Operation Christmas Child

It's that time of year again! It's time for the annual tradition that Sandra and I celebrate when we participate in the Operation Christmas Child program. Each year we take a shoe box and fill it to the max with as much fun and useful items as we can cram! This is the 3rd year that together we have filled a shoebox each to give to children around the world who are less fortunate and who don't know Jesus as their Savior. Sandra has participated in this wonderful yearly ritual for many years, but I only discovered it a few years back. It's headed by Samaritan's Purse which is a relief organization ran by Franklin Graham, Billy Graham's son.
It's really neat to hear and read about the stories how these little boxes full of small trinkets make a child's day, week, and can even change their lives. We received a newsletter a few months back and we quickly recognized Sandra's shoebox that she sent in one of the pictures. IT WAS IN SRI LANKA!!!
Awesome.
We stuff the boxes with a lot of neat stuff. Mine had a stuffed T-Rex, a coloring book with crayons, some toy cars, a bag of suckers, a game, 2 yo-yos, a toothbrush and a tube of toothepaste. We also made cards with our picture on them and wrote them a message of God's love. Samaritan's purse then takes the boxes and puts neat picture story books in them that tell them the Gospel message in their native language. Overall pretty cool.
We are praying for the children who recieve these gifts that through these boxes and the workers on the field, that they may have the hope that we as Christians hold on to so dearly.

Our boxes are ready to travel!