Operation Christmas Child!

Yesterday we collected are yearly Operation Christmas Child shoe boxes. We had a total of 85 boxes with the help of Bearden 1st Baptist, Holly Springs Baptist, and 1st Assembly of God Bearden. It was awesome as each coordinator from each church brought the boxes to us. We loaded the Sequoia down and off to Camden Kenli and I went.



When we got there we took each box into the Operation Christmas Child room, where I filled out the paper work and asked a few questions for next year.

Today I got a phone call from a lady who wanted to know to know if it was too late to make a sizable donation. I called Calvary Baptist and they said to come on down. When I got there they were finishing packing up the boxes and loading them in the trailer.

 From Camden, they will travel to El Dorado and will be loaded into something larger and then shipped all the way to North Carolina.

 Next, week volunteer workers from all over the United States will carefully inspect each box. They will make sure there are no liquids, war items, or chocolate candies in them. They will also add to the box if they need to.

In the packing facility, you are assigned to an area and you will be told where you box will be going. So for instance if you packed a hat and mittens and your box was in the ship to Africa area, it will be reassign to another area that the hat and mitten can be used. Nothing is ever taken out of the box, but they do sometimes add to it.

They lady at Calvary tried to explain to me how many pallets of boxes were in this facility and she just smiled and shook her head and said it is just too hard to even imagine.

Operation Christmas Child started in 1993 and has been growing ever since.

This is the Tally sheet and she was still working on packing up one more box. 869 boxes totaled so far. Can you believe that is 869 kids that will hear about Jesus Christ for the first time ever? Can you believe that 869 kids don't even know what a color is and they will be amazed when they color for the first time? It truly is a wonderful ministry to God!

The Salvation Poem

Jesus, You died upon a cross

And rose again to save the lost

Forgive me now of all my sin

Come be my Savior, Lord, and Friend

Change my life and make it new

And help me, Lord, to live for You

I pray that you will pray that pray with meaning and love and ask Jesus into your Heart today if you don't know him.



Give Thanks!

So on the way home tonight, Anna sees that someone has put Christmas lights on there house. The conversation goes as follows:

Anna: Whew! Mommy look look Christmas lights. Can we put our Christmas lights on our house?
Mommy: No Anna not yet, we have to be Thankful first
Anna: Dear God, I'm thankful for my puppies, my Mimi, my Daddy, my Mamaw, my pawpaw, and oh yeah my mommy. Now can we put up the lights.

Looks like I still have my work cut out for me. She is just too cute!

I hope everyone has a blessed Thanksgiving and I hope after you read this post, you will stop and thank God for everything he has blessed you with. Remember God will only give you what He knows you can handle.

Give Thanks to the Lord for he has given YOU countless blessings. Stop for just a minute and name them, you will be Amazed!

Back again!

Wow! I've been so busy that I have neglected the blog once again. I have several fun things to blog about so I'll probably be playing catch up this weekend. Well maybe.....

Halloween weekend was a lot of fun for Anna. Poor Collin had a terrible runny nose so he stayed home with Mimi and Pawpaw, which I'm sure he loved as much as Anna loved Trick-or-Treating.

That day the kids went to Nonna's for a few hours while I did a photo shot with the Gambill Family and with Michael. It was so much fun. They are all naturals when it comes to taking pictures so it made my job super easy.

When I got done, I rushed home and made a big pot of chili and picked up marshmallows for s'mores later that night. I got Anna dressed and Mimi and Paw came over to watch the lil man aka superman for the night and me, Chad, and Anna headed to Nonna's house for a hayride and wiener roast, cheese dip, chili, and s'mores dinner.

Hay Ride, she said Whew I'm nervous!

 

Chad and Anna roasting wieners for the first time!



Pawpaw and Anna enjoying a S'more, loved them



Collin waiting up on us in his PJs

While we were roasting wieners the kids and my mom enjoyed a little time on the dance floor with the Monster Mash of course. Too Funny!!!

Anna was exhausted by the time when got home but I think she will tell you it was so worth it.