November 16, 2011

Our church participates in the Shoe Box Ministry program.  To learn more about it, you can go to this link: Shoe Box Ministry  I brought a box home on Sunday and today I went to the store to fill it.  You can choose whether you want the box to go to a boy or girl and also the age group.  I decided on a boy in the age range of 10 to 14.  Something told me that this was probably the one group who maybe gets the least donations.  Most people more enjoy buying for little kids and I'm sure girls are very popular. 

So. anyway...I went to the store and I purchased a blue t-shirt in a man's size small.  Also a package of pencils with a design geared towards boys, a pencil sharpener, a boys pencil case, a notebook, a tube of toothpaste, a toothbrush,  and a comb.  From home I had a new, blue bandana that I added in as well.  All these items went into the shoe box and it will get delivered to a boy somewhere in the world.  I'm also going to enclose a Christmas card for whatever little boy gets my box.

We take so much for granted.  The items that I placed into this box...like, the comb..may be an item this little boy does not own.  The t-shirt may be the first new shirt he has ever received.


When I came home and filled my box, I took a pencil to fill out the form.  I have many pencils in my junk drawer, I have combs and brushes.  These normal, everyday things we take for granted.  There are so many children in the world who don't have these basic necessities.

If you have a chance to participate in this ministry, I urge you to do so.  These boxes that go to these children may very well be the only thing they receive for Christmas!