Noah started with an empty, wrapped shoebox. Mommy helped with the wrapping part.
Next, he colored some pictures and answered some questions about himself to mail to the child. He told me that his favorite color is blue, his favorite food is noodles, and his favorite drink is water.
He picked out a couple of pictures of himself to add with the letter for his shoebox.
Then Noah found special toys and gifts that Mommy collected for this project. Many things were free or very inexpensive using coupons and deals throughout the past year. We also added some special toys that he had gotten in kids' meals from restaurants.
We put toys, games, balls, pens, pencils, notebook, crayons, soap, toothbrush, toothpaste, floss, playdough, bandaids, and more in our box along with our letter and pictures.
Finally we closed the lid and prayed for the little boy who will receive this special gift. We prayed that he would know how much Jesus loves him.
Noah was very enthusiastic about putting together this box for our special friend. It's exciting to find ways to begin teaching Noah (even at 2 1/2 years old) about ways we can help others.
We will take our shoebox with us to drop off next week at the church where we go to MOPS. Next week is Operation Christmas Child collection week across the entire country.
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