Before we left for Thanksgiving we made our contribution to Operation Christmas Child. This was something we did every year through the church we grew up in and I have such great memories of it. Charlotte and I picked a little girl age 2-4 years old and hot up the Dollar store and Target and pack our shoebox full of girly goodies :)
We put in a toothbrush, books, socks, headbands, light sticks, a notepad and crayons, playdough, a "growing" washcloth, coloring book, a bendable flower and one of those water and glitter filled slipper snake things.
While picking out the presents Charlotte got to ride in the cart like a big girl - she was quiet proud :)
It also just to happen that that morning Mama sent me an email with a touching story about Operation Christmas Child that she had read
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/11/22/how-a-shoebox-forever-changed-an-orphans-life/
It took me about 30 minutes and 20 dollars to put the shoebox together - something so easy and small for me to do but could make a huge impact on a child somewhere.
I hear the unmistakable sounds of a baby up form her nap! More updates soon!
xoxo
Ashlea
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