Operation Christmas Child

The boys are finally pulling through their Halloween and Birthday "detox". Wow. Sugar and a full moon have made for two very energetic lil' boys this past week. Today we put our energy to good use by putting together two boxes for Operation Shoebox. Check it out at samaritanspurse.org/occ (shipping begins next week - so don't wait!). It's a great project to teach children who are blessed with toys, clothing and other personal items that there are children in some parts of our world who get nothing for Christmas except the shoebox we send them. Luke and Blake packed each box with Matchbox cars, a slinky, crayons, t-shirts, socks, soap, toothbrush and paste and other small gifts that will hopefully bring the spirit of Christmas to a couple of special little boys somewhere in this big world of ours. Believe or not, neither of them asked to keep any of the items placed in the packages. Next year we're planning to collect items throughout the year rather than from one shopping trip in hopes we can fill more boxes. We hope the spirit of Christmas will be in each of your hearts as the holiday season quickly approaches.