Operation Christmas Child - Family Day!
Normally you have to be at least 13 to volunteer at the Operation Christmas Child distribution center. Monday however, was family day.
They each got a sticker for bringing one in.
Next, they played relay games. Seeing which line could fill a shoebox with all the necessary items. Plus, take out the ones that weren't allowed. It was a blast!
Last was "church in Kenya". They set up this makeshift church to show the kids how the children in other countries felt when they received their shoe boxes. The woman standing up in back is Oksana. She was an orphan in Russia when she received a shoebox at 8 years old! Soon after she was adopted from an American family in Texas. She talked about what a blessing it was to receive her shoebox. Being an orphan, it was the first thing she received that was hers and hers alone. She had a cute Texan accent too!
It was a great family day!
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