{"id":252747,"date":"2024-06-25T12:10:06","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T16:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/?p=252747"},"modified":"2024-09-09T13:34:43","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T17:34:43","slug":"boun-and-flip-flops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samaritanspurse.org\/es\/operation-christmas-child\/boun-and-flip-flops\/","title":{"rendered":"Boun and Flip-Flops"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Boun &#38; Flip Flops<\/h1>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"video1\" id=\"video1\" style=\"position: relative; display: block;\">\r\n    <div>\r\n        \r\n                <div class=\"video1\" id=\"video1\" style=\"position: relative; display: block;\">\r\n                    <div style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\r\n                        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/players.sardius.media\/82aD088d0aAbEF4\/dotorg\/asset\/6079885030001\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%;border:0;\"><\/iframe>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                <noscript>\r\n                        <div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video<\/div>\r\n                <\/noscript>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<noscript>\r\n    <div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video<\/div>\r\n<\/noscript>\r\n\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"flex-container\">\r\n    \r\n    <div class=\"text\">\r\n        <br>\r\n        <p>Boun Thorne got a glimpse of God's love when she received an Operation Christmas Child shoebox gift as a child.<\/p>\r\n\r\n        <p>Boun Thorne grew up in a boat village in the Southeast Asian nation of Cambodia. In the aftermath of a terrible situation, she moved at age 10 to a safe house where she received Bible teaching and an Operation Christmas Child shoebox\u2014her first gift ever!<\/p>\r\n        \r\n        <p>When Boun inquired why someone would send her a gift, a teacher at the home told her that it came from people who love her. &#8220;Growing up, I never heard the words &#8216;I love you&#8217; from my dad or my mom,&#8221; Boun said, &#8220;but then someone who lives far away&#8212;that I don't even know&#8212;said they love me!&#8221; Inside her shoebox gift, Boun found a yo-yo, her first stuffed animal, and a pair of flip-flops with plastic jewels on it. She often went without shoes as she worked on the fishing boats in her village, so having an extra pair of sandals was a special treat. These simple items accomplished something great in Boun\u2019s life: they showed her a glimpse of her Heavenly Father's care for her. &#8220;God's love is big and He's so real! He can make the impossible happen,&#8221; she said. &#8220;He can make someone love me when they don\u2019t even know me.&#8221; Boun is one of 1.2 million children who have been blessed with an Operation Christmas Child shoebox gift in Cambodia. Of this group, 84,000 boys and girls have also participated in <a href=\"https:\/\/samaritanspurse.org\/es\/operation-christmas-child\/the-greatest-journey\/\">La Gran Aventura<\/a>, our follow-up discipleship program designed especially for shoebox recipients.<\/p>\r\n        \r\n        <aside class=\"pquote\">\r\n            <blockquote>\r\n                <p>&#8220;God's love is big and He's so real! He can make the impossible happen.&#8221;<\/p>\r\n            <\/blockquote>\r\n        <\/aside>\r\n\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    \r\n    <div class=\"flex-container-column\">\r\n        \r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/occ-adventure\/img\/1839US-L-Boun-Thorne-092.jpg\" alt=\"Boun with a stuffed animal and flip-flops\" style=\"width:100% !important;\">\r\n        \r\n        <div class=\"category\">\r\n            <div class=\"category-inner\">\r\n                <h2 style=\"margin: 0 auto!important;text-align: center;\">Shoebox Adventure Quiz!<\/h2>\r\n                <a class=\"take-quiz-again\" href=\"https:\/\/samaritanspurse.org\/es\/operation-christmas-child\/the-shoebox-adventure-quiz\/#refresh-container\">Toma el quiz<\/a>\r\n                <a class=\"read-more-stories\" href=\"https:\/\/samaritanspurse.org\/es\/operation-christmas-child\/shoeboxstories-2021\/\">Lee otras historias sobre cajas de regalos<\/a>\r\n                <br>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Boun &#38; Flip Flops Please enable Javascript to watch this video Boun Thorne got a glimpse of God's love when she received an Operation Christmas Child shoebox gift as a child. 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