Young Women Christmas Service Project-12-20-2017

We got to be a part of a very special service project this Christmas! Two young women who have been attending our branch have a grandma who runs a domestic violence shelter.  In Young Women class I asked them if they wanted to do a service project this Christmas season, and it was a very enthusiastic YES! They said that they would contact their grandma and organize it and that is exactly what happened!  They texted me and told me that they had talked to their grandma and she would LOVE some help for a few moms and kiddos that would be in the shelter during Christmas.  And these darling girls planned everything, all I did was drive, push the shopping cart and pay with the donations that we had been given and smile a lot! At Walmart, we ran into the sister missionaries buying their weekly groceries, which was so fun!

We had a blast!  Not only did they want to get the “requested” items on the list of food and clothing, they wanted to get some fun extras like jammies and goodies! They carried the list, did the careful selecting and checked sizes and colors so that they would be perfect! They also bought Christmas stockings and stuffers for the kids and their moms! Then we came home and wrapped and wrapped (5 rolls of paper) and labeled and boxed and loaded the items in the car and delivered girls and boxes back to their home ready to deliver to grandma.

We talked about what a fun morning it will be for two moms and their children!  And it all happened because of two beautiful young women and their extra special spirit of Christmas! What a delightful five hours! It was a privilege for me to be a part!