Every year, we pack shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child. I love this project because it’s a simple, approachable opportunity for ministry that even my toddlers can participate in. In case you’re not familiar with Operation Christmas Child, it’s a ministry of Samaritan’s Purse that gathers shoe boxes full of gifts and distributes them to […]
100+ Stocking Stuffer Ideas
Updated Sep. 2019. Originally published Nov. 16, 2012. If you have other ideas, we’d love to hear them. In the meantime, here’s the list we brainstormed here at my house! = This is an option you can make yourself (depending on your skills). In some cases, clicking on this will take you to a tutorial. […]
Bring Geography to Life
Having just learned that our Operation Christmas Child shoebox went to Zambia this year, I’ve had geography on the brain. (Did you know that you can track your OCC shoebox(es) now? If you pay the shipping costs online, you print a bar-coded label, and they’ll tell you to which country your box was delivered. My […]