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  Your shoeboxes are on their way! We took in a total of 280 boxes from MCC and the surrounding community. 107 of those were from our MCC body.  The boxes are now headed to the Denver Processing Center , the first stop in their journey to children around the world! 

  If you didn't get a chance to build a shoebox, you can still build one online until December 31st by clicking here.

  You can use the follow-your-box-tool by clicking here.

 Thank you to all volunteers whether you prayed over boxes, donated boxes, or volunteered your time!

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving up here in Canada and we’ll be gathering with family to celebrate the day. I thought it would be appropriate to offer this prayer, drawn once more from The Valley of Vision.

O My God,
You fairest, greatest, first of all objects,
My heart admires, adores, loves You,
For my little vessel is as full as it can be,
And I would pour out all that fullness before You in ceaseless flow.
When I think upon and converse with You
Ten thousand delightful thoughts spring up,
Ten thousand sources of pleasure are unsealed,
Ten thousand refreshing joys spread over my heart,
Crowding into every moment of happiness.
I bless You for the soul You have created,
For adorning it, for sanctifying it,
Though it is fixed in barren soil;
For the body You have given me,
For preserving its strength and vigor,
For providing senses to enjoy delights,
For the ease and freedom of limbs,
For hands, eyes, ears that do Your bidding;
For Your royal bounty providing my daily support,
For a full table and overflowing cup,
For appetite, taste, sweetness,
For social joys of relatives and friends,
For ability to serve others,
For a heart that feels sorrows and necessities,
For a mind to care for my fellow-men,
For opportunities of spreading happiness around,
For loved ones in the joys of heaven,
For my own expectation of seeing You clearly.
I love You above the powers of language to express,
For what You are to Your creatures.
Increase my love, O my God, through time and eternity.

Challies, Tim. "A Prayer and Praise for Thanksgiving. Tim Challies. October 12, 2008. https://www.challies.com/quotes/a-prayer-of-praise-and-thanksgiving/