A little piece of Hope

Our church is participating in Buckets of Hope. We are sending buckets filled with very specific items to Haiti for the earthquake victims. We filled our bucket tonight. See...

We had to fit all of this in one bucket...

There were VERY specific instructions on what goes in and how it goes in...

Everybody got a chance to put something in the bucket...except me...I was snapping away behind the camera...

And with the help of the VERY detailed directions, we were able to fit it all in. As we were closing the lid, Cecil said, "Oh, look, that's neat, the little recycle symbol almost looks like 'HOPE'." And sure enough it did.

So, there you have it. Our little family sending a little piece of hope to a needy family in Haiti. It's not much to us, in fact, it only cost us about $25.00. But we were told that what we sent can feed a family there for a week.

We also took advantage of the teachable moment with our kids and explained how much we have in comparison to others in the world. We stressed how important it is that we are always thankful and that we remember to thank God for everything that we have been blessed with. To which, my 3-yr old son replies, "Thank God for Spencer sharing his toys with me." It was a fun night!