Hands clasped, heads bowed, children whisper their first words to the Creator they’ve just learned about. This moment of solemn surrender happens at tens of thousands of Operation Christmas Child outreach events across the globe each year. Watching one such prayer in his home country of Cambodia was especially meaningful to a boy named Samay*.…
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…
Operation Christmas Child
Dios usa las cajas de regalos para hacer crecer una iglesia en Camboya
Gift-filled shoeboxes are packed for children, but they influence entire families and communities. They even help start and grow churches, like Seed of Faith in Cambodia. When their Pastor Ponleu* got involved with Samaritan’s Purse and hosted Operation Christmas Child outreach events, the Good News of Jesus Christ began changing the boys and girls who…
Operation Christmas Child
El poder transformador de la oración en Camboya
As smiling volunteers place red-and-green shoeboxes into the waiting, outstretched hands of children who have no concept of a gift or the love of Christ, a man wearing a shirt bearing the logo of Operation Christmas Child quietly watches with a look of reflection on his face. “Each time it captures my heart when I…
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…
Operation Christmas Child
Operation Christmas Child Peru (Chapra)
Open Map Bringing the Gospel to the Jungle Llevamos el Evangelio a la Selva Experience with Audio Full experience available on larger devices Experiencia completa disponible en dispositivos más grandes Operation Christmas Child reaches children in remote Peru Deep in the jungle of northern Peru, the Chapra people maintain a simple lifestyle with tight-knit family relationships. Telling stories is an ancient tradition in this oral culture,…
Operation Christmas Child
Una familia transformada
Carol used to sleep on the streets because she spent all her money on drugs and alcohol and couldn’t afford rent. Sometimes she didn’t have food for her children. Often, she didn’t even know where they were. Life didn’t improve after she was married. Her husband, Daniel, often came home drunk and wanted nothing to…
Operation Christmas Child
Press Release Operation Christmas Child Nov. 17 – 24: Local Drop-Off Locations Opening Soon
Nov. 17–24: Local Drop-Off Locations Opening Soon for Operation Christmas Child BOONE, N.C.—Volunteers are preparing to collect Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts during National Collection Week, Nov. 17–24. Nearly 5,000 drop-off locations will open across the country in November, and shoebox packers can bring their shoebox gifts to their nearest location. Since 1993, Operation Christmas…
