One of our long-standing traditions at HIM is what happens the day before the HONOLULU conference begins.
Our volunteer teams gather, get coached in the particulars, hear last minute instructions, and, most important of all, pray. The teams include introducers, angels, logo shop workers, prayer team members, and the tech crew. Many warm hugs are exchanged in what has become an annual reunion for our HONOLULU team. Some volunteers go back more than 20 years, while others are only 20 years old. Pictures are shared of weddings and grandchildren. Chocolate and other highly nutritious energy snacks appear magically before our eyes. And the joy of working with friends who have become family becomes the fuel that feeds us from the time we greet our first participant at the registration table until the last box is packed up late Saturday afternoon when it's all over.
We are so blessed by HIM's Family of God. Thanks to them, HONOLULU 2011 was a rich gift to everyone who came.