Operation Christmas Box 2014. A highlight of the year. Hard work and fun are had by all. A big thank you!!!
For 12 years now I have been involved in our Church Operation Christmas Box. It is a great privilege and a whole lot of fun and blessing. This year has been no different!!
Our church family are asked to contribute a box of blessing for a child. We share these boxes with our church family in Khayelitscha and Strand. The sloppes of the sand dunes are built cheek to cheek with shacks of different sizes and variety. The common bond is poverty and struggle. It is these communities inot which we send these boxes. Small, very insignificant but a little bit of love.
The pastoral staff at these churches invite the children and parents to a Christmas party. The love of Jesus is shared in this practical way.
Thank you to ALL who put these lovley boxes together!!
This year we invited the grade 6 children to come and be a part of our little project. The children who joined us were enthusiastic and hard working. Their moms were even more:) Thank you ALL very, very much. I know that tonight we are weary.
We collect about 320 boxes in total this year and we are thrilled to have completed the whole sorting of them all in one go.
Father, bless the work of these hands and bless the children who receive a box. Please send your word into each little life and grow your seed into a flourishing tree. Oh Lord have mercy on our poor and broken communities. Thank you for your work in these parts and we pray that each child who receives one of our little boxes of love, will be loved indeed.
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