So, when I finally had my own little puppy that was all my own, not my family pet but my very own responsibility, I had this desire to save all the homeless pets. I started match making if you will rescue dogs with owners (friends and family of mine, looking for new pets) Then I adopted my very own when I moved into my own house, then we started fostering, then we finally added a 3rd and final through adoption again to our family. It's like I saw my little Ellie in ever single homeless dog and wanted to save them from a life of loneliness, hunger, cold, and abandonment.
I have to say the same thing has now happened since I have become a mother. I see my Lydia in every single orphan or child who is struggling, living without adequate nutrition, shelter, or love. I want to scoop them in my arms and love them. I want to tell them that God loves them that they are his children and he has not abandoned them. I want to feed them, cloth, them give them blankets and stuffed animals to snuggle with. I just want them to feel even an ounce of love that my Lydia feels every second of every day because she has a family.
I have come across a lot of adoption blogs of families going through a long, tedious, faith filled journey to bring home a child from another country whether it's China where the girls are abandoned on the side of the road or Ethiopia one of the poorest countries in the world. They are going through mountains of paperwork, medical exams, fingerprinting, home study appointments, court dates etc.... to give an orphan a home and make sure they don't live one day longer than necessary not feeling the love of their very own family.
Until the moment my husband and I can make a commitment on our own to bring a baby home, until we hear that calling from God and we have the financial resources to do so I am finding other ways that I can help the orphans and less fortunate children of this world and one way I am doing that this Christmas season is by taking part in Operation Christmas Child.
I am so excited because Lydia and I are going to go browse Target after work today and find toys, hygiene items, candy, and more to fill up a shoe box for a child this Christmas! We will write a letter and send a picture of where this gift came from and for many children this will be the very first gift they receive. I want Lydia to do this with me every year so we can take the time to not lose sight of the importance of all that we are blessed with and to give just a tiny portion of that to others is such a blessing! God has blessed us with the means and the resources to give to others, so that is what we are going to do. If I can bring a smile to the face of an orphan or child over seas this Christmas then it will be worth it!
Check out the Operation Christmas Child website and find out how you can pack your own shoe box and where you can drop it off to be distributed to kids all over the world!! Make a difference this Holiday in the life of someone who needs to know the love of Jesus Christ through your small gift.
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