Personal Narrative Analysis

The wind was blowing, my attention jumping from my map to steering the canoe. I was certain I was leading the right way. Or was I? I felt conflicting emotions; according to my map, I was on course, however my team seemed to think otherwise. I felt like I lost control. Did they make the right choice of electing me the leader? It was July of 2016, I woke to the melodious symphony of birds singing their morning greeting. The fresh scent of cedar trees wafted from the forest on a gentle breeze. I was in the wilderness. I unpegged my tent, and rolled my sleeping bag, which by now had become a routine. I reported to the campfire for the daily meeting with my fellow youth and leaders. It was the fourth day of the wilderness trip I took to Algonquin Provincial Park, in Canada. The trip was organized by my church's youth program as a way for our team to learn how to work together and grow closer as a group. The day’s meeting began as all the others. We prepared our breakfast as we read a devotional and talked about the day ahead. However, There was a twist that day. My youth pastor informed me that I would be tasked with leading our team through the maze of lakes and making …show more content…
It wasn’t as easy as you would think. Our group consisted of people with different physical capabilities. I had to make sure that one pair wouldn’t be significantly slower than the others and vise versa. After the commotion of pairing people, we set off. I was reading my map carefully as we paddled our way across the lake. I needed to direct everybody to a specific cove where we would have to portage to the next lake. I was confident which cove was correct, however, my youth pastor and our guide started questioning my guidance when I told them where I needed to go.(As it turns out, they were doing this as a test of my skill.) I began to question my own guidance. Was I going the wrong way? If I was not doing it right, why was I selected to be