What an amazing sight... right?? This year our church took up donations to pack 1000 boxes. They estimated about $25 per box to fill it so our goal was $25,000. What an awesome God we serve :)!! We were able to pack 1200 boxes with the money that was given AND had enough of the goodies left over to fill 100 more boxes.
That is sooooo like God :)!! Shows up and shows out :)!!
Here's Heidi before we left :)..... she wanted to try on her eye lashes she got at the book fair, but decided to not wear them to pack shoe boxes LOL!
Words cannot even describe the experience. It was such a rush and such a wonderful way to teach our children about giving to others. All 3 of them joyfully filled each box. Well.... I say joyfully :)... there was a tape measure that Karter really wanted, so we had to take a moment to explain to him that a little boy that doesn't get to play with his Daddy's tape measure was getting that one to play with. He seemed okay after that :)!
I tried to get pictures as I could, but it was so non stop that it was a little difficult.
Here is a picture of my Dad, Sophie, and Heidi starting the line to pack a box.
And I found Mr. Colquett in another line packing his and Karter Man was trailing right behind :)...
Karter and Heidi digging in the box to grab a goody to pack theirs with....
And check out this beautiful sight...... still gives me chill bumps.
One day I would love to be able to go to help distribute these boxes to the needy children. Can you just imagine how priceless their faces are? They are so thankful for such a small box with things in it that we all take advantage of every day.
What a blessing this was :)!!! Hope to continue it year after year.
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