Dear Samaritans Purse,
Thank you for Operation Christmas Child, the ministry you have faithfully implemented for almost 30 years. Your ministry helped me, my now-grown children, and the children I teach at church, to:
recognize my first-world biases related to Christmas shoppingorganize my perspectives and priorities before the Christmas seasonchallenge our ideas of what a Christmas gift should beidentify our first-world mentality, which expects treats, not necessities, as giftspresent the concept, often inconceivable to first-world children, that many people never receive giftsshare the true Christmas gift of Jesus as we pack the boxesidentify how Operation Christmas Child shares the gift of Jesus with shoebox recipientsdemonstrate a way to participate in missions around the worldAt first, the children think I am silly when I ask if they get toothbrushes, pencils, or soap as gifts. They cannot comprehend that hygiene and school items are anything other … [Read More...]
