Stories
The Senses of Christmas
The cool air flows through the open door as Christmas music blasts out to the street. The crinkling of bags and candies being organized joins the twinkling of lights as they are tested before they go onto the tree. It’s a sensory overload. The preparations have started for Christmas.
400 bags are being loaded with candies and sweets for the children of each family. These bags will be added to our Christmas packages. 400 families will come and receive the packages a couple days before Christmas. These packages will have enough for the Christmas dinner for 10 people and include the most expensive parts of the meal like chicken.
Our team started the preparations last week and will continue through this week and next. Christmas is always a lot of work but the joy and relief on people’s faces as they receive the boxes, makes up for all the work. These families no longer need to ask how they will afford the Christmas meal. It’s a weight that has been lifted.
Each year we look forward to this time to give these gifts as we celebrate our greatest gift.
The gift that changed our lives, the world and why we do what we do. Christ.
