10 Jan Christmas in Winchester, Va.

Norma Newbraugh, Living Water UB church (Winchester, Va.)

Living Water UB church (Winchester, Va.), a congregation of about 25 people, again prepared shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child and contributed to a local organization that provides food and gifts for Christmas for the needy in our community, as we customarily do.

This Christmas we also “bought” gifts from the Samaritan’s Purse catalog. For each item purchased, a photo or drawing of the item was hung on the sanctuary tree in addition to the usual ornaments. We were blessed to be able to provide:

• Baby chicks for 3 families to start raising eggs.
• Seeds and tools for a poor farmer.
• A dairy animal for two families.
• A work animal.
• Food for a child for a week.
• Blanket for a refugee.
• Hot meals for a week for one person.