Monday, November 12, 2012
World Vision
Yesterday Tyson and I were looking through a "World Vision Gift Catalog". This is an organization that works with communities of poverty worldwide. You pick out gifts to donate such as chickens to lay eggs, oxen to plow a field, Bibles, medicine, school supplies etc. So I told him we were going to pick a gift to send to a needy family for Christmas. First he chose a donkey for their travel, then he thought Bibles would be best, then we were on to school supplies. After that we came across an article on Orphans. I explained that an orphan means the child has lost his parents and we could send clothing or medicine, something like that to help. His response was, "Maybe we should send him a donkey so he can go look for his mom and dad."
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thank you for the great idea - I was trying to find something for us to give too without just sending money. perfect! squeeze that sweet boy of yours for me :)
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ReplyDeleteTyson is so very thoughful! I like that both World Vision and Compassion International do this for Christmas. I have not done this yet, but I have also heard that when you have a friend or family member who is particularly impossible to buy for because they have everything they need, some people buy a gift through World Vision/Compassion and give in honor of their friend or family. I know I would appreciate a gift like that.
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet boy and so practical.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea. The girls and I are doing Operation Christmas Child through our church. We choose what age group and gender, then fill a shoebox, that they provided, with what we think the child would like. The girls are excited. When we are finished we bring the box back to church and they take care of mailing.
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