Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham remembers the early days of Operation Christmas Child. In 1993, when Dave Cooke, originator of the program, called Graham and asked for support, he thought 1,000 shoe box gifts would be a good number. Nineteen years later, Samaritan’s Purse expects to reach 100 million shoe boxes collected for needy children…
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The world converged on Orlando this week, all for one purpose: to give God glory for His faithfulness in providing more than 100 million shoe boxes filled with simple gifts for children across the globe. Operation Christmas Child volunteers from 102 countries, including about 1,500 from across the United States, gathered at the Orange County…