Our church has taken up shoe boxes for years for the Operation Christmas Child. But last year we started packing them as a unit. We packed 1,000 last year and it was phenomenal. The rush, the excitement, the joy, just so many emotions are going through your head as you sit there and pack these for these children that don't have anything.
This year, our church decided to double last year. We packed a little over 2200 boxes and raised close to $38,000 to go towards it. HOW AWESOME IS OUR GOD?? He is the One that gets ALL the glory! I think I saw somewhere that it took us 55 minutes to pack that many boxes. We pack for about 15 minutes and then Brother Garry will have us all stop and he prays over them all. And as we pack the boxes, we pray for the child that will receive them.
Here are some pictures to share from this years event....
The truck was ready and waiting to deliver the boxes to Atlanta to the Distribution Center.
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| This was before it started..... I had to get a picture :) |
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| Look who showed up :)!! The kids were so excited. Sophie even liked them :)))! (Remember she was terrified of Minnie) |
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| Thanks Nana for the picture :) |
We packed them socks, shirts, tooth paste, tooth brush, brush, comb, toys, stuffed animals, sunglasses, crayons, colored pencils, pencils, erasers, all sorts of goodies :)!!
Is this not just an absolutely amazing and beautiful sight?
Ch 4 news also came. Heidi was so excited because they filmed her as she packed her boxes. I had everyone on stand by to watch for her to come on the news. Sadly we missed it at 6 because we were at family night at the book fair. I was so afraid I would fall asleep for the 10:00 broadcast (and did....), but thankfully my mom recorded it on DVD and Yana recorded it for me on her phone (video at bottom). This picture is hard to tell, but that is her.
For more information on Operation Christmas Child,
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