Operation Christmas Child is a ministry run by Samaritan's Purse, an organization headed by Franklin Graham, and its mission is to send gifts to children in devastated, third-world or poverty-stricken communities across the world. The way it works (at least at my church) is that people donate things like toys, toiletries, candy, school supplies, etc. and other people (this is a wonderful family activity) assemble the boxes so that they have toys, candy, and toiletries and school supplies. We did that today. My family and some other families we know ran it for the morning session. Room One: Fill out a brief "About Me" form to put in the box. Room Two: Watch a short video about Operation Christmas Child and pick up a box. Room Three: Toiletries, such as toothpaste and toothbrushes, soap and washcloths. Rooms Four and Five: Toys, Miscellaneous, School supplies. Room Six: Prayer for your box. Room Seven: Drop-off.
My brothers and I were assigned to different rooms to help with this. I was in room six, which meant that when families and/or groups came in, the other three volunteers in the room and I would pray with them for the boxes and for the children who would be assigning them. Then we would give them Operation Christmas Child bookmarks with a weekly prayer guide on the back to remind them to pray for their boxes. This meant that when talking to one of my friends this morning afterward, I told her, "I spent all morning praying for shoeboxes." She said, "Nice. Wait. WHAT?!" "I spent all morning praying for shoeboxes. Operation Christmas Child." Her response: "I knew some part of that sentence didn't sound right."
My brothers and I were assigned to different rooms to help with this. I was in room six, which meant that when families and/or groups came in, the other three volunteers in the room and I would pray with them for the boxes and for the children who would be assigning them. Then we would give them Operation Christmas Child bookmarks with a weekly prayer guide on the back to remind them to pray for their boxes. This meant that when talking to one of my friends this morning afterward, I told her, "I spent all morning praying for shoeboxes." She said, "Nice. Wait. WHAT?!" "I spent all morning praying for shoeboxes. Operation Christmas Child." Her response: "I knew some part of that sentence didn't sound right."
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