When you acknowledge your weaknesses to the rest of the team, it is never new information.
T-shirts create a sense of "We". Food says, "We don't mind spending money on you."
Success is an intoxicant, and intoxicated people seldom have a firm grasp on reality.
Giving up something now for something better later is not a sacrifice. It is an investment.
Two primary ways to keep volunteers motivated - Food and T-shirts.
Sometimes it is the destinations out of reach that create the circumstances God uses to remind that we are never out of his reach.