As I sank my teeth into my Papa Rollo's pizza the head youth leader of our church group asked me if I was willing to dedicate myself into becoming a youth leader just like him. As I gulped down my pizza and whipped my greasy fingers I excitedly said yes. It has been three months since then and this youth leader oppritunity that I have accepted has become one of my greatest achievements. I say this because I have gained so much insights about myself but the few that stick out the most have to be that I now am compassionate, stressed, and more independent than before. As soon as I became a youth leader I knew what I was getting myself into. One of those was having to be compassionate. An example of this happened to me the first month. One of the younger girls came to me because some guys from our group were talking about her and I had to sit there and listen …show more content…
Being a youth leader comes with so much responsibilities at times it can be stressful. Responsiblities like wanting to be the best for the students, having to go to activities, and trying to get the parents involved. The most stressful is wanting to be the best for them I say this because I am like a role model to them, if I do something they are going to want to do it to and I am not even close to perfect. So if I mess up and do something wrong they are going to think it's okay to do. Another very stressful thing is having to keep the head youth leader on track. The head youth leader is the one who gave me the opportunity to become a youth leader, although his plans are great he does not seem to go push or plan for it which can be stressful because I always want to know what dates are our activities and major events. Through all of trying to be perfect for my students and be there for my head youth leader and students I have noticed that I gained