We sponsored 94 families. Some of those families had 3, 5, 8 children. Some of the parents cried. Some asked where to send a thank you note. Some praised God and started dancing! (Those were the ones that really made me know this was a success.)
These pictures do not do justice. Half the time I forgot to take pictures because we were talking, or watching cute kids, or finding presents...
We set up a "dollar toy" bin. As the kids got their presents they could also pick a toy or two to take home with them. We also had a bunch of socks donated and we gave those out at this time too.
In the afternoon it started snowing! We did get to play in it a little bit. :)
The people I have to thank for this are too many. I'm going to forget someone. You know - if you bought a present, helped me wrap, helped me count, helped me deliver, gave me money, showed your support in any way, watched my kids (so I could work!), helped me organize... there are so many things that went into this being a success and I can't thank you all enough for being part of it.
We gave some kids Christmas! As Christians, if you find out that someone needs something, you're not supposed to say, "Well, I'll pray for you." and walk away. You need to say that and then do something if possible. These kids were not going to have Christmas in a lot of cases. Instead of us saying, "Oh, that's awful. I wish there were something we could do.", we came together as a church (literally - our specific church), as a "church" (in general, Christians, because other churches helped out with this project), as a community (those who do not attend our church who supported this) and we did something about it. We had several opportunities to tell people this was all God, that we were only able to do this because He had blessed us. You can't ask for anything else than opportunities to show blessings and be able to plant seeds in someone's life.
So who's up for sponsoring them for Valentine's Day?? :)
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4 comments:
I thank God for allow you to step up and help so many. Your post and picuters said alot. The people all seem to be happy. The most important things is that you allow everyone to know that God is the reason. Thank you so very much.
This brought tears to my eyes and really reminds me what Christmas is all about. Thank you so much for sharing and helping so many families this Christmas.:) May God bring double blessings back to you and your family!
This is awesome!
I am so glad our church got to help on this. What a great way to spend Christmas, helping others and bringing smiles to little faces.
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