My world vision

I was so happy this year to participate with World Vision.  Every Christmas I get a little frustrated with the amount of stuff that accumulates under our tree, for I fear that the holiday loses it's true meaning, and the focus is skewed.  My goal is to have a gift less holiday.  Stockings only would be my preference.  This year we decided to try something different than anything we have ever done before.  We asked the kids if they wanted to give a part or all of the money we would spend on them for gifts to World Vision.  This is different than in previous years when we as a family would give to an organization because this was coming straight out their monies.  It would literally mean that they had less and would feel the cost of the giving, rather than it just coming out of our pockets.

 I decided to see if other families in our church wanted to join with us and do the same thing with their kids and each other.  Someone at work asked Nate what he was giving me for Christmas and he said "a goat." That really raises some eyebrows.  I just mailed off the check to World Vision for $1342.  It has been one of the highlights of the season so far. God is slowly stripping away the veil, and the view is inspiring.