WyldLife is part of young life, what WyldLife is, they are junior high kids. Junior High kids terrify me. The camp was over run by them and we were hiding in a corner. In all honesty it was not that bad. Junior High kids make me laugh. Their hormones are raging and they want everyone to think they are cool! It is a joy to work with them. This week God really taught me patience. Never have I been called to junior high ministry really. God has always called me to work with older youth. This week I talked to some really awesome kids! Not only did God teach me patience with the kids, He taught me patience with the leaders as well. I had some interesting encounters with a few of the leaders. At first I was very angry and down by the way they were treating me. God opened my eyes to show me that the way I was acting was not in a Christ like manner. I learned that not only are we here to serve the kids and show them love and acceptance, but I am here to serve everyone. I have been called to become more like Christ daily. To accept oppression and learn from criticism. That wall of anger was broken and I was able to treat the leaders with more respect, even when they didn't treat me with respect back.
As I was leaving Friday for another camp that I will be at tomorrow, I realized how much everyone in the house meant to me. When saying a quick goodbye, that goodbye turned into 20 minutes. Everyone gave me a hug and told me how much they would miss me. The girls told me how much I meant to them, and the boys gave me a hug letting me know how much they do care. It was comforting. On the drive home I could not stop telling stormi about the impact that they all have had on my life. In this short month or so we have become family. We have laughed, argued, cried, and just walked through difficult time in life together. I am blessed by them.
This week not much really happened. It was more of me preparing for this next week, where I will be a youth leader for my home church. God has shown me patience, and comfort during the hard time. He showed me how to allow the boys become my brothers and how to talk to them and allow them to care for me and pray over me. He has showed me how to rely on the girls when my world is falling apart and how much power a simple hug has. Even when emotions flared, even when tempers became outrage, even when laughs turned into tears, this week God continued to bless me. He blessed me with sweet junior high kids, funny youth leaders, amazing friends, and a great camp family!
God bless <3
Heaven Slaughter
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