Favorite Part of My Day

Want to hear about my favorite part of my day? 

It’s Friday and I was trying (trying to be the key word) to be productive.  I have loads to do between preparing for camp and my own personal fundraising for when I go home in a week and a half.  Since the youth are off of school, they often come up to YI in the afternoon.  

I grabbed one of the lads who is in the band to ask him about some songs for the camp.  After showing him the songs in the lineup, he started looking on his phone for a song he wanted to add.  Another guy sat down to join us while Katie asked to do my hair.  “I’ll make you look more beautiful than what you already look.”  I ruffle through my bag to look for hair bobbles (hair ties), and she starts to comb back my hair.  

So there we were, the four of us sitting around my desk, listening to worship songs while Katie did my hair.  They talked about their favorite worship songs from their week long service trip to Derry.  Contentment came over me as listened to them sing along to their favorite choruses.  Naturally we talked about God’s love remaining and how good that was.  I thought about them looking for these songs on their own at home, and how maybe what we are doing is hitting home.  Even though they wouldn’t DARE sing out loud (at least not yet), they know the words and what they mean. 

Katie finished my hair and I ran to the bathroom to look at myself in the mirror.  Why don’t I do this to my hair more often?  The style is so simple yet so cute.  And with that, my favorite part of the day is over, and we continue on with our days.  The moment may be over, but the memory lasts. A couple hours later I have another moment “hand hugging” one of the girls that I have been trying to connect with after I walked in the room to give her a big hug.  It’s just another reminder that maybe I am starting to take ground here, build relationships, and witness transformations…  even if it’s one moment at a time. #littlebylittle  #brickbybrick