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| (I have been playing around with making printables. I have a few framed around the house and they can be changed out according to the season. I made this one yesterday to go with this post and to put in Lily's room. If you have a verse or quote you would like made into a printable, email me at ambrantley@gmail.com) |
At church on Sunday they started Operation Christmas Child
with the kid’s classes. Along with the
boxes they provided a handout on ways to discuss the month’s memory verse and
big idea as well as ways to incorporate it into packing our boxes. CJ, Lily, and I had a late night at a
post-election celebration party in Decatur on Tuesday so I decided to keep Lily
at home with me on Wednesday so we could have a girls day…plus it was a nice
break from the job search .
Lily was playing in her room after breakfast. I took this time to assemble our shoe box and
grab a laundry basket (you will see why in a minute). I called Lily into the dining room and asked
her “Who made people to help us?” I was
hoping for her to shout the answer since we have been practicing since Sunday but instead she just pointed up to the
ceiling. I asked her the question again,
“Who made people to help us?” Her
response was “Can’t you see I’m pointing to God!” Yes, God made people to help us! We talked about friends and teachers at
school who help Lily. We talked about
ways she helps me cook dinner (or pies like today). I then told her we were going to spend the
morning doing something to help someone else.
I explained the shoebox and let her chose if we were shopping for a boy
or girl and what age. Of course she
chose a girl and one that is her age!
Being the bright girl she is, she asked why the laundry
basket was next to the box. I explained
that we were going to have a little race.
I would ask her a question then she would go find the item that answers
the question. Here are some the
questions I asked…
-What did you use to brush your hair this morning? (she brought her comb and brush)
-What did you use to clean your teeth? (she brought the toothbrush and then went back
for the toothpaste)
-What do you wear around the house when your feet get
cold? (princess slippers)
-What toy do you want to play with right now? (Snow White doll)
-What is one item you think a little girl across the world
would want for Christmas? (a stroller…that is too big for the shoe box!)
-What is one thing you want to play with today? (she brought me markers and paper to color
with)
It was difficult to explain that we weren’t giving her our
things (which wouldn’t be a bad idea if it wasn’t against the rules) but that
we were going to buy her brand new items!
We quickly put our shoes on and headed to Target. While we were in the car their was a little girl who came on the radio from Russia talking about how she didn't have shoes or school supplies until her Operation Christmas Child box. This was just what we needed to get Lily super excited!!
We started off with a treat from Starbucks to
enjoy while we were shopping…gingerbread latte for me (I wait all year for my
favorite drink!!), hot chocolate for tiny, and a slice of pumpkin bread to
split.
Here are some of the items we
purchased for the box…
-3 pairs of socks (purple, pink, and stripes)
-toothbrush pack of 4 toothbrushes (this is the only real
struggle we had, Lily wanted this pack with one toothbrush and some ugly
painted character on it and I wanted to give her a 4 pack)
-Strawberry Shortcake toothpaste
-Hello Kitty notepad
-2 pink hairbows
-pack of crayons and colored pencils
Finished product…
If you want more information on how to make a shoe box please go to http://www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/OCC/ or if you live in Atlanta you can get boxes from any of the 5 North Point churches.
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