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
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…
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…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Recovering from the Storm
Jacob Alexander McKain serves as our finance manager in Manila, and Genevieve Badeo Ramirez serves as our finance coordinator in Tacloban. JAKE: Two years ago, I was back in my hometown of Evansville, Indiana, after I served with Samaritan’s Purse for almost three years in Kenya, South Sudan, and Haiti. In 2013, I had endured…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Hundreds of Migrants Receive Christ Along the US-Mexico Border
As migrants face harrowing circumstances along the U.S.-Mexico border, Samaritan’s Purse has worked to minister to them in Jesus’ Name. Our months-long response on the U.S. side recently wrapped up after working together with ministry partners in Del Rio and Laredo, Texas. We helped operate respite centers for those cleared by authorities to enter the…
Discipulado, educación & entrenamiento
Un marine y su esposa celebran una década de la gracia de Dios
Well over a decade ago, Johnny and Shannon Montoya landed in Alaska hoping to save their marriage. In the years after Johnny’s deployments with the Marines, the couple was drifting apart. They felt like strangers living in the same house. But in 2014, they hit rock bottom. Johnny attempted to end his life. “I just…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Rp: Medicamentos cerca del frente
A spinal injury shaped the curvature of her life. Oksana* suffered an accident at age 8 that still requires regular visits from medical professionals even today. Now at 66 years old, the visits have grown more difficult. Her village in eastern Ukraine is seven miles from the nearest hospital, has no pharmacy, and offers only…
