The Beauty of Snail Mail

Letters are a Beautiful Thing

I haven't blogged for a hot second, but today I am witting about something I have wanted to write about for a while. 

There is something so special about snail mail. This is something always been passionate, but I recently ended up across the country with limited access to cell phone service. I went a while without talking to my friends and family last summer when I was at Young Life Camp in Oregon, but I was in a familiar place with familiar people.

I am working for WinShape Camps for Girls at Young Harris in Georgia. This means I don't have access to my phone during the week. Some days are great, but other days the homesickness kicks in.

Even though I don't have much time to talk to my friends and family on the phone, there is something so special about writing and receiving letters from someone I really care about.

About a week ago I received a package from a dear friend. In that package were seven notes, one for each day of the week. I read the letters through the week this week and wrote her back each day. She water color painted the letters to make them extra pretty. There was even a tic-tac-toe game, for us to send back and forth and a place to send prayer requests to each other.  Today I packaged them all up and mailed them in my off time, along with a letter to another special friend.



I hung each letter on my wall in my dorm, to remind me I am loved.

Leah and I have known each other for a short time, yet I feel like I have known her forever. Leah and I don't even live in the same state, but she is one of my close friends. In a few short months we will live very close to each other and for that I am very excited. God continues to use her to remind me I am so loved.

Letters are so special to me. In my room at home I have two cork board covered in letters and notes. I call it "My Wall of Friendship." Whether you are a camp friend or my grandma and you have wrote me a letter in the past year you are on there.

There is so much beauty in writing and receiving letters. It may be a lost art some people, but to me it is a way of life.

A letter is a way to pour your heart out onto a page someone can keep forever. It does not have to be a book to show someone you care. I encourage you to try it sometime.

I am so, very thankful for letters and all my pen pals.



Also if you want to write me whi...le I am away this summer, my address is...
 

Jourdyn VanderVeen (Skocean Sr.)

c/o WinShape Camps for Girls
1 College St.
Young Harris, GA 30582

I will write you back.

P.S  No Matter what, I want to encourage, pray, and befriend you. I am on social media as @406_jourd on Instagram and @jourdynMack101 on Twitter, give me a follow and feel free to DM me anytime. If you ever need prayer or someone to talk to email me, jourdynpuppies@gmail.com, don't laugh it is from fourth grade and I stuck with it. 

P.P.S I used to write for Odyssey, so if you want to see more check out the link below.
https://www.theodysseyonline.com/@jourdynvanderveen