Blessings

 Hello, friends!

It is really peaceful here.  It is snowing outside.  The baby is sleeping.  Christmas music is playing.  Pumpkin bars are baking.  What more could one wish for?




Some blessings from this month:

• warm, fuzzy blankets
• my new correspondents Samantha and Elizabeth
• letter and photo from Junior
• letter from Aruna
• snow-tipped trees
• bubbles
• Aubrey and Emilie (two girls from my four year old class)
• colorful sunrises
• the baby's smile
• a cool night's fog
• Christmas cookies
• whipped frosting
• and so many more!!

Join me in passing on blessings this Christmas.  Give the gift of hope, healing, or rescue.

Change a life!

Lizzie :)

Linking up with Jill's Compassion Joys post.

A Package for a Princess

Hello!

I packed a shoe box for a princess today.  You can pack one too.  I am doing it through Operation Christmas Child (a program of Samaritan's Purse).  You can see the official info HERE.

My family and I went to Dollar Tree.  I chose to pack a box for a girl from two to four years old.  I got to pick out stickers, a magic wash cloth, a fluffy stuffed animal, and other fun things for a little girl.

We brought everything home and packed it all up.  I was so surprised that everything fit in the box this year.  I guess writing a list works better than spur of the moment shopping.

Then I got to write the princess a note.  I told her she was a princess because she was a child of the King (God).  I also included my address in case she or her family would like to write back.  You don't have to include a note, but I like to.  If you do write a note, but do not want to potentially commit to write a child (your child will not likely write back, or if they do, probably only once), you don't have to write your address.  He/she will love to know that they are special by a note, though.

I printed off the labels for the shoe box.  If you use the ones online, they will track your box.  That way you will know what country it went to.

You should pack a shoe box too!  Tomorrow is the last day for pick-up.  Perhaps, like me, you have procrastinated to the last second.  Maybe you think it won't matter if you do one or not.  Let me just say, it will mean the world to the child who gets your box.

Get packing!
Lizzie :)

Christmas is coming!!

Hello!

Yesterday I took out a Christmas piano book, so that I could work on a song for Christmas.  I am thinking that I will do Silent Night.  That is not the point of my post however.

Onto more important things...

Operation Christmas Child- This is one of my favorite ministries.  I can remember ever since I was really little going to Dollar Tree.  I would pick out toys, wash clothes, gloves, notebooks, crayons, pens, and other stuff for a girl like me who did not have these things.  The hard part was putting it all in that small box!  I still struggle with that to this day!  Anyway, it is an awesome way to bless a child in poverty.  Pack a shoe box and bless a child.  You can learn more about it HERE.

Christmas cards for unsponsored children- I did this last year, and it was soo much fun.  Since I like to make cards, I made twenty five simple Christmas cards.  I wrote a couple lines telling the child that I loved them, that God loved them, merry Christmas, and other things like that.  Then I sent them to Compassion where they got them all ready to send to unsponsored children.  For more information on that, go HERE.

Last but not least, don't forget to get stuff ready to send to your sponsored child- Everything must be sent by October 31.  I will be sending cards, paper dolls, stickers, coloring sheets, bookmarks, and other fun stuff in abundance to my Compassion kids.  I love getting lots of things together to send out.  I also like to say in my letters to share the coloring sheets and stickers with their friends.  There is a great post on the Compassion blog about sending Christmas items to your sponsored children, which you can read HERE.

Just talking about Christmas makes me wish it was here!!

What other ways are there to spread love this Christmas with children in need?  I would love to hear about what you do to help others during Christmas time.

Have a merry Christmas I mean have a nice day ;)

Change a life!
Lizzie