Swaziland Christmas Offering

I'm not quite sure what to think right now. We, as a family, have committed to not really "do" Christmas gifts this year and instead, we're going to be giving and investing in stuff that will be much more likely to have an eternal impact - like Operation Christmas Child or our Swaziland Christmas offering. There are still moments when I think and wonder...."what am I going to get________?" but then I catch myself and reassure myself that it's actually ok that the answer is "nothing"

Here's what I'm not so sure about....when I presented the church with the idea of spending less and giving more and specifically giving to our Swaziland Christmas offering to help train pastors and start churches there, people were interested and excited. From the sounds of it we'll have no problem assembling a team to go over there this summer. I figured even at a low (i.e. worst case scenario) estimate, each adult in our service giving $100 to this would help us reach our giving goal. Well, I'm not sure what's going to happen. I think people's intent will be good, but their actual decisions might interfere and they won't really spend less so they can give meaningful, impactful, important gifts. I guess we'll see. And if you want to give to our Swaziland Christmas offering, just click HERE, sign in or create an account, choose SPECIAL Offering and give.