At first glance, Erdembayar seems like an ordinary 12-year-old boy. He enjoys participating in physical education class at school with his friends as well as riding horses and cooking Korean food, fried rice, and cakes. But up until three years ago, he didn’t have energy for any of these things. For years previously, Erdembayar had…
Operation Christmas Child
Past Participating Church Landing Confirmation Page
Thank you for completing our two brief questions. The following shoebox recipient story illustrates how God uses shoebox gifts to change lives. Be sure to download and share this video with your church to generate even more excitement for Operation Christmas Child! Download Video Join the Project Leader Facebook Group Looking for ideas and inspiration for promoting…
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Five Reasons Students Should Volunteer
Calling All Students! Would you like to be part of a global network of people who are passionate about sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ with children around the world? If so, prayerfully consider using your gifts to volunteer with Samaritan's Purse through Operation Christmas Child. Short-term and year-round opportunities are available. Join an army of…
Operation Christmas Child
Build a Shoebox Online Latin America
Send the Gospel to the Ends of the Earth Give Build a Shoebox Online - 013950 $10 $25 $50 Your donation goes to Build a Shoebox Online. Operation Christmas Child delivers these specially prepared gifts to hard-to-reach regions of the world, including areas where the Name of Jesus has not been proclaimed. Samaritan's Purse goes to…
Offer Hope to the Brokenhearted
“The Lord is near to the brokenhearted” (Psalm 34:18). Samaritan’s Purse is sharing this promise with people who have endured unthinkable trauma—victims of ISIS, survivors of the Ebola epidemic, and those who lost loved ones to COVID-19. We respond in the aftermath of crisis situations to meet urgent physical needs, but those who survive are…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Pastor’s Prayers Answered as Church Helps Thousands Fleeing War
Pastor Vazgen of Abovyan City Church, which is located just outside of the capital city of Armenia, believes that God uniquely prepared and positioned his congregation to love and support families who fled the war. The summer before the war flared up again in Nagorno-Karabakh—a long-disputed piece of land—Pastor Vazgen’s congregation sent a team of…
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International Projects
International Projects 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. Cambodia, 2023 After receiving training on proper sewing and business practice from Samaritan’s Purse staff members, Sokun is now…
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Children in the Pacific Take The Greatest Journey of Their Lives
If Vanua Levu isn’t the end of the Earth, it’s close. Rugged and isolated, the slender island is located 1,100 nautical miles northeast of New Zealand in the South Pacific, just east of the Coral Sea. It’s one of the 330 specks on the map that make up the Fiji archipelago. Ignored by most of…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Volunteers Help Hard-Hit Military Families in North Carolina
SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER FOR OUR HURRICANE RESPONSES When Jeremy and Kristy Kulberg saw on social media that people in their flooded New Bern, North Carolina, neighborhood were being rescued from rooftops, their hearts sank. That could only mean that their own house was under at least five feet of water. Jeremy and Kristy had…
