Surely everyone has heard about Operation Christmas Child... if you haven’t, go read about it! Anyway, I’ve been doing shoeboxes for years (for the oldest age range), but this year we decided Anna was old enough to sort of understand what she was doing if she packed her own box for a little girl her age. I told her we were picking out some presents for a little girl far, far away, maybe in Africa (because she knows about Africa), who doesn’t have any toys. She might not even have much to eat or many clothes to wear. Anna asked me what her name was. She wanted to take the box to the little girl herself. So, there are a few things she doesn’t quite grasp yet, but she understood the broader concept. She had a good time at Dollar Tree (we went there so I wouldn’t have to worry about prices; anything she picked would be ok).

Here she is packing up her things:

Sarah wanted to “help” too:

Walking into the sanctuary with Daddy to drop off her box:

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