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Ummm....define leader?!.

The dictionary defines "leader" as a noun stating 1. The person who leads or commands a group, organization, or country 2. A person followed by others......but what really does that mean? We hear people use the expression "natural born leader" is that the same a charisma (people attracted to you or your demeanor). I just got back from a short mission trip in New York and when we got there, they told us we were the leaders and missionaries, whoa really? I mean I get the missionary part but a leader? I just came with a team to go with the flow and be flexible with an open heart as I have been learning throughout my mission experiences and now Im a leader....yikes, I didnt plan for that one. I honestly just felt like one of the women in the home only a few steps ahead of them. We worked with teen challenge program, which is a ministry that is a 14 month addiction recovery program and signing up for the trip, I thought these are my people, I can relate to them because I