Some friends of ours do one box for each one of their children. We thought that was a great idea, so we did a box for a boy in the youngest age group, 2-4 years. I think it will be more fun when John is old enough to pick out toys and stuff to go inside, but this year Steven and I picked out everything. I even hope to have John write a letter or draw a picture for the receiver. You can even track the boxes now... such a great teaching tool!
When I was packing our box I decided to grab a few photos (mainly for John's scrapbook) so I thought I would share them with you!
Here's the loot!
Partially Packed...
All inside...
Wrapped up and ready to go...
John gave it a taste for good measure...
And ready to give! What a cheerful heart you have John!...haha...
The collection dates were 11/12-11/22. If you didn't do one this year, you can do it next year!
Our church collects all of them and one homegroup delivers them to Samaritan's Purse. We actually make a celebration out of it. Every homegroup brings a banner... and with a church full of college students it can get pretty interesting... and when we present our boxes we carry our banners in front of our homegroups. We worship, have the Lord's Supper, give the boxes as an offering, pray over them and have baptisms (we only have baptisms twice a year). It's a lot of fun and hopefully our box will bless some little boy!
FYI, I think you can still donate to Samaritan's Purse to have them pack a box for you...if anyone missed it this year and still wants to participate.
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