Tiny Giver

Cory and I really want to teach our children to think and care about others. That can be very challenging in a society like today. The motto for today is, "take care of #1", which is exactly opposite of what Jesus taught us. We did a few things with Landry this year, which will hopefully instill a mindset of meeting needs of others.

This is Landry helping me pack boxes for Operation Christmas Child. If you are not familiar with this program, it is a way that the gospel is spread all over the world through means of a Christmas Gift. We packed a box for one little girl and one little boy. As you can imagine, it was difficult for Landry to put things in the box rather than take them out, but I kept explaining that these were gifts for other kids who did not have many toys. I know she did not truly understand, but eventually she will. Before we delivered these boxes to the distribution center, we prayed for the children who would be receiving them.

Another thing we did was made thanksgiving cards and sent them to some very special family members. We traced Landry's hand to make the turkey and used her fingerprints to color the feathers.

Here is the inside of one of the cards. I wrote the message, of course. But Landry included her own handwritten message.

We are hoping to do other things as well this holiday season and throughout the year. I'd love to hear some of the things your family has done. It would be great to get some new ideas.