Last year it was tickets to see the Chiefs, this year it was a pearl bracelet and next year (though he doesn't know it yet) it will be a new crib for their nursery.
It's dated 'January 1st, 2010' and contains a letter, five dollars, a bubble gum wrapper, and a promise from his fifteen year old self that they'll have rocket packs by then.
After a while, Nate couldn't help but realize that while the youth had more literal intelligence, the elderly members of the church possessed more knowledge, and that there was a difference.