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Shoebox Letter Prompts Girl in Mexico to Receive Christ

Jazmin had been longing for a doll of her own. When she received one at age 6 in an Operation Christmas Child shoebox, she thanked God for the gift. “It was very exciting,” Jazmin, now 17, recalled. “It wasn’t only a doll, it was a princess doll. I didn’t have anything like it. I thought…

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Why I Pack Shoeboxes: One-Word Witnesses

On social media this fall, Operation Christmas Child asked shoebox packers to pick one word that describes why they send gifts to boys and girls in need around the world. We thought you’d be encouraged to see some of the responses from our volunteers and staff as you prayerfully prepare to fill your own boxes…

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Shoebox Gifts Bring Joy to Deaf Children in Namibia

The classroom was quiet as boys and girls opened their Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes. There were no squeals of excitement or chattering, no shouting for friends to come and look at the fun gifts inside their shoebox. Yet, their smiles were so big and bright that verbal expressions weren’t needed to reveal the joy overflowing…

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Franklin Graham Visits War-Torn Ukraine with 200 Millionth Shoebox Gift

For the first time in many years, Ukrainian Elizabeth Groff returned to her home country, joining Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham on Jan. 25 to celebrate and deliver the 200 millionth Operation Christmas Child shoebox gift to the war-torn country. The milestone event, marking 30 years since the Samaritan’s Purse project started in 1993, also…

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Good News and Great Joy Shared in Ethiopia

This week Edward Graham, COO of Samaritan’s Purse, joined with a local church in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to distribute hundreds of gift-filled Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes. Before opening their presents, girls and boys listened to a child-friendly presentation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. “I want these kids to know that they are loved and…

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Health & Medical Ministries

Far from Home, a Mother Finds Jesus Is Her Greatest Friend

UPDATE: Uuganaa was baptized in a swimming pool on Saturday, May 30, as a profession of her faith in Jesus Christ. A month later on June 30, she and her son were among 25 Children’s Heart Project patients, mothers, and interpreters from Mongolia who we flew back to their homeland via our DC-8 aircraft after…

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American Heritage Girls & Operation Christmas Child

American Heritage Girls and Operation Christmas Child Connect Your Troop to Operation Christmas Child 2024 #AHGOCCVISION Shoebox Challenge! Collection Form Welcome to the 2024 #AHGOCCVISION Shoebox Challenge! Join Troops around the country who are uniting in one shared vision—to send the Gospel to children across the globe. Our 2024 goal is for each Troop to…

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Health & Medical Ministries

Nine Children Take Special Flight Home to Mongolia After Life-Saving Heart Surgeries

Nine mothers, along with their nine children, boarded the Samaritan’s Purse DC-8 aircraft this morning in Greensboro, North Carolina, happy to be heading home to Mongolia after spending the last several months in North America. They came as part of our Children’s Heart Project to correct congenital heart defects in their little ones. Most came…

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Pacific Islands Initiative Press Kit

Media Resources Media Requests Articles & Stories Fact Sheets Approved Quotes Photos B-roll Pacific Islands Initiative Press Kit An Operation Christmas Child initiative is bringing the Good News of Jesus Christ to isolated island nations. The goal of the five-year Pacific Island Initiative is for all children ages 2–14 across the Pacific to have the…

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