Mentorship

  This year, I felt called to do some sort of mentorship with a couple girls in LIVE.  Due to my school schedule and other things that fill my calendar, I was only able to mentor two girls three or four times between September and December.  I've never mentored anyone before, nor have I ever been mentored myself.  This is completely new territory for me.

  I opened it up for girls 14 and older (which consists of 6 of my girls) and it was "first come, first serve".  I was replied to almost immediately by two girls - Sarah, age 18 and Baylee, age 14.  As I was mentoring them separately, I set two dates and started praying and preparing.  I was nervous since I had no idea how this was supposed to go.

  On September 20th, I picked Baylee up and took her for breakfast.  I had decided that our first time together should be really getting to know the girls better.  I do know the basics, but with 22 other girls in LIVE, I'm not always able to have long conversations with each of the girls.  I listened while Baylee talked about her family, her friends, her hobbies, and her favorite activities to do.  I feel like it went very well.  My primary purpose with this mentoring is to listen to and encourage the girls.

  On the 21st of September, I took Sarah out for breakfast, also.  Although I graduated high school this year and she will graduate next year, Sarah is only six months younger than I am, so I was a little wary about how this mentorship would turn out.  But it did go very well!  Sarah talked about her school and the theater she is involved in and her hopes for when she graduates high school.  During each breakfast, the girls and I spent some time in prayer and at the end, I made a point to ask each of them ways I could pray for them.  I was then able to pray with them for those requests.

  I am grateful that our first meetings went well and I'm excited to see how the Lord will work within the next couple months.  On October 11th and 12th, I am taking Sarah and Baylee to the Radiant Purity conference put on by Bright Lights.  I used to lead a Bright Lights group before I started LIVE, and I've gone to this conference a couple times before.  Since Sarah and I are both 18, we'll be together, and my younger sister, who is 14, will be attending with Baylee.  Because I will be driving them to and from the conference which is 30 minutes away, I intend to use that time to discuss what we've learned so far.  On Saturday night, after the conference's final session, I will be taking the three girls for supper to discuss what we learned and how we propose to apply those principles to our lives.

 In Christ,
  Sierra