared with a "personal victory" we'd had one on one with a kid this week, and honestly I had no idea what that meant. I'm still fairly new in the whole leading and knowing girls thing and being 45 minutes away sure doesn't help with the getting to know girls on a regular basis thing.
Something really funny about the 6th grade girls I've been sitting with at lunch is that they are fascinated by my bracelets. Every time they see me they proudly recite "That one's from Winter Sun, that one's from Germany, the antler's from Norway and your watch is from the Target in Christiansburg!" I don't really know why they're so intrigued by a bunch of intricate yarn, but they are and it always gives me a nice chuckle.
I've really been struggling with feeling like I haven't been connecting with the girls that much. That I'm just some semi cool older person that comes to lunch a few days a week and that all that means is that they're allowed to talk during the silent part of lunch. That our relationship was just whatever in their eyes. But this week at lunch, bracelets changed that idea.
My teammate Sarah and I sat down with our regular table of girls and one of them very excitedly very excited searched through her lunch box proclaiming "I made something for you guys!!!" She pulled out two of those little rubber band bracelets that are super in right now with the tween girls. If you hadn't guessed already - I love bracelets. Also I love gifts, totally one of my love languages. It's crazy to me how something as small as having a little 6th grade girl hand you a silly little bracelet can have to much impact and be such a confirmation that even when I feel like I'm failing at being a leader the Lord is still on my side and working in little ways that I don't even know.
Rejoice in the small things my friends!
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