Operation Christmas Child

Great news! I just got my free brochures for Operation Christmas Child and I'm overly excited to start handing them out. If you don't know, OCC is a project of Samaritan's Purse a ministry of Franklin Graham. Every year they collect shoe boxes filled with gifts and deliver them to needy children around the world.

The shoe boxes are incredibly easy to make and cost very little. Usually dollar store items like toothpaste, toy cars, socks and other things are more than enough to light up a child's face on Christmas in some of the 3rd world countries that this project visits.

I ordered 40 brochures on the website (completely free) and intend to hand out 20 to friends, neighbors and the like. My boyfriend plans to hand out the other 20. This is a great way to show love by helping a great organization by just getting people to make boxes or by making a box yourself. My goal is to make 4 (2 boys and 2 girls).

You can check out the website here for drop off locations in your area. The drop off dates are between November 16-23. I hope everyone gets a chance to make a box. Happy loving!

$20 Tips of Love

Quick update: Another $20 tip was given to an anonymous waiter at Casa Sol Mexican Restaurant in San Antonio, TX. This time we waited outside the restaurant and watched our waiter's reaction to his love gift. It was great watching him skip off to the register to excitedly present the tip to his co-workers. Love mission happily accomplished.

Upcoming mission: Operation McDonald's
We came up with the idea of buying about five $5 gift cards from McDonald's and handing them out to people in need that we encounter on the streets. Attached to each card will be a tract of some sort. I found them for about 20 cents each at Lifeway Christian Store. I'm excited about getting the gospel out along with the giving. So stayed tuned for that!