OK So on Sunday, Nov 2nd we had a special guest at church. Her name was Tanya, a russian girl who grew up in a poverty stricken home with abusive parents. Her life seemed hopless until she was sent, at age 9, to live in an orphanage. Things from there turned out to be the old cliche' "out of the frying pan, into the fire." She was constantly told that no one will ever love her, and she'll never be anything worthwhile. Then she recieved a shoebox. This shoebox was filled with toys and a letter from someone she never met saying "We love you." Tanya is now 24 years old and going to be on Good Morning America talking about how Operation Christmas Child, and something as simple as the words "I LOVE YOU" can change a life.
So for youth group this Thursday, we decided to change some lives. Each youth was given a shoebox and we all went together to the dollar store to fill them. The care that each of these kids put into filling their shoebox was indescribable. SO much love and affection for children they will never meet, all packed into a tiny shoebox.
They did SUCH a good job in fact, the woman from our church who is in charge of Operation Chrismas Child, Jamie Irvin, asked us to do some more, with the donations she recieved from our church. HOW COOL IS THAT?!!!
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