Team Leader Becomes Team Member for 3 days

Hey Everyone!

So, towards the end of our second week fundraising, we had a surprise visit from our Commander, Mirjam! (Mirjam on phone: "Daniel, I'm coming to your team tonight." Daniel:" ...ok... Cool..." Mirjam: "Ok, see you later then!")

Mirjam came for three days, took over as team leader, giving me the opportunity to experience being a team member again and doing exactly the same things as the team for the time she was there.

Honestly speaking, at first it was a bit difficult as, having been a team leader since last June, i was used to always worrying about people, trying to get things worked out, etc, and suddenly i was allowed not to worry or think about anything else other than fr!

On top of this, we were fr in an area i had done the previous year and somewhat struggled with; but with all this i took it upon myself to restore my previous efforts and make it the best 3 days of fr ever.

For the first couple of days we were fr in the tiny German part of Belgium, with these small villages. German is easily my favorite fr language (even above english!) so it wasn't too difficult to really invest in to the people and give my all. when fr as a team leader, it can be difficult to really experience much because you're out for short runs at a time, but for those days i had 8 hours in which i could really get in to it, and i really loved it.

The third day we were back in the French part. French is (unfortunately) my least favorite fr language, and generally speaking, whenever i'v fr'd in French, i've never done well and struggled. However, i determined myself to make this day different, throwing off my old concepts and just went for it. It turned out to be a really pleasant day with lots of really great memories, and for me, evidence that investment is never lost, even if the world seems against you.

Admittedly, in the condition there were only 3 days in which i didn't fr, but the 3 where i did full time were some of my best days fr in the entirety of my time on stf!

Daniel

Me avec far too much hair!