We chose to do a few things for our charity gift this year. Our main project was our ward’s Sub-for-Santa service project. We helped our ward provide “Christmas” for 5 Somali refugee families that are living in Salt Lake City. I say “Christmas” because they are Muslim and don’t celebrate Christmas, but they have many needs that we tried to provide for. We, as a family donated cleaning supplies, toys, quilts and clothing. For our ward party we wrapped all the toys, clothing and gifts. Then the Young Women, Young Men and the leaders took all the items and gifts to the families. As a leader, Amy got to meet the families, which was really neat. They were so grateful to receive these things, so many of which we all take for granted.
As a family we decided to donate much needed items to the homeless shelter in Salt Lake City. The girls decided on several extra chores that they could do to earn money and went right to work. They swept floors, folded laundry, wiped counters, and cleaned bathrooms. Each time they finished a chore they were so excited to add the money that they earned into their special jar. Then for family night we all went to the store and the girls chose what they wanted to buy for the shelter. Sara and Ella earned enough money to buy a warm blanket and 2 pillows all by themselves. We delivered our donations to the shelter with Grandma and Grandpa Van Horn and John, Jessica, Brianna, and Brett. This was a special project for the girls. They were always looking for a chore to do so they could earn money. It is sometimes hard for them to understand that not all people have nice home and cozy beds like we do, but they were so excited to help people who were not as materially blessed as we are. It was also very special to be able to spend the day of delivery with their Grandparents and Cousins.
We love the Christmas Season, and we are glad that we could spend time this year serving as our Savior did. Thank you for the opportunity to serve others as our gift to you.
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