Share & Tell: December

Even though Yvonne, who blogs at Our Little Corner of the World, didn't do a Share & Tell post for December, I thought I'd do one so you can see what I sent our kids this month. I actually mailed this packet of letters prior to Christmas, but completely forgot about this post!

I have been continuing with my two online letters per month. This month, I wrote about Hudson Taylor and Kick the Can.

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I also sent an additional Christmas themed letter this month! I already sent my Christmas letters, but I wrote online just to share how we are thinking and praying for each child during the Christmas season. Earlier this month I shared what we are doing this advent on Compassion Family's blog (you can read my post: Jesus' Upcoming Birthday).

Part of the plan involved Juanito hanging pictures he colored and photos of the Compassion kids on the tree. I thought that the Compassion kids would enjoy knowing that they are on our tree! So I took a photo of the tree and close-up's of each child and of some of Juanito's ornaments.

On a side note, it has a been such a joy to pray for the kids with Juanito this advent season! He has been praying for God to send our kids food!

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Since it has been a few months, I mailed out a big box of paper letters. I typed a letter about the Fruit of the Spirit thanks to Jill's inspiration at Compassion Family. You can read Jill's post here. Each time I mail a box of letters in 2015, I am going to include a typed letter based on a fruit, per Jill's series.

I also included Valentine's Day cards that I had saved from last year, for the boys. I printed out some cute Frozen ones to go along with my birthday theme this year for the girls. For the older girls, I found cute magnetic notepads with hearts for Valentine's Day and just pulled off the magnetic strip on the back!

Since Juanito love wolves, I cut up some old wolf calendars to send to the kids. I thought they'd appreciate a "poster" of a wolf! I included a photo of my nieces, since some of my kids have been asking for more photos of our families. And, since I wrote about John Newton earlier in the year, I'm following up with not only the words to Amazing Grace, but the sheet music, thanks to Jill from Compassion Family's suggestion!

Finally, for the littlest kids, I sent the coloring pages on Heaven from the Bible for Children (this set of pages was available in Amharic, Kinyarwanda, Portuguese, and Spanish).

Here is a close up of the boy's Valentine cards…they came with tattoos and stickers!

This is what the notepad for the older girls' looks like:

These are the little girls' Valentines cards (I cannot remember where I found these, but you can find some other cute ones here.)

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I also mailed my birthday packets for the kids with birthdays in January and February! The January letters might be a little late, but at least they'll get them soon! If you saw my November Share & Tell post, you'll know that my folders were still a work in progress. Now you can see what they look like after decorating!

And in case you're curious, this is what the online part of the birthday letters looks like!

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What have you written about your kids this month? I'd love to hear! I'm all for ideas for my future letters!