One Bright Star!

For the past three years OCJ has joined with the church I attend Fountain of Life International to provide a family Christmas Experience for the foster children we work with. It may be a busy time, the days approaching the event but it is totally worth the hours.  Hours of matching gifts with names and ages of young people.  Some we have met before and others we only know their age and gender.   The whole time while putting gifts together, I am praying that God shows me what they need and like.  My goal is for each young person to get something that fits with them.  This year was a bit easier with some of the gifts because I have met more of the kids we are giving gifts to. 
Sunday morning on the day of the event, I was finishing wrapping the gifts and getting things ready. As I was wrapping one of the boys homes presents, some of the items got a bit mixed up and I was not sure what I had done foe each boy.  So I fixed as best as I remembered and prayed that each got what they needed and wanted. 
the Christmas party was a fun event of bowling and fellowship with the kids.  Because we are working with group homes and things change all the time, we had to search and find the gifts of some of the kids that came with another house.  That part was a bit crazy, but part of working with group homes.  Everyone got their presents, and I started to mingle with the different homes. One of the boys in a home got a journal and pen and was almost in tears because that is what he is interested in and he couldn't believe that we knew what to give him.
Monday as we (the OCJ Staff) were discussing the event, it was told about a young man who lost his mp3 player a few days earlier.  At the party he received a new mp3 player and he started to cry.  I heard that I have to say that even though we may not know every one of the kids, God does and he cares for each one.  he knows their needs and if we listen we can help meet their needs.

Thanks for sharing these young people with me and have a Very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.