The first time Pastor Sixto led an Operation Christmas Child outreach event he had no idea how it would be received. All he knew is that he desperately wanted to reach more boys and girls in his community with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Now, 10 years later, Operation Christmas Child has become such a…
Operation Christmas Child
Llevamos el Evangelio un poco más lejos en Camboya
Just outside of a major tourist city in Cambodia, people struggle to make ends meet. Makara* and her family live in a one-room house, on a tract of land shared by many other members of their family who work in the nearby fields. Makara was hard at work last year when her daughter, Tola*, attended…
Operation Christmas Child
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…
Nuestro Ministerio
Newsletter September 2025
Franklin Graham Update | September Franklin Graham Update | September It's All About Jesus Dear Friend, Another season of Operation Christmas Child is just around the corner! In a few weeks, millions of God's people will be packing and praying over their shoebox gifts that Samaritan's Purse will send to children across the world. We give glory to God that in over three decades we…
Operation Christmas Child
Discipulamos a los niños en los basureros de Camboya
Samnang* comes from a family of scavengers, also known as waste pickers—people who earn a meager living by collecting recyclable materials from garbage dumps, streets, and landfills of Cambodia. But God used the new items inside the shoebox gift she received at age 13 to help draw her to a relationship with Christ. Today, she…
Habitante de la Cordillera Azul se muda a una casa nueva
Joe Sherwood had never experienced a disaster like Hurricane Helene, which ripped up his hometown of Vilas, North Carolina –a small town tucked away in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The powerful storm left the home he had built over five decades earlier in ruins. What began as a peaceful morning playing checkers on his iPad…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Samaritan’s Purse responde tras el fatal terremoto en Filipinas
A Samaritan’s Purse disaster assistance response team (DART), working with church partners, is meeting needs on the island of Cebu in the Philippines where communities were rocked by a 6.9-magnitude earthquake in the nighttime hours of Sept. 30. Many families continue to sleep outside their damaged homes fearing further danger amid thousands of aftershocks—some registering…
Nuestro Ministerio
Newsletter October 2025
Franklin Graham Update | October Franklin Graham Update | October As Peace Dawns in Gaza, More Help Is on the Way Dear Friend, As I write this, the world is celebrating the release of the last Israeli hostages as part of a ceasefire deal announced by President Trump between Hamas and Israel. The historic peace plan is also great news for nearly 2…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Servimos a las familias sacudidas por el terremoto en Filipinas
Samaritans’ Purse continues to help in the Philippines as communities recover from a 6.9-magnitude earthquake that hit on Sept. 30. Through our history of work in the Philippines—including current Operation Christmas Child ministry teams and former projects in the country—we have strong partners in Cebu who are committed to sharing the Gospel of the Lord…
