Operation Joy

These items will be joyfully placed in Christmas wrapped shoe boxes along with a message of love, hope and the good news of Jesus Christ. Every member of our family will write letters and attach pictures of themselves and our puppy, Bart. We will gather around the shoe boxes and bow our heads and praise God for the work He will do in the lives of the children who receive these boxes. We will ask that Operation Christmas Child and Samaritan's Purse be richly blessed as they deliver the Gospel to children all over the world. Finally, we will pray that the child who opens our boxes will read our letters, look at our pictures and write us a note back with the self-address-stamped envelope we include. We have had the joy of receiving letters from children in Russia and Romania. We have had the joy of watching our children use their own money to buy gifts. We have had the joy of knowing we gave even when it meant we would have less. We have had the joy of sharing our love for Christ with children who may have never heard the good news. But mostly, we have the joy of knowing Jesus Christ as our saviour. We have the joy of being the hands that serve. Truly, this is Operation Joy.