I started out my new year holding my sweet 3-week-old niece in California, then flew back to Georgia to continue preparing to be the head server at Project Search Light.
Those two events seem vastly different, yet are closely related in my mind.
The moment I heard that my sweet niece was born I felt an immense responsibility towards her and her parents. I knew my life would never be the same and that I was going to learn how to love, serve, and lead in a whole new way.
When I was asked to be the head server for PSL, a week long event held for World Racers who recently finished their 11-month mission trip, I was excited. Here was the opportunity I had been waiting for, a chance to step into leadership, to do something bigger than I had ever done before.
I wanted this New Year to be a year of leadership, responsibility, and doing BIG things with God.
Leading a serve team for a week may not seem all that big, and certainly not bigger than going on an 11-month, 11-country mission trip, but to me it is.
It was the chance to walk out all that I had personally, spiritually, mentally, and professionally learned over the last few years. The facts that I was excited and not nervous, unsure and questioning their choice, helped me realize where my confidence and self-awareness are.
I am a capable, strong daughter of God and I am coming for you, World.
This is where my niece comes in; you see, she made me aware of the world and my role in it in a whole new way.
Just because of her my whole family is changed, and not just for a moment but for thousands of years. Not just with the people who share her last name but all of our family, blood, marriage, or love related.
The responsibility I feel towards her, my sister, and her husband has transformed the responsibility I feel towards the world. The confidence I have in leading and the awareness of my strengths and skills from PSL has allowed me to dream further than ever before.
I now feel a responsibility for the world and know that I have what it takes to fulfill my responsibility. Maybe not yet, but I know that I will get there one day.
I know this because I am already taking steps to get there.
Stay tuned for my next blog all about those steps, which includes a cubical.
