A couple of weeks ago our church was distributing boxes for Operation Christmas Child. The boxes are to be filled and shipped to children all over the world through Samaritan’s Purse. The church is large and there were stacks and stacks of boxes to fill. My daughter took four – one for each of her children. I took two.
This afternoon my daughter, her two youngest and I drove to Walmart where we proceeded to buy things to fill the boxes. I decided to buy for two girls (ages 5-9). My eight year old granddaughter loved helping make the decisions as to which barettes, which hairbrushes, art supplies, etc. My three year old grandson was especially interested in what would be going into the boys’ boxes. (My daughter was buying for two boys and two girls).
The boxes are packed and ready to take to church in the morning. You’d be surprised just how much a “shoebox-size” box like this will hold. I made my two boxes identical and each box holds:
a cute 25 piece animal puzzle
a small Disney Cinderella with an extra outfit
one box crayons
one package of ten pencils
one small pencil sharpener
one small art tablet
two multi-packages of adorable barrettes
one hairbrush
one package of two combs
one package of two children’s toothbrushes
one carton of Kids’ Crest toothpaste
one bar Dove soap
one bathcloth
A check for $7 to cover postage/shipping
my love and prayers for the child who will receive it…
There are boxes like this being packed all over this country…boxes that will travel across the world. It amazes me that these two boxes will travel on a journey and end up in the precious hands of two little girls living far from me. My love and prayers go with these boxes filled with things I hope they will like. As I carefully filled the bright red and green boxes, I couldn’t help thinking about my own grandchildren. Two of them are adopted – one from Peru and one from Africa. We are so immensely blessed.
It isn’t too late to get involved in sending an Operation Christmas Child box of your own. Just check the links above.
