The Galyean Battalion: THAT TIME AGAIN

Sunday, October 26, 2008

THAT TIME AGAIN

Time for what?

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD!!!

This is the first year that Benjamin has been able to have active participation.

I must say, he really enjoyed it. Although, he does insist that his box is going to,

"A little boy like me in Manya-manya."

Too sweet.

Most of you comment that there are never any photos of me on the blog, so Barry has become quite handy with the camera and took a few.

If you aren't familiar with Operation Christmas Child, please click here to find out more:

http://www.samaritanspurse.org/

2 comments:

Unknown said...: We love Operation Christmas Child time too. I always like seeing the different ways families (and church families) incorporate it into their annual holiday traditions.; November 2, 2008 at 7:36 PM
eastandwest said...: How fun! We love OCC! Did you know that one in three kids who receive a shoebox accepts Christ? Isn't that an amazing statistic?; November 14, 2008 at 10:38 PM

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1. The fact that there are 143 million children without a parent to kiss them goodnight has made you lose sleep.
2. You realize DNA has nothing to do with love and family.
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