During the Christmas season is a great time to collect Bibles! As a little addition to my Christmas list this year, I put that I was accepting donations of Bibles and explained a little bit about our cause. I'm wondering if we'll get any donations. When my family gathers together at my grandparents' house on Christmas Eve, I'll be bringing a box for donations.
Have you ever thought about starting your own Bible collection? Well, if you haven't and you're not a Christian, have you ever thought that you may be affected by a Bible someone has provided you with someday? Have you ever seen a Bible from the Gideons International in a hotel, waiting room or school? If you have and you don't know the Lord, have you ever read that Bible that you've seen? The Gideons International is an organization which does pretty much the same thing as us, only in much (much!) larger quantities. You can find further information at the web address I've posted below.* What happens, though, is people can send in a donation of money, and the Gideons will place a Bible in a hotel room, school, office building, doctor's office or whatever. Each Bible costs $5, and last year in memory of this Mr. Buckley, the four of us made a donation of $25 to the Gideons International. Therefore, 5 Bibles were placed in his honor. You send in $50, 10 Bibles are placed, you send in $60, 12 Bibles are placed, and so on. Consider making a donation to them or starting a Bible drive of your own. It could positively affect someone someday. So give it a try!
*www.gideons.org
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