Thanks + Giving = Happy November!
Well, It’s that time of year again—time to fill the Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes. Shopping for and packing the shoeboxes has been a decades-long holiday tradition in my family. When John and I lived in Western North Carolina, we routinely (and happily) made the trip to Boone, NC and helped to sort the shoeboxes and ready them for transport. There, we worked hard, met people from all over the United States, and made wonderful memories.
No time to shop? Not able to go out and shop? Not a problem.
There are other options available. Samaritan’s Purse has an online Christmas Gift Catalog. You can participate in this project without leaving your house!
A few of the kid-friendly gift choices that pique my interest are providing …
honeybee hives and beekeeper training,
chicken coops and baby chicks, and
“Jesus Loves Me” musical lambs.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
John 3:16-17, KJV
Oh, yes. It’s the most wonderful time of the year. And now, I wait and wonder …
Where will my shoeboxes go this year? Somewhere in the United States? Or to the ends of the earth?
I give thanks for the annual opportunity of giving to this worldwide mission’s project.
May God richly bless the recipients of all the shoeboxes that will be
distributed in 2024.
For more information, check out the following website: www.samaritanspurse.org.
All collage artwork © 2024 Nan Carlton