Former Vice President Mike Pence and his wife, Karen, joined Franklin and Jane Graham to support wounded veterans and their spouses at Samaritan Lodge Alaska this past week. “To be some small part of simply saying thank you, thanking them for their service, but also encouraging them to grow in their faith, to strengthen their…
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El exvicepresidente Mike Pence anima a las parejas militares en Alaska
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Shoebox Gifts Bridge the Divide
Shoebox Gifts Bridge the Divide Shoebox Gifts Bridge the Divide God used prayer and Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts to help reconcile a believer to his estranged family. Today he is no longer the only Christian among them! Ibrahim* grew up in a rural village in Burkina Faso. The local community highly respected his family because…
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Fotos de distribución de cajas
Shoebox Distribution These photographs are available for news media outlet use in coverage of Samaritan's Purse-related stories. If your news outlet uses a photograph, please credit: "Courtesy of Samaritan's Purse." These photographs are not for commercial use. Excited boys in Grenada unpack a pump for the soccer ball one received in his shoebox gift. A church…
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Bendecimos a los niños en Chile
Boys and girls in Santiago, Chile, are learning about God’s love for them through Operation Christmas Child outreach events at local churches. Every child who receives a gift-filled shoebox also gets a copy of The Greatest Gift Gospel booklet. Watch the video above to see how the Lord used a shoebox gift prayerfully packed in…
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A Shoebox Gift Filled A Hole in His Heart
When people tell Karabo Maretlane he’s lucky, he says, “I’m chosen.” Karabo grew up in a village in the southern African nation of Lesotho. When he was 5 years old, his father died and his mother left him with his grandmother. As this elderly woman raised him, she taught him how to read, write, and…
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Love Restored, Hearts Made New
Nearly every day for several months of his deployment, Army Sergeant Jake Southern’s unit came under enemy fire or were blasted by a roadside bomb. “It was nonstop, every day. The violence was increasing,” Jake said of the wartime situation in Afghanistan during 2009. Back at home, his wife Susan was raising their baby boy…
Franklin Graham
Newsletter August 2024
Franklin Graham Update | August Franklin Graham Update | August A Lighthouse for the Gospel on an Island in the Bering Sea Dear Friend, Nunivak Island is the second largest island in the Bering Sea, about 30 miles off the Alaskan mainland. It is a remote, tundra-covered volcanic rock, home to thousands of reindeer, over 500 musk ox, and less than 200 Cup'ig people. Mekoryuk,…
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Excited for Shoeboxes in South America!
Operation Christmas Child leaders meeting in Brazil praise the Lord for the many lives in their region that are being transformed by the power of the Gospel! Your prayerfully packed shoeboxes enable them to share the love of God with children in need. Watch the video above to share in the South America team’s joy!…
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Reminded of God’s Faithfulness after Helene
Letis Avila lifted her hands to the Lord in prayer as Hurricane Helene bore down on her western North Carolina home last September. Though the storm took a lot from the Salvadoran mother of two, Letis is still praising God today. Soon after the sky cleared and waters receded, two Samaritan’s Purse staff members arrived…
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Operation Christmas Child Midwest Ministry Center Landing Page (Aurora, Illinois)
Welcome to Aurora! Samaritan's Purse Midwest Ministry Center 800 North Commerce Street, Aurora, Illinois 60504 Learn More About Shoebox Processing Volunteers Seasonal Employment Build a Shoebox Online Fulfillment The Samaritan's Purse Midwest Ministry Center in Aurora, Illinois, is dedicated to sharing God's love through His Son, Jesus Christ, with those in need. The Ministry Center provides…
