Update (Nov. 19): Iota dumped heavy rain—one to three feet of it in certain areas—across Central America, including Honduras. Our team is safe, and we are receiving patients again at the Emergency Field Hospital. Distributions have also resumed. We continue to assess damage from Eta and Iota around San Pedro Sula in order to determine…
Operation Christmas Child
Bonny and a Plastic Camera
Bonny and a Plastic Camera Please enable Javascript to watch this video “Even today, when I think about the shoebox, I smile.” I grew up in a village in Uganda with my dad, mom, and brother. Uganda is one of the poorest countries in the whole world. People can’t afford even the little stuff like…
Our Ministry
Newsletter January 2026
Franklin Graham Update | January Franklin Graham Update | January Helping Venezuelans Through Uncertain Times Dear Friend, The people of Venezuela have suffered for more than 25 years under the darkness of socialist oppression imposed by the leadership of Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro. There's still a great deal of uncertainty, but Venezuelans now have hope. On the border in Cucuta Since 2014, more…
Operation Christmas Child
Online Interest Form
Online Interest Form Thank you for your interest in blessing children around the world through Operation Christmas Child. After completing this form, you will be contacted by a representative from a local Operation Christmas Child office in your area
Operation Christmas Child
Media Slides
Media Slides Download a variety of Operation Christmas Child media slides to inspire, engage, and equip shoebox packers at your church, group, or event! Pack a Shoebox! Two editable slides that can be customized with your own message and URL to promote traditional or online shoebox packing with your church or group. ⇣Download Media Slides…
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The Greatest Journey Begins to Draw a Family to Christ
The Greatest Journey Begins to Draw a Family to Christ Many prayers and a lesson about Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection prompted a hostile father to become a “man of peace.” Facebook Twitter email Aunt Ilsa* is much loved by her village nestled in the mountains of Central Asia. This 60-year-old retired teacher operates an educational…
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Karabo and a Comb
Karabo and a Comb It was the beginning of me reopening my heart … and entrusting it to Christ. I still carry a brown comb in my pocket that I received in an Operation Christmas Child shoebox gift when I was 11. It’s more than just a practical help, it reassures me of God’s faithfulness…
Love Overflows in Eastern Kentucky
The strewn debris and trash still hanging from the barren trees in Brandt Justice’s backyard stand as stark reminders of how high the waters rose when floods ravaged his small Kentucky community last week. In the early hours of Feb. 16, the small tributary behind his home suddenly swelled and climbed to the tips of…
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…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Just In Time
Anthony Anderson stood atop a pile of rubble as he recounted the long, terrifying hours of Hurricane Melissa’s landfall in southwestern Jamaica. That same pile, where he’d returned to salvage what he could, had been his home in Black River before the Category 5 storm reduced it to splinters and into a crushing prison where…
