The cooks had a delicious parfait breakfast for us, then we gathered in the classroom with Jesse for a 30-minute debrief with him. The MTC team has been excellent in their service and vision setting for us! They wanted our feedback about our experience with them in order to improve their services to other groups. They demonstrated teamwork and lifestyle evangelism in beautiful, inspiring ways that have impacted us.
At 9:00, we had said our goodbyes to the team and interns whom we’d come to really enjoy. We piled into the van and left the city behind with mixed feelings. Most of us would have been happy to stay longer! It was lovely to see the morning light on the skyline.
It was a restful, smooth day of driving. We ate our packed lunches in the van because it was too cold to stop for a picnic. At one point, we drove through snow flurries, and we heard of a dusting of snow in Guys Mills this morning. Someone had gifted us with $50 to spend on a treat, so we stopped at the Ice Shack in Mill Hall and enjoyed that break!
By 5:00 we were in Franklin, and Genny and her boys came to join us for supper. We ate at a pizza place, but seemed to get full quickly, probably due to sitting all day and having had ice cream a few hours before. It was still a good social time, and we got back to school at 7:02.
We gathered our belongings and cleaned up the van and dispersed. We’re deeply grateful for a good week together! It called for enormous amounts of flexibility, care for each other, and learning from people around us. It gave us beautiful pictures of how God’s kingdom works in a broken world, and we’ll carry these ideas with us from here on, thankful to be part of His work!
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