Mariya, an aspiring artist in Ukraine, needed basic art supplies to continue pursuing her creative talents, but her parents were unable to afford them. So, she prayed...
Mariya Snizhko dreamed of becoming an artist even as she grew up in a Christian home in Ukraine. Art was a way for her to express herself and escape the various challenges in her life, which included being bullied at school. Her parents couldn’t afford basic art supplies, so Mariya prayed that God would provide them instead. And her prayers were answered with the arrival of a simple shoebox.
Inside the prayer-filled package from Operation Christmas Child were crayons, paint, and brushes, “more art supplies for me than I could have ever imagined,” Mariya said. “It humbled me to know how much God truly cared for me to provide those art supplies that allowed me to grow and mature and express myself.”
Today, Mariya is an art teacher in an inner-city school in Cleveland, Ohio. “There are millions of children around the world that still need hope,” she says. “God is able to use those simple things that you put in a shoebox to answer prayers and to encourage them that God is able to paint a beautiful masterpiece in their life, as well as He has done in mine.”
Watch the video at the top of this page to find out more about her story.
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Por los últimos 25 años, Operation Christmas Child, un proyecto de Samaritan's Purse, se ha asociado con iglesias locales en más de 100 países para distribuir regalos a niños necesitados y contarles sobre el mejor regalo de Dios, Jesucristo.
Be a part of blessing children around the world by prayerfully packing shoeboxes full of toys, school supplies, and hygiene items. National Collection Week is here, Nov. 12-19!
Learn more about packing a shoebox.
También considera involucrarte en un voluntariado en un centro de procesamiento.
