Operation Christmas Child

Just in the nick of time I got the last boxes to the drop off location. It has been quite the experience. Mom and I have been collecting boxes for a week. When you collect them you must wrap them and get them organized. It has been a very fun experience and rewarding too! The hardest part of this task was picking out the wrapping paper! We chose the perfect one though. What a bright and jolly St. Nick!

All I can say is THANK YOU to my amazing family and friends. We collected 40 boxes from Mississippi, Tennessee





and Texas...







Madyson Schmidt is so sweet..sharing with others. We just love her!

When Zach and I went to drop off all the boxes we had a few questions for the ladies working the location. Each of these boxes will go to a center in North Carolina and will be sorted to go to more than 100 different countries. Once the reach the assigned country they will then be delivered by whatever means possible...Llama, camel, boat, horse, donkey and very rarely car! Isn't it crazy to think that your shoebox might be on a camels back....I hope mine gets to go on a journey with a Llama!

I just happened to stop by Oxford drop off location this morning as they were loading all the boxes up for North Carolina and they had the final count of 4622!! A ton of boxes to create a ton of smiles!

For those of you that put your address in the box : If you hear from the child please let me know! I would love to share it on the blog!

I never dreamed that we would have 40 boxes to turn in. I think that this was a great way to remember my Dad and his love for Christmas and Children. So Thanks again for the wonderful success in Operation Christmas Child 2008!