Two summers ago, I was a Leader-In-Training (LIT) at the United Methodist camp, Camp Lake Stephens. It is a 3 week camp experience that fifteen and sixteen year olds get to experience where you study spirituality, solve low challenge courses, and grow friendships. This was my second year being a part of this program, and both years were very eye opening. The program helped me grow in my leadership skills and my spirituality. We have one night where we pick a spot around camp, and we cookout and make our own food. This seems like an easy enough thing to do, but when there are 2 ice chests, a box of utensils and plates, and other supplies, its not so easy to do when your campsite is 2 miles away, and across a lake. There were 12 LITs in our
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The sun already was beginning to set beneath the horizon of the trees, so it would be dark soon. It would take a long time and much effort to haul the supplies around the lake to the campsite. I asked if we could use the canoes at the lake to ferry the supplies and people across the lake. The counselors said we could since one of them was a lifeguard. This system of ferrying the supplies and people over the lake worked well. One of the counselors and my friend rowed me and the supplies across. As they were going back for more people, I could go ahead and organize the supplies and start piles of small, medium, and large sticks. More people were ferried over and thus we had a humble pile of sticks, and a small fire going. It seemed that we doubled our production of starting a campsite and cooking our food. Just by offering a few ideas and constituting everyone, allowed us to solve a small, but challenging problem. In most challenges that a group and I face, I sit back and watch and observe others think of ideas to solve it, and i assess the pros and cons of both. I feel like this is my leadership trait, to be the silent listener, then when people are desperate for help or some point in the right direction, I am there to aid them in pros and cons. In this situation, I was more proactive and was the one that caused ideas to flow. I believe I am a strong leader in both situations, and can motivate people to achieve more than what they think they
The sun already was beginning to set beneath the horizon of the trees, so it would be dark soon. It would take a long time and much effort to haul the supplies around the lake to the campsite. I asked if we could use the canoes at the lake to ferry the supplies and people across the lake. The counselors said we could since one of them was a lifeguard. This system of ferrying the supplies and people over the lake worked well. One of the counselors and my friend rowed me and the supplies across. As they were going back for more people, I could go ahead and organize the supplies and start piles of small, medium, and large sticks. More people were ferried over and thus we had a humble pile of sticks, and a small fire going. It seemed that we doubled our production of starting a campsite and cooking our food. Just by offering a few ideas and constituting everyone, allowed us to solve a small, but challenging problem. In most challenges that a group and I face, I sit back and watch and observe others think of ideas to solve it, and i assess the pros and cons of both. I feel like this is my leadership trait, to be the silent listener, then when people are desperate for help or some point in the right direction, I am there to aid them in pros and cons. In this situation, I was more proactive and was the one that caused ideas to flow. I believe I am a strong leader in both situations, and can motivate people to achieve more than what they think they