God has given us two hands – one with which to receive
and the other with which to give. What
if this Christmas instead of waiting for people to give you gifts, why don’t
you give? What if you take initiative and start giving with what you already
have instead of making excuses and delay your action? What if you be the change
rather than asking for things to change and be the worship song that you sing
and be the answer to your prayer to make a different in someone else’s life? What
if – regardless of your race and religion – you embrace the spirit of Christmas
that is the spirit of giving for the good of your community? What if your gift
can make those who are less fortunate smile this Christmas, would you like to
do that?
Here is (one of) your
opportunity to do so. BB Love Box, a community project by the Boys’ Brigade (BB) in Malaysia (2nd
Kuching Company) is organizing a project that is design to collect and
distribute gifts to the less fortunate people during Christmas Season,
irrespective of their races and religions. BB mission is to share LOVE and JOY with the needy. The Boys are passionate to
promote the spirit of CARING and SHARING among the people of Kuching. The
recipients are identified with the help of welfare and social
organizations/groups, religious and voluntary bodies. It consists of children
(from infant to 17 years old), families and elderly folks from various villages
around Kuching area, old folk’s homes and ophanages.*
There are three categories of recipients in this project:
1) Children. Their wish list range from toys, school stationary,
school bag, exercise books, colouring books and story books.
2) Elderly
folks. Biscuits (in tin), beverage
(min. 500g/ in packet or tin), milk powder and bath towel.
3) Families. Rice (10kg), canned food (halal) and instant noodle.
WHEN,
WHERE and HOW can you fulfil the recipients’ wishes?
BB Love Box gifts
collection booth and wish trees will be set up from 1st November to 7th December 2014, 10.00am to
8.00pm at Crown Square and Plaza Merdeka, Kuching. Go there and
pick up a Wish List (or more) with the recipient’s name and wish item from the
wish trees provided. Shop for the gift stated in the list(s) that you choose. Then,
wrap and return the gift(s) to the booth where you pick up that list(s)
together with the Wish List(s) securely attached to it. Easy, right? You can do
this.
What are you waiting Kuchingnites? Come and fill BB Love Box booth
with gifts, joy and love! John Bunyan writes, “You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who
cannot pay you back.” Calvin Coolidge once said, “No person was ever honoured for what he received. Honour is the reward
of what one gives.” “We make a living
by what we get,” remind Winston Churchill, “but we make a life by what we give.” Kuchingnites, we can give
without loving, but we cannot love without giving. Blessed are those who give
with love! Amen.
Imagine the children’s smiles
Picture the elder’s gladness
Don’t you want to see a family having a dinner
together this Christmas?
THINK BIG.
START SMALL. GO DEEP.
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