The Ultimate Christmas Gift

I have blogged before about my passion for the Compassion International project.  Our family supports a little girl in Rwanda that shares a birthday with Charlotte and getting letters and pictures from her are by far the highlights of mail time. 

Many of you  joined with us and made Christmas cards to be sent to Compassion children in Ecuador.  442 cards were created by individuals just like yourself and were hand delivered to children in Ecuador who might not receive a card otherwise.

Another way that you can help these children this Christmas season is by giving a gift through the Gifts of Compassion catalog.  You have the opportunity to make a huge impact on the life of a child with as little as ten dollars!  Gifts in the catalog range from a mosquito net to a goat, cow, or major surgery.  Any gift would be appreciated and I know that I would be so happy to have someone buy one of these items for me this Christmas!

Sometimes Christmas gets so wrapped up in the commercial and the gifts and the parties that we lose sight of the real reason that we celebrate.  We celebrate because Jesus, God’s only son, came to earth to live as a man.  He was born and lived a perfect life and then subjected himself to the most brutal of deaths for me.  For you.  For everyone on this earth so that, if his gift of salvation is accepted, everyone can live for all eternity with him in heaven.  By supporting Compassion with your prayers and your gifts you can help them spread the word of Christ’s love to the impoverished children of the world.  Just think about maybe sacrificing a dinner out or one stocking stuffer and instead buy a soccer ball, a chicken, or a vaccination for a child that needs to know that someone cares for them. 

If you would like to make a more permanent commitment you can click on the Compassion button on my sidebar to sponsor a child for only $38 dollars a month.  Such a little gift but the reaches of that one sacrifice could be exponential with God’s blessings.

I know that the economy is hard right now and some of you might be suffering in your own right.  But if you have extra this Christmas just think about giving a little bit of it back.  You will be thankful that you did.

I never thought I’d say this but I think I’m buying a chicken for Christmas! 🙂