Personal Narrative: Butterflies

Butterflies. I am not talking about the butterflies that you would go outside with your family and catch with a butterfly net during your childhood. No, I am talking about the butterflies you get in your stomach before you speak in front of a crowd of people. The butterflies I am talking about is the strange feeling in your stomach when you’re about to speak or perform in front of people. You could also get butterflies from a first time experience like the first day of high school or a first date. I experienced butterflies for the first time when I spoke a message in Colombia while I was on a mission’s trip. In September of 2013, my youth group had interviews for the teenagers who desired to join the mission’s trip to Colombia. I eagerly applied …show more content…
I began to pray and press more into the Bible to discover what I could speak about in Colombia. After weeks of studying and prayer, it came to me - I would speak about the importance of trust. Throughout the rest of the year and up to a few weeks before the trip, I drafted my message. As the date of the mission’s trip came closer and closer, the more worried I became. My utmost fear in the world at the time was public speaking. Even as a child, I always hindered myself from great experiences because of being terrified of performing or speaking in front of …show more content…
“What happens if I don’t present my message as well? What if my message won’t reach out to the kids and effect any of them. What happens if I barf on the stage?” But right after I had those thoughts, I had the answers for all of them. I told myself, “You will present this message well. Who cares if I mess up, the kids won’t know because I have a translator. I know that this message will reach these to these kids or at least one of them because God put it on my heart for me to speak this message and the leaders have that same feeling as well. Also there is no way that I am going to let myself puke in front of these