What a crazy, eye opening weekend! I was all excited to be taking one of my youth dress shopping for her first holiday dance! We picked up two others, another teen and a youth volunteer friend of mine. We headed to a local resale store that sells beautiful designer clothes at great prices. We had luck there last Easter so I was hoping for some luck this time. She found a few and tried them on. The first was ok. The second dress fit her beautifully. I saw it on her and knew it was the one! And, as a bonus, it matched the shoes we got last Easter so we got away with her outfit costing about $20! We were on a roll so I called her dad and asked about getting her hair cut since she needed that done before her dance.
So, off we went to the hair place. That's where our luck ran out. No haircut. Imagine our surprise when they told us she had nits! So, good thing we had money left and a month before the dance. I bought the treatment and we dropped off the other girl with us. And then the 3 of us went back to her house to deal with our new development. It was about 3pm when we started combing out her hair. It was about 2am when I finished. My friend left earlier after helping me for hours because she really needed to get home.
So, I guess the lessons I took from this are 1) as a youth director I should never know quite what to expect and 2) things are what we make them. When I told the teen what was happening, she was pretty freaked out. But, as the time went on, we had good conversation and lots of quality bonding time. We laughed and said "If it weren't for the lice, this would have been a great time!" So, looking at things from a glass half full perspective, life can be much easier.
And, where was God? He was in our conversations throughout the time we spent together- sharing, learning, and encouraging each other.
Blessings,
Jennifer
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