FAIRFAX, Virginia—Members of the Living Hope Christian Fellowship, the Northern Virginia WCG congregation, prepared 70 shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child.
This project has been an annual tradition for the congregation, and each year more boxes are sent than the year before.
Our congregation has been supporting Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child project for the past six years. Some of the children insert handwritten letters into the shoe boxes to possibly establish a penpal relationship with a receiving child.
One of our children, Lauren Hart, received a letter from a Ukrainian girl, from the previous year. The letter was written half in Ukrainian and half in English and included a picture of the child. What a blessing to know that you have made a difference in the life of a child thousands of miles away.
This annual project is a great way for the members of our congregation to fellowship and work together to bring the good news of Jesus Christ to children around the world. Sherry Bellamy.
Copyright © Grace Communion International, 2004