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Press Release: Friday: Samaritan’s Purse Dedicates New Boeing 767 and Retires Historic DC-8
Friday: Samaritan’s Purse Dedicates New Boeing 767 and Retires Historic DC-8 BOONE, N.C., Nov. 11, 2025—This Friday, November 14, international Christian relief organization Samaritan’s Purse will ceremonially retire its Douglas DC-8 cargo aircraft and dedicate its new Boeing 767 at its Airlift Response Center in Greensboro, North Carolina. This event marks a new era for…
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Friendly Competition in Oklahoma Multiplies the Impact of Operation Christmas Child Around the World
Oklahoma youngsters Ava and Sam hold a friendly competition each year to see who can pack the most Operation Christmas Child gift-filled shoeboxes. But, win or lose, their real goal is the same—to see kids all over the world come to know Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. Ava and Sam love to pack…
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Strength in the Fight
Strength in the Fight Samaritan’s Purse doctors and nurses share Scripture that they leaned on in the midst of battling COVID-19 in the Bahamas. This year Samaritan’s Purse has battled COVID-19 in 30 countries. From opening Emergency Field Hospitals in epicenters of the outbreak—including northern Italy, New York City, and the Bahamas—to training medical professionals in infection prevention…
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Apertura de iglesias en Mongolia
Mongolia is a spiritually dark land where Buddhism and cults are common and Christians are scarce. But a young couple committed to serving Jesus Christ is praying for this to change. Jargalmaa and her husband, Munkh-Erdene, moved with their two young children to Arvaikheer in southern Mongolia because the city is known for being among…
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Zac’s Story: Coming Full Circle from Fiji
Zac and a Jump Rope Please enable Javascript to watch this video “Somebody thought of me.” Zac and his four siblings grew up playing with sticks and stones in his home country of Fiji. They played with what was available because exchanging gifts wasn’t common in their culture. And, for the family of seven, they…
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Sembrando las semillas del Evangelio en Ghana
Steady streams dripped from holes in the roof, and puddles were scattered all over the floor. The rain pounded relentlessly and threatened to drown out every other sound in the small church. But as the wet and windy thrashing continued, the songs of praise soared louder. Rita Danso had just started a Gospel presentation when…
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Press Release Operation Christmas Child August 2022
Families Collect School Supplies for Children in Need BOONE, N.C.—As the new school year approaches, shoebox packers are making use of back-to-school prices to purchase gifts and essential items for children in need around the world. They are collecting school supplies along with hygiene items and fun toys, to pack in shoeboxes. Operation Christmas Child,…
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Una Biblia especial, dentro de una caja de regalos, llega a una remota aldea del Pacífico
Alex and his parents regularly attended meetings of a local cult for years in their remote village of the Philippines. But, we praise God that last year he heard and received the Gospel of Jesus Christ through the outreach of Operation Christmas Child. Toti Ramos, the pastor of one of our partner churches from a…
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Los niños escuchan en Benín el Evangelio por medio de una sencilla caja de regalos
Nine-year-old Gladys flashed a big smile as she recounted the day she received an Operation Christmas Child shoebox gift. The special items inside included a blanket folded neatly and arranged amid school supplies, a flashlight that her father needed, and other cherished items. Opening the shoebox gift was like opening up a new chapter of…
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Samaritan’s Purse Celebrates 11.9 Million+ Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Gifts
Samaritan's Purse Celebrates 11.9 Million+ Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Gifts BOONE, N.C.—The true meaning of Christmas was shared with millions of children in need around the world this year through shoebox gifts filled with fun toys, school supplies and personal care items. The overwhelming generosity of millions of shoebox packers contributed to a successful collection…
