Operation Christmas Child

Today my MOPS group (Mothers of Preschoolers) toured Samaritan's Purse Operation Christmas Child Processing Center.  Each year they send millions of shoeboxes filled with toys/school supplies/toiletries, to children all over the world reaching them with the saving message of Jesus Christ (click here to learn more or to donate a box online).  

This year Lily Kate really got into helping to pick out items for our shoeboxes and then helping stuff them.  We did boxes for girls and boys ages 2-4 so she could relate to them.

Lily Kate and Kathryn gearing up for the tour

Today we dropped off our boxes and spent about a half hour touring the facility.  So far this season they have processed about 627,267 shoe boxes and today's are going to Columbia, Dominican Republic, Kazakhstan.

Our tour group

The Processing Lines- You can't tell from the picture what an amazing process this is.  Volunteers sort the boxes, make sure the content is appropriate and fill any empty space with extra candy and toys.

Lily Kate sitting by a palate of shoeboxes ready to be shipped out!  We used the online registration so in a few weeks we should get an email telling us where our boxes went!