{"id":4472,"date":"2011-11-28T05:43:12","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T10:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=4472"},"modified":"2011-11-26T22:51:30","modified_gmt":"2011-11-27T03:51:30","slug":"operation-christmas-child-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=4472","title":{"rendered":"Operation Christmas Child Box"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of our goals as we raise Emma is for her to be a generous person.\u00a0 Our heart&#8217;s desire is that she would steward her gifts, talents, and resources in such a way that she is able to provide for the needs of others in the name of Christ.\u00a0 We realize that this doesn&#8217;t happen accidentally and that it is our responsibility to teach her what it means to be generous and also to model that for her.\u00a0 This year, our family had a great time going out to the store to put together some items for an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/index.php\/OCC\/\" target=\"_blank\">Operation Christmas Child<\/a> box.\u00a0 Clint and I have made OCC boxes together for several years and we were so excited to make a box with our little girl.<\/p>\n<p>At first it was a hard concept for Emma.\u00a0 She was great at picking out the toys&#8230;but she thought they were all for her!\u00a0 Once we talked some more about the fact that these toys were for another little girl who didn&#8217;t have toys, Emma got even more excited to pick out cool things.\u00a0 She even picked out a few brand new things of her own to put in the box.\u00a0 We had a great time talking about the little girl that would receive Emma&#8217;s box.\u00a0 Emma had so much fun decorating a card for the little girl and putting all the items in the box very carefully.\u00a0 We prayed over the box and then Emma helped me load it in the car.\u00a0 We gave our box to the 8th graders at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncchristian.org\" target=\"_blank\">North Cobb Christian School<\/a> to take when they go to work at the OCC Distribution Center the second week of December.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2 Corinthians 9:11<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>11You will be made rich in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4472 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?attachment_id=4473'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/113-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?attachment_id=4474'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" 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