Back in the Windy City

I find myself traveling to Chicago a lot...which is fine by me!  I love seeing the familiar faces that I get to work with in Chicago, and the volunteers are always great.  This weekend I was in Burr Ridge at a church that hosted an event last year...so this was a second go-around.  We had 4 cells packing 100,000 meals in 6 shifts!  We had snow both days of the event, which postponed the loading of the truck until this morning, but that snow was beautiful!  Most of the day Saturday was a calm, big flake snow that had me in awe (can you tell I love winter?)!  During our last shift we had an incredible volunteer that deemed herself 'shift cheerleader.'  She spent the shift traveling throughout the room and encouraging everybody to pack faster to hit the 100,000 meal goal, it was so fun to watch!  She was always asking for updates, and she stayed after until we were all packed and cleaned up; she had such a servant heart, and an inspiration to me.  We also had a couple guys that came to 4 of the 6 shifts and they boxed every single time, didn't want variety, just to 'perfect their boxing technique.'  Funny!  

Next weekend...South Dakota!