Every year, our church participates in Operation Christmas Child. OCC is a program by Samaritan’s Purse. The purpose is to fill shoeboxes with gifts to be sent around the world to children who normally don’t get a Christmas. Some have never received a gift in their whole lives.
Today was a day off from school and the kids and I went shopping for our shoebox gifts at Target. Each of my kids was responsible for filling a shoebox for a boy or girl.
We filled our boxes with school supplies, small toys, candy and personal hygiene items.
The kids loved organizing their boxes and imagining how excited the children were going to be when they opened them to see what goodies were inside.
Jordy was so excited to be able to include a little baby doll and in her girl box.
They all had to pack and repack their boxes several times to fit everything. Not everything fit, so we will be donating the leftover items to the church to fill some more shoeboxes.
Spreading the love of Jesus, one shoebox at a time!
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