Operation Christmas Child

With Christmas around the corner we all tend to get a little "wrapped" up in the season. Christmas List, Santa Wishes, Cookies, Decorations...it is all fun and beautiful but alot of times we forget to stop and think about what Christmas is about.



This will be Madyson's fourth Christmas and each year (even when she was just 6 months old) we have done a Christmas project with her that focuses on giving to others and serving God.



Last year she really had a good handle on what was going on. She picked an angel of the angel tree and bought presents with her piggy bank money for that child.



This year her project is Operation Christmas Child. She has taken a love for "the world children". We have been learning about the globe and the other countries all over the world and how we all live differently.



This project is perfect for a 3 year old because they take a shoe box and wrap it up (top & bottom separate) then they fill it with little toys, hygiene items, books, etc. She has her little jar and instead of putting the money in her piggy, she puts it in her jar. Then next weekend we will go and buy stuff for her shoebox.

Aubrie Kate will be taking part in this project too! She will have her own box to fill, and will be earning money by helping pick up her toys (about the only thing she knows how to do right now)



I printed off a brochure on this project that shows kids opening their shoe boxes and tells their stories. Also, you can get a prayer guide that gives you 7 days of prayer.



"Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving" Colossians 4:2 NKJV



If you would like to participate in Operation Christmas Child, stop by Morrison Heights Baptist Church and we have a kiosk set up in the commons. There you can pick up the brochure that has all the information in it or go to www.samaritanspurse.org/occ