For the last 3 months I have had the privilege to be the department leader of the housekeeping department. I have been challenged in many different areas of my leadership and have grown a lot.
tThere are a few things that I was able to start and change while the department leader. One of the things that I accomplished was getting the base to recycle. In addition to recycling, I am in the process of changing over all of the chemicals we use in order to save the department money.
Something that God has shown me during this last quarter, is that when He leads me into something different that is more challenging, he will be right there with me to guide me through the steps that I need to take in order to accomplish what needs to be done.
I have had the privilege to be able to work alongside 19 students and two staff, all of whom did a wonderful job at cleaning. As a result of their hard work, and God's help in guiding them, leaders of the base have been impressed with how clean things have been and how nice everything smells.
There have been some challenges. Something I noticed early on was that when you work with so many different people, you have that many different opinions on how things should be done. Still, as the leader you are to listen to their opinions and value them, but sometimes play the "leadership" card by making the final decision. At times that is difficult.
I am glad that I was able to lead this department and begin new things, and I hope and pray that everything will continue when I am gone. I thank the Lord that He has challenged me even more in the area of leading.
