Our Ministry
Newsletter July 2026
Franklin Graham Update | July "A Whole New Beginning for Us" Dear Friend, I was in Alaska for the first week of Operation Heal Our Patriots, and I can't believe this summer marks our 15th season in America's Last Frontier ministering to military couples. I am grateful for how God has blessed this work, as we now have welcomed…
Health & Medical Ministries
Boy Finds a Best Friend in Jesus
Nico was diagnosed with a heart defect as an infant in Bolivia. By age 8, he was experiencing fatigue, a loss of appetite, and shortness of breath. That made it harder for him to concentrate on his homework or participate in physical education with his friends. “I always felt tired when I was at school,”…
“Best of Operation Christmas Child” DVD (Spanish)
Inspire your church or group by showing them how God is using Operation Christmas Child around the world. You can view the contents of the DVD and download these videos online
2026 Poster
Promote local Operation Christmas Child events by customizing and displaying these posters in classrooms, meeting rooms, businesses, drop-off locations, or around your neighborhood. Materiales y publicaciones en español. Don’t have time for mail delivery? Print your own 11” x 17” editable version. Promote local Operation Christmas Child events by customizing and displaying these posters in…
Operation Christmas Child
Order Preprinted Shoeboxes
Get Your Preprinted Shoeboxes Today! We praise God that each year we are able to reach millions of children in some of the most remote areas of the world with an Operation Christmas Child shoebox gift and the message of the Gospel. Our colorful preprinted shoeboxes—available in both corrugated cardboard and plastic—are sturdy options to ensure…
Operation Christmas Child
Help Send 100,000 Children on The Greatest Journey
107,357 Children! Through your generosity, another 107,357 children will soon be discipled through The Greatest Journey! Please pray for God to bless this new generation of evangelists. Operation Christmas Child Help Send 100,000 Children on The Greatest Journey! June 10–12, 2019 Children Total Amount $ 90 Give Join us as we celebrate what God has done over the…
Operation Christmas Child
Lorena and a Doll
Lorena & a Doll Please enable Javascript to watch this video God answers prayers for a child and her family in communist Romania. Lorena grew up in Romania with her parents and sister. The economic effects of communism were so stark that, one evening, her family ate their last piece of bread for dinner. Her…
Operation Christmas Child
Volunteer Photos
Volunteers These photographs are available for news media outlet use in coverage of Samaritan's Purse-related stories. If your news outlet uses a photograph, please credit: “Courtesy of Samaritan's Purse.” These photographs are not for commercial use. Project leaders across the country, including these from New Jersey, help facilitate the shoebox packing efforts of a church or…
Operation Christmas Child
Why $10?
Why $10? A donation of $10 per shoebox gift is critical for Operation Christmas Child. It provides for: Collection After shoebox gifts are dropped off at nearly 5,000 locations around the United States each year in November, trucks transport the precious cargo to eight different processing centers. Processing Eight processing center warehouses around the country…
Operation Christmas Child
David and a Toy Car
David and a Toy Car "My interest in how things—and people—can be restored to new life probably started with that toy car." I received my shoebox gift in Romania at age 2, the youngest you can be to receive a box. So, I don't remember all the details of what happened. But my older sister…
