Gallon Gifts

Dear Rivers of Living Water Supporters and Sponsors ...

On Monday, a dear Christian sister came to our house and delivered a gift from the Lord to us. It was a check paying our way to go on a mission trip to Ethiopia for Ethiopian Christmas, which is January 7th. We will be going to the village of Gojjo, where not only your sponsored kids are, but a total of 1000 orphans! We will have the great honor of serving them Christmas Dinner, with the money that you helped us raise for FEED 1000.

If you would like to participate ...

We will be bringing over as many donations and gifts as we can possibly fit into our 200 pounds of allotted luggage. All child specific donations need to go into a Gallon Ziploc bag, meaning If you want to send your sponsored child a gift, please put it into a Gallon Ziploc bag with their name and ID number on it or in it, so that we know it goes to a specific child. It would be great to also put a photo of yourself or your family in there so they can see their sponsor. It would be great to be able to bring each sponsored child a gift!

Introducing “Gallon Gifts”...

When we were adopting, the director would allow us to send gifts in gallon Ziploc bags. We got this great idea from Ordinary Hero who is doing something similar with their “Blessing Bags”. Each bag has a specific size and gender on it for example, “boy size 3”, or “girl size 6”. Included in the bag is a complete outfit to fit a child of that size. So for example, for a boy, you would put in a new shirt, pants, underwear, socks, perhaps a toothbrush and a small tube of toothpaste, a bar of soap, maybe crayons, coloring book, or a pencil with a sharpener and a small toy or gift ..... Anything that can fit into a Gallon Ziploc. (But nothing that needs batteries since they wear out.) For a girl, you could put in the same items, or perhaps a dress with leggings.

If you'd like to participate, please send your Gallon Gifts to:

Rivers of Living Water

PO Box 802

Whitehall, MT 59759

We will need them to arrive no later than Monday, December 26th. Thanks so much!!!

Bonnie Schilling
Rivers of Living Water ~ Helping Orphans and Widows in Need
www.rivers-of-living-water.org