Service Trip Day 5: Notebooks Part 2

Friday night at midnight was the scheduled time to open up our notecard journals. After we finished the evening activities we had about 2 hours to complete any remaining notecards and place them in the 29 bags. For some people it was easy: they had completed the cards by Wednesday or only had a few remaining. For others, especially the coordinators, the majority of cards still needed to be written. Personally, I ended up writing IOUs to almost everyone as I got the chance to have a few 1-1 conversations instead (which I prioritized above writing cards that will instead be done by the weekend so they can be more in depth). We learned the joy and challenge of writing detailed cards about the wonderful people we served with over the trip. At midnight, each person was handed their bag with the cards on a ring inside. As people read the encouraging words, you could hear and see the joy, awww moments, and hugs erupting around the room. Below are a few pictures of the scene and a chance to join in the celebration of how God connected all of us. The pleasure of a written word of encouragement in amazing and powerful as we can quickly refer to the trip through the cards. See for yourself.