I get to sit through a lot of chapel speakers during my weeks at school. Oftentimes people come through with some pretty amazing things to say, stories to share, organizations to tell us about. Many times I will come home to em and tell her about this stuff and I am really excited to share it. SOoo, I wanted to share these things with you guys who may never get to know about them.

The first is one that you most likely have heard about: Operation Christmas Child. This ministry run by Samariatan's Purse and since 1993 61 million boxes have been packed and sent oversees to children in impoverished countries. I don't know how I missed this - perhaps we didn't do it at BBC - em said she always did it at Liberty - but it is amazing. Individuals pack these boxes with all sorts of items ranging from fun to helpful, our kids for exampled did a piece for our broadcasting class where they took a day and went to the dollar store and bought a bunch of stuff for boxes. Along with these boxes - tracks are passed out, local churches are partnered with, and kid's lives are changed.

The second one is an organization that I just heard about today - and I am guessing you have never heard of them. They are called Mercy Ships and they are amazing. This organization actually ownes 2 ships that are fully equipped with 3 operation stations, blood labs, ct scans and living quarters. They take these ships and dock them in the ports of impoverished nations and they go in to these towns and help with surgical needs. Things like tumours, cleft pallets, and other malformations, things that we easily take care of in the US go untreated in these countries. In addition to the surgeries the mercy ship crews will also go on land to help educate about and provide clean water for local villages. This is an ingenious idea and I thought I'd share! Hope it blesses you guys.