Christmas Gifts….{water}
Poor you….with less pictures now some posts will have more words! I always love to hear ideas from other parents on things they do with their kids, so I thought I’d post a few of mine. First let me say I used to be a reader. Back in the days before kids I had favorite authors, favorite books, I would pour over one sentence dissecting the meaning. I have three boys. Chris had some ‘get to know you’ questions he was using for a meeting and one was “Who is your favorite author?” I asked him if Grace from the Design*Sponge counts. I no longer pour over books, instead I am pumped when Cottage Living arrives in the mailbox and I can find 5 minutes to fly through it. All that to say, my very favorite magazine arrives in November each year. It is the Samaritan’s Purse Christmas Catalog. This marks the beginning of Christmas for me. We are pretty active in social issues year round, but the Christmas Catalog is a highlight with the boys. I sat down with the older boys to pick out what they wanted to “buy”. Big was a fan of milk, Biggest liked that he could help buy a house, stock a fish pond, buy chickens – he basically liked it all. What really stood out to him was a picture of a child with a dirty glass of water and a clean glass of water. Biggest’s FAVORITE drink is a warn glass of water. We talked about how some kids don’t have clean water and how we can help buy water filters and pumps to allow them to have clean water. The next Sunday my church played the following video – it is well worth your time to watch:
To bring it all home we now have a glass of dirty water sitting on our kitchen table. It reminds the boys to pray for those that don’t have clean water and it reminds us to give to enable them to enjoy a clean glass of water like we enjoy everyday…..
Every 21 seconds a child dies from a water related illness
If you are interested in giving to help provide clean water globally here are two organizations to consider (many more can be found online):
Gift Ideas:
1. Combine a contribution certificate with a cool water bottle as a stocking stuffer
2. Combine a contribution certificate with a new set of kitchen glasses. You can find cool old vintage ones at flea markets.