The reason?
Operation Christmas Child.
We have participated with our church for the last several years and it has been a really enriching experience. I remember the first couple of years Micah didn't understand that he couldn't play with the toys that he had picked out. Slowly the realization dawned that these were for another little boy, just like him, who didn't have what he had.
Last year we paid for our boxes online and then were able to print a tracking label that would tell us exactly which country our boxes went to. That really brought it full circle for our children. It has truly helped them to understand that there are children, just like, them all over this wonderful world. Unfortunately not all those children have the same luxuries that we have.
We have to write our "letters" for the boxes yet and I would like to find a little something else to put in them, but for the most part our shoe boxes are complete. One representing each child in our family being sent to a child of the same age and gender. Our prayers go with each of these boxes and we pray that these children (along with our own) will come to know Jesus as their very own Lord and Savior.
Merry Christmas (in October)!
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