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Yesterday a dream came true for our family. We were part of a Samaritans Purse Distribution of Shoe Boxes!
Each Saturday we help run a Soup Kitchen for a poor community close to our church. We do this in conjunction with a Methodist Church close by. For a few years in a row, this church has received shoe boxes filled with toys from Canada and the US from Samaritans Purse.
Well yesterday after we had played with the kids, and taught them Bible Stories and songs and after they had eaten, we passed out the shoe boxes and then just let our eyes feast on the joy filled kids as they torn into their boxes! It was great to see them so excited and the sound that came from all of them was good and loud!
It was great to see our kids help out with passing out the boxes as well, they were so excited to finally be part of something that our family has participated in back home (buying toys for shoe boxes and sending them). In fact we have also visited the distribution centre in Calgary (before leaving for the mission field) and that got our kids really excited as well!
Each box was passed out with a pamphlet explaining the Christmas story cartoon style in Spanish. Now we must pray that Gods word takes root in the homes of these children. Please pray for us as we build relationships with these kids and their parents. We are starting to see a few of them attend church and we need your prayers! Thank you for partnering with us like this!
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2 comments:
That is very exciting. We were helping with checking boxes at Samaritan's Purse this year and it is so wonderful to hear of the response of the recipients. It is good for your children to know that it IS really more blessed to give than to receive. May many needs be met through the Soup Kitchen Ministry in 2010.
The Neufelds
Hello - I was a missionary in Pachuca, Hidalgo for a couple years. What a blessing to hear about what God is doing in Hermosillo. Thanks for sharing & for the encouragement.
May God sustain you with His mighty right hand.
Jerri in Kentucky, USA
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