Day 21 - June 3rd - Monday

Since last night was our last ministry event, today was all about prepping for travel and simply enjoying our last day together as a team. We said goodbye to our host families this morning, and all met at a hotel where we will be staying for the night around noon. We just hung out until dinner, and the girls all got together to get fancy and to finish writing the annual "boy's song". Every year each gender on the team gets together and writes a song about the members of the opposite gender, which is presented at the final team dinner. Another team tradition plays out tonight too... at the beginning of the trip, right before we leave the states, we are given a random slip of paper with another team member's name on it. Throughout the trip, we pray for this person, write them encouraging notes, give them little gifts, etc. The whole time, the identity of their "Secret Prayer Partner" is kept hidden, but at the final dinner we reveal ourselves and give them a final gift. After all of this and other fun shenanigans tonight, we had a long time of prayer thanking God for everything that happened on the trip, from the way our team became a family, to the ministry we were able to do, to the things that He taught us throughout this journey. When all was finally finished, Mr. Wilson made a last-minute announcement that Jake will be our new student leader next year, and that I will be taking over the position of drama leader. Eep! Means a lot more work for me next year, but I look forward to passing these fantastic drama on to a new generation of VISIONaries in my last year on the team. :) After a hearty round of hugs and tears, we left the hotel to wander around Madrid and see the city lit up at night! It was beautiful, and because my birthday will happen the day after we get back to the States, Mr. Wilson decided to celebrate it early with the rest of the team and took us to get ice cream! It always amazes me how much this team and its leaders care about every individual member. God really has a way of bringing the most random, opposite people together and weaving them into a close-knit, cohesive unit. Back in the hotel now, spending my last night in Spain with Emilie and Heather.