Shoebox Distribution

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  • Girls in Antigua dig into their shoebox gifts with excitement.

  • At an outreach event in Asuncion, Paraguay, girls explore what they received in their gift-filled shoeboxes.

  • Pandemonium breaks out after the countdown to opening shoebox gifts at an outreach event in San Lorenzo, Paraguay.

  • Joy erupts at an outreach event for boys and girls in Grenada.

  • Children in the Philippines can't contain their excitement over the items in their shoebox gifts.

  • A Himba child from Namibia rejoices to receive a gift-filled Operation Christmas Child shoebox.

  • Even the preprinted plastic shoebox containing the gifts for a child in Namibia becomes a treasured item.

  • Confetti adds to the celebration at a village church in Romania as children eagerly await opening their Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts.

  • A Mongolian boy celebrates what he got in his shoebox gift while interested family members look on.

  • A group of students at Escuela Shipibos in Peru attentively listen to the message of the Gospel.

  • A ministry partner tells children in Mexico about Jesus' death on a cross using colorful posters from Samaritan's Purse.

  • Boys and girls in the Philippines are excited to hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

  • Presenting the Gospel to children in Benin ultimately transformed an entire village.

  • Volunteers gather in a ger to share the Good News with Mongolian boys and girls.

  • A ministry partner on the Pacific island of Palau shares the Gospel while both children and adults listen in.

  • Children and their parents attentively listen to a Gospel presentation at an Operation Christmas Child outreach event in Guam.

  • A ministry partner presents the Gospel of Jesus Christ in a child-friendly way at an outreach event in Kiribati.

  • Boys and girls in Liberia hear the Good News of Jesus Christ presented in a way they can understand.

  • Jamyleth, who received Christ into her heart at an Operation Christmas Child outreach event as an 8-year-old, presents the Good News to children in Ecuador.

  • Children in a remote Mangyan village in the Philippines listen with interest as a ministry partner shares the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

  • At a graduation ceremony of The Greatest Journey discipleship course in Ecuador, a ministry partner shares the Gospel with friends and family who gathered for the celebration.

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