Hey guys welcome back to the Dad Tired podcast.

Glad that you're here. Before we jump in, I want to thank my friends over at Samaritan's

Purse for sponsoring today's episode. Samaritan's purse does this thing called

Operation Christmas Child, which has been reaching millions of children each year with the good news of Jesus

Christ through simple shoebox gifts. They have reached more than 2009 million

children since 1993 in over 170 different countries and territories all over the world and

they've done it through a shoebox gift. Anyone can do this, anyone can send one of these shoebox gifts out you can do them as a family

as a small group a church group a community group homeschool group your neighborhood

doesn't matter anyone can do these you can send it out and you will send joy to a

child in need and it also beyond just

giving a great gift to kids in need all over the world it is setting them up to

hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ and be plugged into the local discipleship which is why I'm a huge fan of Samaritan

purse. They use this as an opportunity as a key to unlock the door to get into these kids' lives, the

parents' lives and they will be able to share the gospel and get them plugged in to

the parents lives and they will be able to share the gospel and get them plugged into

local churches.

You can pack shoeboxes full of toys and school supplies, personal care items

and then you'll drop it off at a drop-off location during National Collection

Week, which is November 13th through the 20th.

So you got to do these quick, like today, make sure that you sign up to be able to get a box filled

up. You can also do this online if you're just you feel like you're too busy, you don't have the time to fill a box online. You can do this online. Again, I highly recommend that you do it in person with the people around you but if you can't do it online

so that at least can get done that way. The good news of Jesus Christ is going to be

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