Operation Christmas Child

Every year, our church works together to fill as many shoeboxes as we can. A couple in our church , Bill and Mona, do a terrific job of watching all year long for sales on crayons and soaps, etc, and organizing rummage sales and such to raise money for buying the presents. Mark can get the plastic shoe boxes pretty cheap with his employee discount, and we pick a Saturday in November to do the filling of and the praying over the boxes! I take the kids shopping to fill a shoebox for a child their age, and they love picking out presents to give!
Last year we put together 71 boxes, with the goal being 100. This year, we filled a total of 103!!! It's pretty exciting to see how God manages that kind of work when that's about 4 times as many people as come to our church! :)