For the past who knows how many years, we have sent Christmas gifts to underprivileged children across the globe through Operation Christmas Child. We started when my teen-agers were toddlers, and it has become a yearly ritual.
This year, for the very first time, we included our names and address in the boxes we were sending. We were also able to pay for the postage for our boxes on-line. By doing so, we would be sent an email letting us know when and where our boxes were shipped.
In January (I think), we received an email telling us our Operation Christmas Child boxes were en route to Zambia, Africa.
Today, we received a thank you letter in the mail AND a photo of the 11-year-old boy who received one of our boxes! His name is Redford, and he wrote so nicely in English! He is the youngest of 7 siblings. His parents are peasant farmers. His favorite color is pink! He drew us pictures of his home. He included hand sketched maps of the continent of Africa, the country of Zambia, and he put a big circle around where his home is.
It was so exciting to know that our box really made it into the hands of a smiling 11-year-old boy half a world away! The only thing that would be better would be to deliver the gifts myself! Who knows? Maybe someday I will...
