For the past several years we have participated in Operation Christmas Child where we fill a shoebox with toiletries and toys for a child somewhere in the world. Fletcher really started to understand it last year and enjoyed filling the box for a boy about his age. We prayed for the child who would receive the box and prayed that he would come to know Jesus. Each box also includes the gospel in that child's language.
This year we are participating as well through Luke's preschool and our church. Samaritan's Purse, the organization that sponsors this effort, is doing something new this year. If you donate your $7 per box online through EZ Give, they will allow you to print out a barcode to put on your box to track it to see where it ends up. I think Fletcher will really enjoy this since they've been studying different countries in school.
Second, one of the processing centers is near where we live so we are going to an Open House there in December to see all of the collected boxes and learn how volunteers sort through them and get them ready to go out into the world. Fletcher will enjoy this too, but I think I am more excited about it than he is. Eventually, I would love for all of our family to volunteer at the processing center, but volunteers have to be 13 years old or older so it will be a few years for us.
If you have children, consider putting together a shoebox. More information can be found here.
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