{"id":67577,"date":"2016-09-27T12:43:28","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T16:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/samaritanspurse.org\/?p=67577"},"modified":"2023-10-18T15:35:55","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T19:35:55","slug":"global-ministry-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samaritanspurse.org\/es\/our-ministry\/global-ministry-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Check Out Samaritan\u2019s Purse Ministry Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"lp-header\">\r\n<a name=\"donate-now\"><\/a>\r\n\t<div class=\"lp-header-title\">\r\n        <!--<h1>Strengthening Military Marriages<\/h1>-->\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"lp-header-caption\"><\/div>\r\n\t<div class=\"reverse-triangle\"><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"section column intial\">\r\n\t<div class=\"lg-content\">\r\n    \t<h3> The Latest Worldwide News from Samaritan's Purse<\/h3>\r\n        <p class=\"subhead\"> Read encouraging stories from our offices around the globe<\/p>\r\n     \r\n        <div class=\"social-bar2 post-info\">\r\n           <div onclick=\"window.open('https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u='+encodeURIComponent(location.href), '','width=626,height=436');\"><div class=\"social social-fb\"><\/div><span>Share<\/span><\/div>\r\n\r\n           <div><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=http:\/\/sampur.se\/2ddkbaM&text=Check%20out%20the%20latest%20stories%20from%20%40SamaritansPurse%20and%20%40OCC_shoeboxes%20around%20the%20world!\" rel=\"noopener\"><div class=\"social social-tw\"><\/div><\/a><span>Tweet<\/span><\/div>\r\n\r\n           <div><a href=\"javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text\/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','https:\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());\"><div class=\"social social-pin\" onclick=\"doPinIt();\"><\/div><span>Pin<\/span><\/a><\/div>\r\n\r\n           <div><a title=\"Share by Email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Check Out The Latest Worldwide News from Samaritan's Purse&amp;body=Read encouraging stories from our offices around the globe http:\/\/sampur.se\/2ddkbaM\"><div class=\"social social-em\"><\/div><\/a> <span>Email<\/span><\/div>\r\n\r\n           <div><a title=\"RSS Feed\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/SamaritansPurse\"><div class=\"social social-rss\"><\/div><\/a> <span>Subscribe<\/span><\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n        <p>Thanks to your support, Samaritan\u2019s Purse is able to provide spiritual and physical aid to hurting people in more than 130 countries across the globe.<\/p>\r\n\r\n        <p>From our headquarters in the United States, and affiliate offices in Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia, our mission is to meet the needs of our victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing God\u2019s love through His Son, Jesus Christ. <\/p>\r\n       \r\n        <div class=\"prayer-section\">\r\n        \t<div class=\"prayer-section-title\">\r\n            \t<span style=\"color:#c3c16b;\">please<\/span> pray\r\n            <\/div>\r\n        \t<ul>\r\n            \t<li><strong>Australia<\/strong>: Pray that the children who attend the newly built schools will grow in knowledge and maturity, which can impact the nation of Cambodia for Christ.\r\n                <\/li>\r\n                <li><strong>Canada<\/strong>: Pray that the shoebox goal for the children of Ukraine is exceeded, and that the Gospel message can continue to spread and impact the lives of children across the country.\r\n                <\/li>\r\n                <li><strong>UK<\/strong>: Pray that the children who receive shoeboxes in Zambia will be blessed and encouraged by the gift and receptive to the Gospel message.\r\n                <\/li>\r\n                <li><strong>USA<\/strong>: Pray for the many other children that will be coming to North America for surgery. That their hearts will be healed and open to hearing about the redemptive power of Jesus Christ.\r\n                <\/li>\r\n            <\/ul>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"inset\"> \r\n        <p>UPDATES FROM<br \/>AROUND THE WORLD<\/p>\r\n        <div class=\"video\">\r\n\r\n            <div class=\"scrbbl-embed\" data-src=\"\/event\/2299816\/33466\"><\/div>\r\n            <script>(function(d, s, id) {var js,ijs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"\/\/embed.scribblelive.com\/widgets\/embed.js\";ijs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, ijs);}(document, 'script', 'scrbbl-js'));<\/script>\r\n\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div> \r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"section3 column intial\">\r\n\r\n<!--Australia Story-->\r\n<a name=\"australia-story\">&nbsp;<\/a>\r\n\t<div class=\"affiliate-stories\">\r\n    \t<div class=\"affiliate-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spweb-uploads.s3.theark.cloud\/2017\/08\/Global_Update_AU.jpg\" alt=\"Australia Image\"\/><\/div>\r\n        <div class=\"affiliate-copy\">\r\n        \t<h3>Educate a Generation, Change a Nation<\/h3>\r\n            <div class=\"affiliate-country\">\r\n                <span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/static.samaritanspurse.org\/email\/2016\/10.2016\/9872\/australia_flag_icon.png\" alt=\"australia flag icon\"\/><\/span>&nbsp;&nbsp;SAMARITANS PURSE AUSTRALIA\r\n            <\/div>\r\n            <p>Samaritan\u2019s Purse Australia builds 20 primary schools in rural communities.<\/p> \r\n\t\t\t<p>In 2014, Samaritan\u2019s Purse Australia set a huge goal of building 20 schools in Cambodia.\u00a0Just three years later we opened the 20th one\u2014finishing our task.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"more1\" style=\"display:none;\">\r\n                <p>As a result, 6,000 children now have access to wonderful education programs that will provide them with new opportunities, which will have a profound impact on the future of Cambodia.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p>The once derelict schools have been transformed into beautiful new buildings.\u00a0 Renewed interest in education also brought about enhanced teacher training and literacy programs, and as a result we have seen an improvement in literacy rates from a baseline 10 percent to 88 percent through the \u2018We Can Read, We Can Write\u2019 project.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p>Poverty and lack of resources prevent most teachers in rural Cambodia from having adequate teaching qualifications.\u00a0 We help overcome this through teacher training support, and the provision of technology that the children have found to be a highly successful learning tool.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p>As we build these schools, it provides us an opportunity to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ and be a transformational force within rural communities.<\/p>\r\n                <p><em>&#8220;Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven,&#8221;<\/em> Matthew 5:16 (NKJV).\r\n<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div data-more=\"more1\" class=\"article-more\">READ MORE...<\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n<!--Canada Story-->\r\n<a name=\"canada-story\">&nbsp;<\/a>\r\n\t<div class=\"affiliate-stories\">\r\n    \t<div class=\"affiliate-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spweb-uploads.s3.theark.cloud\/2017\/08\/Global_Update_CA.jpg\" alt=\"Canada Image\"\/><\/div>\r\n        <div class=\"affiliate-copy\">\r\n        \t<h3>A Young Girl Learns to Trust Christ<\/h3>\r\n            <div class=\"affiliate-country\">\r\n                <span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/static.samaritanspurse.org\/email\/2016\/10.2016\/9872\/canada-flag-icon.png\" alt=\"canada flag icon\"\/><\/span>&nbsp;&nbsp;SAMARITANS PURSE CANADA\r\n            <\/div>\r\n            <p>God uses The Greatest Journey to help a grieving girl in Ukraine<\/p>\r\n            <p>Life in war-torn Ukraine is already challenging. When the father of 11-year-old Asya died, she and her mother were plunged into grief. As a result of her depression, Asya\u2019s mother began to drink heavily.<\/p>\r\n<div id=\"more2\" style=\"display:none;\">\t\r\n            <p>Finally, a friend of Asya\u2019s mother invited her and Asya to church. Understanding that liquor wouldn\u2019t solve their problems, Asya\u2019s mother agreed to go.<\/p>\t\r\n    \r\n\t\t\t\t<p>While Sunday services ministered to her mother, Asya started attending Sunday school and learned about The Greatest Journey. It\u2019s a 12-lesson evangelism and discipleship program that Samaritan\u2019s Purse partner churches can offer to children after they receive Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts.<\/p>\r\n    \r\n\t\t\t\t<p>Through The Greatest Journey, Asya learned to trust Christ. <\/p>\r\n                <p>&#8220;Because of those lessons I know that God loves me and my mother,&#8221; Asya said. &#8220;In spite of what happened to our family, God will never leave us.&#8221;<\/p>\r\n                <p>&#8220;God has taught me to love people around me the same way God loves me. Thank God and you for this.&#8221;<\/p>\r\n                <p>Last year, 20,600 children in Ukraine received <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.ca\/what-we-do\/operation-christmas-child\/\">Canadian-packed Operation Christmas Child<\/a> shoeboxes. This year, Canada\u2019s goal is to ensure the same number of children are blessed, and that children will be invited to learn about the Lord through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.ca\/the-greatest-journey\/\">The Greatest Journey<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n                <p>Canadians have been packing shoeboxes full of toys, hygiene materials, and school supplies for hurting Ukrainian children since 2014.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div data-more=\"more2\" class=\"article-more\">READ MORE...<\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n<!--UK Story-->\r\n<a name=\"uk-story\">&nbsp;<\/a>\r\n\t<div class=\"affiliate-stories\"> \r\n    \t<div class=\"affiliate-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spweb-uploads.s3.theark.cloud\/2017\/08\/Global_Update_UK.jpg\" alt=\"UK Image\"\/><\/div>\r\n        <div class=\"affiliate-copy\">\r\n        \t<h3>A Father to the Fatherless<\/h3>\r\n            <div class=\"affiliate-country\">\r\n                <span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/static.samaritanspurse.org\/email\/2016\/10.2016\/9872\/uk-flag-icon.png\" alt=\"uk flag icon\"\/><\/span>&nbsp;&nbsp;SAMARITANS PURSE UNITED KINGDOM\r\n            <\/div>\r\n            <p>An orphan child in Zambia receives a shoebox gift.<\/p>\r\n            <p>Amos is just one of over 1 million children in Zambia living without a parent to care for him. Sadly, that's 10 percent of the population.<\/p>\r\n            \r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"more3\" style=\"display:none;\">\r\n                <p>This year, Amos received one of the 59,544 Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts sent to Zambia from Samaritan's Purse-United Kingdom.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p>At first, Amos was a little unsure what to make of his shoebox since he wasn\u2019t used to seeing such items, but before long he was exploring his new gifts. One by one he took out and carefully inspected the teddy bear, sweets, gloves, toy car, pencil case, pens, paper, toothbrush, and toothpaste. He smiled as he packed them back in his shoebox and started to explore it all over again.<\/p>\r\n                \r\n\t\t\t\t<p>Sitting at the bottom of a hill in the orphanage grounds, Amos could be seen trying on his new gloves and experimenting with his toothbrush and toothpaste. After a while, Amos rummaged in his shoebox and pulled out his new pencils and pad before creating his first masterpiece.<\/p>\r\n                \r\n                <p>Inside the orphanage chapel, the local Operation Christmas Child volunteer team shared the story of Jesus Christ in a child-friendly way. The children were excited and sang and danced joyfully as they celebrated God\u2019s love together.<\/p>\r\n                \r\n                <p>Amos had found another reason to celebrate. In addition to receiving his shoebox gift, Amos heard that he has a Father in heaven who loves him and created him.<\/p>\r\n                \r\n                <p><em>&#8220;Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for of such is the kingdom of God&#8221;<\/em> (Mark 10:14, NKJV).<\/p> \r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div data-more=\"more3\" class=\"article-more\">READ MORE...<\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n<!--US Story-->\r\n<a name=\"us-story\">&nbsp;<\/a>\r\n\t<div class=\"affiliate-stories\">\r\n    \t<div class=\"affiliate-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spweb-uploads.s3.theark.cloud\/2017\/10\/Global_Update_USA1.jpg\" alt=\"US Image\"\/><\/div>\r\n        <div class=\"affiliate-copy\">\r\n        \t<h3>Responding in Maria\u2019s Wake<\/h3>\r\n            <div class=\"affiliate-country\">\r\n                <span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/static.samaritanspurse.org\/email\/2016\/10.2016\/9872\/us-flag-icon.png\" alt=\"us flag icon\"\/><\/span>&nbsp;&nbsp;SAMARITANS PURSE INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS, USA\r\n            <\/div>\r\n            <p>Our teams are providing help and hope in Jesus\u2019 Name to people in areas devastated by Maria.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"more4\" style=\"display:none;\">\t\r\n<p>Juana Reyes and her daughter Lady were asleep in their house as Hurricane Maria\u2019s 155-mph winds lashed Puerto Rico on Sept. 20. At 5 a.m. their tin roof shook and then collapsed. Portions fell atop Juana and rain poured in.<\/p>\r\n                \r\n<p>Juana grabbed her daughter and some clothes and they raced down the outside stairs to the home below theirs. The neighbors graciously welcomed them. &#8220;[We] could barely make it downstairs because the winds were blowing so hard,&#8221; Juana said.<\/p>\r\n                \r\n<p>When the massive storm finally passed, Juana surveyed the damage. The roof was gone and her furniture and belongings were drenched. She slumped onto her waterlogged bed and started to weep. Then she prayed.<\/p>\r\n                \r\n<p>&#8220;God, You have been good to me in the past, help me to trust You again. Please help me and Lady survive.&#8221;<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n<p>God protected them, and then He sent help through a Samaritan's Purse Disaster Assistance Response Team working in the Caribbean. Juana received plastic tarp and a hygiene kit that included toilet paper, soap, shampoo, a toothbrush, toothpaste, laundry bar, a comb, and a wash cloth.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n                \r\n<p>&#8220;I love the fact that this is done in our Lord Creator\u2019s Name,&#8221; she told one team member. &#8220;It\u2019s definitely God\u2019s love and His faithfulness that are keeping me on my feet.&#8221;\r\n<\/p>\r\n                \r\n<p>Please continue to pray for residents of the Caribbean as they recover. 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