“Seeing our children play with toys is the first happy day we’ve had in a long time,” said the Afghan father, his eyes wistful as he watched his little ones. This weary family was just one of countless others who experienced firsthand what most of the world only saw in shocking photos and broadcasts back…
Nuestro Ministerio
Operation Heal Our Patriots 2022 Special Report
Hope for the Journey Dear Friend, The wounded veterans who participate in Operation Heal Our Patriots tell us some heartbreaking stories. After multiple combat deployments, many return home with post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, and other physical and emotional wounds. All of the couples who come to our Samaritan Lodge Alaska are in fragile…
What is OCC – Korean
이 브로슈어는 교회와 단체를 대상으로 Operation Christmas Child에 대한 대략적인 설명을 제공하며 선물 상자가 포장, 수집, 가공되는 과정을 시각적으로 보여줍니다. 선물 상자가 배송되기까지의 The Greatest Journey를 만나보세요. Also available in the following languages: Spanish, and Traditional Chinese
What is OCC – Chinese
This piece unpacks the mission of Operation Christmas Child to bring great joy and the Good News of Jesus Christ to children in need around the world. The content visually explains the shoebox process from packing to delivery and introduces our follow-up discipleship program, The Greatest Journey
2022 What is OCC – Korean
This piece unpacks the mission of Operation Christmas Child to bring great joy and the Good News of Jesus Christ to children in need around the world. The content visually explains the shoebox process from packing to delivery and introduces our follow-up discipleship program, The Greatest Journey
What is OCC – Spanish
This piece unpacks the mission of Operation Christmas Child to bring great joy and the Good News of Jesus Christ to children in need around the world. The content visually explains the shoebox process from packing to delivery and introduces our follow-up discipleship program, The Greatest Journey
Operation Christmas Child
Camboya
Cambodia is located in Southeast Asia next to Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam. Buddhist temples can be seen across the landscape, indicative of the religious beliefs of the majority of its people. While the country was controlled by the Khmer Rouge in the late 1970s, over 1.5 million people were killed by the communist guerilla movement,…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
‘I Cannot Thank Them Enough’
“When you go through something like this, you really get scared.” For days, Umberto struggled to breathe normally and his temperature had slowly risen to an alarming 105 degrees. He recognized the warning signs of the disease that had disrupted the daily lives of so many in his Italian community. An ambulance rushed him to…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Samaritan’s Purse Continues Fight Against COVID-19 in L.A. County
“I was out of breath, it felt like I was suffocating,” said Randy Ramirez. “I was so sick I didn’t even want to get in the car to go to the hospital—it was hard to breathe and my heart was acting up.” On Tuesday, Jan. 7, Randy Ramirez was transported by ambulance to Antelope Valley…
Operation Christmas Child
Celebrando 200 millones de bendiciones
Elizabeth Groff is on a special journey to help pack the 200 millionth Operation Christmas Child shoebox gift since the Samaritan’s Purse project began in 1993. Elizabeth, who received a shoebox gift years ago as a lonely child in an orphanage in Ukraine, is currently traveling to different U.S. drop-off locations and processing centers with…
