Operation Christmas Child

The youth group participated in a service project last week called Operation Christmas Child. This is run through an organization called Samaritan's Purse. We asked the members of the church to bring in items to pack shoeboxes full of small toys, school supplies, and hygiene items and send to children around the world for Christmas. I set a goal for the youth group to pack 25 boxes. It was so exciting to see people jump on board with this project, and we ended up packing 56 boxes!! On Sunday at youth group, we organized all the items, wrapped and packed the boxes, made cards for the children, and prayed over the boxes. It is so neat to see the students in my youth group desiring to step outside of themselves and really think about serving God and others!