4th Day of Christmas Giveaway with Ali Smith

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Welcome to the 4th Day of Christmas Giveaway!!

Each day, December 1-12th, I am featuring a fellow Proverbs 31 sister and an aspect of Christmas. Youโ€™ll get to know her and she, in turn, will offer a fabulous giveaway! Simply leave a comment on her post to be entered in the drawing.

And, one soon-to-be-very-giddy gal who comments on all 12 posts will win the GRAND PRIZE! You may comment on all posts until Monday, December 13th when the winners will be announced. (to see the grand prize and get caught up on the postsย click here)

Now, hereโ€™s our fourth P31 gal……Ali Smith!!

Ali spent the last four years living and working as a broadcast journalist in Asia. She worked for ABS-CBN in the Philippines and for Channel NewsAsia in Singapore, reaching millions of viewers around the globe through news and current affairs programs each day.

Ali has now taken her TV presence and her communication skills to live audiences, stepping into the calling God has over her life: to communicate Godโ€™s Words in fresh and relevant ways, igniting souls to live lives worthy of their calling in Christ.ย She will spend the next several months traveling around Asia and the U.S. speaking on topics related to her new book called โ€œEntrusting the Key: From Serial Dating to Joyful Waiting.โ€

Ali also contributes to Proverbs 31โ€™s โ€œtwenty-somethingsโ€ ministry called She Seeks (http://sheseeks.org/home/). As part of the six-member team, she writes devotional articles and records video blogs on topics relevant to her age group to encourage other young women in their faith.

Ali grew up in Bozeman, Montana with three sisters -one of them her twin- and her parents. A fitness buff, Ali loves anything to do with sports and the outdoors – especially hitting the ski slopes in the Rocky Mountains. She is also an avid runner and has completed two marathons so far.

For regular updates on Aliโ€™s whereabouts and latest products out, check out her blog: http://alinsmith.wordpress.com/ or visit her Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Entrusting-the-Key.

Some ways Ali has included the less fortunate, hurting or lonely at the holidays:

When I was living in Manila, Philippines from 2006-08, I got involved with a street childrenโ€™s feeding program in one of the poorest slum areas of the city. Each week, nearly 100 street children and their families would come on Saturday mornings for a hot meal and a time of singing and fellowship. I taught the children Bible lessons through games, arts and crafts.

For Christmas, these families had no money for gifts, or even a nice meal. Most of them were barely scraping by to get food on the table each day. The thought of seeing these children with nothing special for Christmas made my heart ache. So I decided to gather donations from friends and family to buy gifts and food to bless each family.ย Here is a picture with some of the children that first Christmas…

I am no longer living in the Philippines, but have continued the tradition of blessing this same slum community each year in Manila. After 5 years, I must say, it has become the highlight of my Christmas each year! No material thing compares to the joy and smiles that come from these precious children and their families, as they experience the light and love of Christ through this blessing each year.

This holiday season, may we all take Proverbs 3:27 to heart, โ€œDo not withhold good from those who deserve it, when it is in your power to act.โ€ Someone around you might be hurting or in need of something. Jesus has given you the love, power and grace to act. Will you?

Now for the giveaway!!! Ali is giving one of you who leaves a comment:

A copy ofย  her book, โ€œEntrusting the Key: From Serial Dating to Joyful Waiting:โ€

And she is also including:

  1. A 2010-11 calendar about the Philippines Education Fund that gives college scholarships to the street children Ali knows in Manila (http://ningningpef.wordpress.com/).

Okay gals, leave us a comment on how YOU reach out to and include others at Christmas. Or, as always, simply say “I’m in!”

Have a blessed Saturday and we’ll see you tomorrow for our 5th day giveaway!

Blessings,

182 Comments

  1. We’ve been on the receiving end of some similar blessings at Christmas and other times of the year. Thanks for sharing your ideas. Merry Christmas!

  2. At our Sunday School Christmas service we have a mitten tree. The kids bring gloves and mittens and we donate them to the local Children’s hospital.

  3. My husband and I along with 2 other families are starting a church in our town. So we are reaching out to people in town who have just lost a job, are elderly or just down on their luck. We are putting together gift baskets with goodies and a gift card for groceries.

    jenbrandes(at)frontiernet(dot)net

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