Sarah Latello knew that God had to be involved when she was asked to be in charge of her church’s Operation Christmas Child efforts this year.

“Little did they know I had already prayed about it, wanting to do it, but we have only been going to our church for a few months and I felt it was too soon to ask,” Sarah wrote in a post on her blog, Are We There Yet? “The church didn't even know how much of a passion I have for Operation Christmas Child.”

Further confirmation came a little while later when she and Amaya, her 6-year-old daughter, were watching an OCC video. Sarah explains: “As I was watching the video Amaya asked me if she could come up with a way to make money to fill some boxes. I was one very, very excited momma when my 6-year-old wanted to do something to make a difference.”

Amaya came up with a fund-raising project. She decided to craft and sell Christmas ornaments, with the proceeds going toward items for shoe boxes. The ornaments sold for $6.50, including shipping.

Her story spread to other blogs, and people from around the country bought Amaya's ornaments. The sale ended on Nov. 7, so the family would have enough time to put together their shoe boxes before National Collection Week.

Sarah wrote about the results in another post:

“Guess how many boxes??? 37! 37 very excited children. 37 chances of children learning about Christ. 37 times a child who may have nothing will now have a toothbrush, toothpaste, and soap, not to mention all the other goodies.

“One 6-year-old (soon to be 7) heart-affected for the rest of her life because she had a dream, a goal, and many, many people helped her reach her goal.

“Not only did she sell enough ornaments to cover the cost of the boxes but enough people donated over the price of the ornament to cover the cost of the $7 donation that needs to go with every box.”

National Collection Week runs through next Monday. Click here to find out how to pack a shoe box, to find your closest collection point, information about how to track your box through EZ Give, and more.