Operation Christmas Child

We decided to join the United Church of Los Alamos recently. We were a bit surprised by the events that led us there, but one factor in our decision was that they do many service projects such as: local teens building houses in Mexico for Spring Break, or organizing teams for the CROP walk to fight hunger, or Operation Christmas Child.

Every Thanksgiving, the whole church puts together shoeboxes of toys, combs, candy, soap, washcloths, books, toothbrushes, and more. The boxes are sent to children around the world who really don't have the luxury of gifts, or parents with jobs, or even schooling. We will be gone the Sunday when they put together the boxes, so we made our own at home. It was great to see the girls really go through their own things and give. It wasn't easy sometimes, but we have had some great conversations because of it. We made 6 boxes, two for a 2-year-old boy, two for a 4-year-old girl, two for a 7-year-old girl.

Off they go...