In 1990 Jon and I celebrated our first Christmas with Frankie. She was in our home through foster care and we were anxiously awaiting her adoption. That year when her social worker came to visit, he brought Christmas gifts for Frankie from Salvation Army's Angel Tree. I was taken back, I had no idea that the Salvation Army made sure all children in foster care in Oklahoma received Christmas gifts.
Frankie was excited because her previous foster care parents didn't celebrate Christmas and she thought the gifts Larry brought would be the only gifts she would receive. I will never forget her opening the 'Where's Waldo" book, an Easy Bake Oven and a pair of purple sweats.
I can't pass up an Angel Tree without selecting a gift, usually for a six year old little girl. This year Frankie and I picked a little girl from the Iglesia de Cristo in South Texas. Our church collects gifts for several hundred children in South Texas, Mexico and East Plano. The little cutie we picked, Teresa said she would like anything Frozen! Fortunately we were able to find a few Disney Frozen items! Frankie and I wrapped everything up and will be arriving soon to one happy little girl in South Texas.
Give to everyone who asks of you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back. And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them. Luke 6:30-31
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