Today in church there was announcement about a giving opportunity. Each year- for a few years now- Calvary Chapel Okinawa has been partnering with Calvary Chapel Bacolod in the Philippines to give gifts to the children and staff of their children's home. There are about 150 people in all that are there (both children and staff) and our church has been able to send gifts there for Christmas (though it usually got there later than Christmas). This year they are sending out the gifts early so the gifts will get there by Christmas time.
I really wanted to give so we picked a child from the baskets they had out in the hall (we may choose an additional one next week if there are still a lot of names left). So later on tonight we are going to go shopping for little Benny (who just turned 3 this month) and try to find him something for Christmas! It was very hard just to choose one name because there were so many left in the baskets still.
If you want to know more about the ministry in Bacolod, Philippeans here is their website: http://www.ccbacolod.com/
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