Retired Marine collects $75,000 to buy Christmas toys for kids after tornadoes
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 21 December 2021
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Shawn Triplett, a retired Marine, has raised over $75,000 for Christmas toys for children affected by the recent storms. In The Daily Article for December 21, 2021, Dr. Jim Denison addresses those of us who struggle to trust God when he does not seem to answer our prayers or meet our needs, reminding us that Christ came first as a Suffering Servant to save all peoples.
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| 0:51.8 | Sean Triplett is a retired U.S. Marine, who now works as a volunteer at an elementary school in Mayfield, Kentucky. |
| 0:59.7 | After tornadoes devastated his community, he was helping at a church shelter, where he saw mother and her young child who had been displaced. |
| 1:08.8 | The boy told his mom, I've lost my Christmas, he said. |
| 1:13.1 | Sean then decided to ask friends and family to donate money so he could buy toys for children |
| 1:18.4 | who were impacted by the storm. I was going to give them back their Christmas. That was my |
| 1:23.9 | mission, he explained. At this writing, his GoFundMe page has raised more than |
| 1:29.0 | $75,000. This isn't a me project by any means, Sean says. This has been the result of thousands |
| 1:37.0 | of people spreading the word and making it happen. Sean is right. No one should have to suffer, especially during the holidays. |
| 1:48.0 | And yet our broken world makes no exception for Christmas. |
| 1:52.0 | For example, a 21-year-old father died in a massive five-alarm fire at a QVC distribution center on Saturday. |
| 2:00.4 | Seven people, including three children, were found dead at home in Minneapolis on Saturday as well. |
| 2:07.0 | The mayor said, this is an absolutely horrible tragedy, made even more poignant since it is close to the holidays. |
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