OCC Ghana
Shoe boxes were first delivered to Ghana in 1996. Since then, 755,991 children have received gifts. Last year, an estimated 60,000 children from Ghana enrolled in the Operation Christmas Child discipleship program.
Spiritual Impact Stories
Sharing the Greatest Gift
"Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights" (James 1:17a, NIV).
While distributing Operation Christmas Child shoe box gifts in a village in Ghana, a member of the National Leadership Team noticed the thickly calloused feet of a young boy. “Please, God, let this boy receive a pair of shoes in his box,” the woman prayed. The boy had never owned a pair of shoes and walked a total of six miles just to get to school every day. When the child opened his box, he found not just one pair of shoes, but two! And both pairs were just his size! The volunteer rejoiced when she saw that God had placed the perfect gift into the hands, and onto the feet, of this child.
PRAYER REQUESTS
Pray for local volunteers as they look for new opportunities to distribute shoe box gifts.
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