Operation Christmas Child Shoe Boxes

Each year we strive to make giving a focus of our Christmas celebration and it's my goal to include my children in this.  For the last two years, Big Brother and I have filled a shoe box for   Operation Christmas Child .  He and I make it a date and go shopping to fill a shoe box full of treats, toys, and essentials for a child in need some where in the world.  This year I let him decide whether we were filling the box for a boy or girl, and I was pleasantly surprised when he picked girl--much easier to shop for a girl.

As we shopped, we talked about the little girl who would receive this box, that she probably doesn't have toys and needs many things both fun and practical.   I guide the shopping--going to the tooth brush aisle and letting him pick one out; going to the doll aisle and letting him choose a doll.   He's a good sport and cheerfully picks and chooses for her and never asks for anything for himself.  When we got home, we squished everything into the box.

This year we used the EZ Give feature and donated $7 online to cover the shipping of the box, which allowed us to print a label with a tracking code.  If all goes right, we should get information about where the box ends up, which will foster a lovely geography lesson as Big Brother is very interested in maps at the moment.

2 Corinthians 9:7  Each one must do just as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.