Think “Operation Christmas Child”!!

Back-to-school items are on sale at retail stores.  The crayons were only fifty cents per box (at Walmart).  The packaged child-size toothbrushes and toothpaste were only fifty-eight cents each (at Walmart).  I shop year-around for items that will be used for “fillers” for Shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child.  I find Beanie Baby teddy bears for fifty cents (at Goodwill).  I’m always looking for small toys!!    The packages with balls will be opened and one ball per shoe box.  ~~  It’s hard to think “Christmas” when the nation is baking under extreme heat.  So much tragedy; so much suffering; so many ruined crops; so much property damage, ad infinitum.  But often our worse circumstance is minor compared to the situation experienced by many around the world.