Giving Hope with the Pink Pig

During the Christmas season, our church has hosted a "Hope Market".
There are six stations where you can buy a product from, or give a donation to, a ministry.
Close to our hearts, is a station for the Gift of God Orphanage in Port au Prince, where you can buy an ornament made by the kids that we came to love in August.
(Thanks to everyone who offered to buy one.  Unfortunately, these sold out almost immediately.)

Another ministry featured is one that we have grown to love, Free Wheelchair Mission.
Watch their very touching Christmas video here.   Such an opportunity to bring hope to the world.

Also extra, extra, extra close to our hearts is Brighton Their World.  Woot, woot for Camp Hoffman and BTW!  So glad to see them getting lots and lots of love, which will equal lots of lots of formula for babies in Ethiopia.  They have shipped 44,613 bottles to date!

One of the neatest aspects of our Hope Market, was an opportunity for our girls to have an opportunity to do something close to our family's hearts, giving gifts that give back.  Our peanut decided to take money from her pink pig (for the first time ever) to buy gifts for her cousins.   We loved watching her use her money to buy bracelets at the Redeemers House station.  These were made in Guatemala, and give back to the people there.  

She then wrapped them by herself, and wrote a letter to her cousins explaining the gift.  

Giving hope is easy.
We can't think of a better way to spend your life, or the contents of your pink pig.

Now THIS is Christmas!