{"id":102848,"date":"2019-02-12T13:56:38","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T18:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/?p=102848"},"modified":"2019-03-05T11:12:57","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T16:12:57","slug":"2018-occ-special-report-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/es\/our-ministry\/2018-occ-special-report-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Operation Christmas Child 2018 Special Report UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--OCC 2018 Special Report UK\r\n------------------------------------------------------------>\r\n\r\n<!-- INTRO -->\r\n<div id=\"intro-container\">\r\n\t<div id=\"top-nav-container\">\r\n\t\t<div id=\"top-nav-content\">\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.samaritans-purse.org.uk\/\">\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"nav-logo-box\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"sp-logo\" src=\"\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/occ\/images\/occ-highlights-2018\/SP-UK-logo-horz.svg\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.samaritans-purse.org.uk\/what-we-do\/operation-christmas-child\/\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"nav-link\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"nav-link-title\">Operation Christmas Child<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n    <div id=\"intro-content-box\">\r\n\t\t<!--<p class=\"verse-reference\">[Psalm 96:3]-->\r\n    \t<div id=\"intro-content\">\r\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"occ-logo\" src=\"\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/occ\/logo\/occ-logo-color-with-white-r.svg\" alt=\"occ logo\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"header-box\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<h1>Special Report<\/h1>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t<div id=\"scroll-icon\">\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sp-comm-arkfiles.s3.theark.cloud\/website\/images\/article-feature\/arrows\/arrow2.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div id=\"about-container\">\r\n\t<div id=\"about-content-box\">\r\n\t\t<h1>Praise God for More Than 10.6&#160;Million Shoeboxes in&#160;2018!<\/h1>\r\n    \t<div id=\"about-content\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"about-left\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"fg-img\" src=\"\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/occ\/images\/occ-highlights-2018\/images\/fg\/15132BZ-A-326-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"about-right\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<h2>&#8220;Millions of children are coming to the Lord Jesus Christ through Operation Christmas Child and The Greatest Journey. These young disciples are sharing their faith, and the Gospel is transforming families and communities around the&#160;world.&#8221;<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t<p>\u2014Franklin&#160;Graham <br>President, Samaritan\u2019s&#160;Purse<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"verse\">\r\n\t\t\t<h3>&#8220;Declare His glory among the nations, His wonders among all&#160;peoples.&#8221;<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t<p>Psalm 96:3<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<!--OCC Section \r\n======================================\r\n======================================-->\r\n<div class=\"bkg-content-photos\" id=\"photo-occ1\">\r\n\t<video id=\"bkg-vid-occ\" loop autoplay muted><source src=\"\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/occ\/images\/occ-highlights-2018\/1834MX-L-522-sequence-vid.mp4\"><\/video>\r\n\t<div class=\"section-intro-content\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"section-heading\">\r\n\t\t\t<h2>Operation Christmas Child<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t<p>It all starts with a shoebox gift, packed in Jesus\u2019 Name and full of love and prayer.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"stamp-img\">\r\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/occ\/images\/occ-highlights-2018\/stamps\/stamp-occ2.png\" alt=\"Great Joy Around the World\" \/>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"photo-content\">\r\n\t\t<p class=\"photo-caption\"><span>Mexico:<\/span> A child\u2019s face lights up as he receives a shoebox gift. In this urban neighbourhood, some children are learning about Jesus for the first time.<\/p>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"bkg-content-photos\" id=\"photo-occ2\">\r\n    <div class=\"photo-content\">\r\n\t\t<p class=\"photo-caption\"><span>Togo:<\/span> Local churches are sharing the Good News and great joy of the Gospel with children through shoebox events.<\/p>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"bkg-content-photos\" id=\"photo-occ3\">\r\n    <div class=\"photo-content\">\r\n\t\t<p class=\"photo-caption\"><span>Latvia:<\/span> New generations of children are hearing about Jesus through Operation Christmas Child.<\/p>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<!--NARRATIVE OCC-->\r\n<div class=\"narrative-container\">\r\n\t<div class=\"narrative-content\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"narrative-content-left\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"narrative-photo1\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/occ\/images\/occ-highlights-2018\/images\/occ\/1834MX-E-136.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n    \t<div class=\"narrative-content-right\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"map-inset\" id=\"map-mexico\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/occ\/images\/occ-highlights-2018\/maps\/mexico3.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n        \t<h1>Football Boosts Evangelism<\/h1>\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"initial-cap\"><span>I<\/span>n Mexico, 12-year-old Ernesto still uses the football he received a few years ago in his shoebox as a tool to talk with his friends about Jesus. After a game of football, Ernesto invites them to church.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"callout-quote\">&#8220;Jesus is the best gift that people can get&#8221;<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<p><span>&#8220;Jesus is the best gift that people can get,&#8221;<\/span> he said. &#8220;I can help others to grow and know about Him.&#8221;<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<!-- BUTTON -->\r\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"anchor-offset\" name=\"story-occ\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/our-ministry\/special-report-article-occ-mexico-uk\/\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"button-link2\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"button-title2\">Read More<\/div><div class=\"arw\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<!-- BUTTON -->\r\n    \t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"bkg-content-photos\" id=\"photo-occ4\">\r\n    <div class=\"photo-content\">\r\n\t\t<p class=\"photo-caption\"><span>Philippines:<\/span> The Gospel is being shared in this remote village by local Christians dedicated to reaching children, families, and communities for Christ.<\/p>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"bkg-content-photos\" id=\"photo-occ5\">\r\n    <div class=\"photo-content\">\r\n\t\t<p class=\"photo-caption\"><span>Dominican Republic:<\/span> Samaritan\u2019s Purse President Franklin Graham distributed shoebox gifts to hundreds of children in the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"bkg-content-photos\" id=\"photo-occ6\">\r\n    <div class=\"photo-content\">\r\n\t\t<p class=\"photo-caption\"><span>Mongolia:<\/span> These shoebox recipients were among more than 53,000 children in Mongolia to hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ and receive a shoebox gift in 2018.<\/p>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<!--Multiphoto Section \r\n------------------------------------->\r\n<div class=\"multiphoto-container\">\r\n\t<div class=\"multiphoto-content\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"multiphoto-content-left\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"multiphoto-photo1\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/occ\/images\/occ-highlights-2018\/images\/occ\/1857MN-E-493.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n    \t<div class=\"multiphoto-content-right\">\r\n        \t<div class=\"multiphoto-photo2\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/occ\/images\/occ-highlights-2018\/images\/occ\/1857MN-A-447.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"multiphoto-photo3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/occ\/images\/occ-highlights-2018\/images\/occ\/1857MN-A-809.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n    \t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t<div class=\"multiphoto-content2\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"multiphoto-content2-left\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"map-inset\" id=\"map-mongolia\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/occ\/images\/occ-highlights-2018\/maps\/mongolia3.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"multiphoto-content2-right\">\r\n\t\t\t<h1>Gospel Transforms Hearts, Communities<\/h1>\r\n\t\t\t<p>In one remote Mongolian village, Operation Christmas Child has helped to grow and strengthen the community&#8217;s only church.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<p>Ten-year-old Maralgua received a shoebox gift and enjoyed the notebooks, pens, and pencils inside. But she received a greater gift during the shoebox outreach event when she accepted Jesus as her Saviour.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"bkg-video-container\" id=\"photo-occ7\">\r\n\t<div class=\"bkg-video-content\">\r\n\t\t\r\n                <div class=\"video1\" id=\"video1\" style=\"position: relative; display: block;\">\r\n                    <div style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\r\n                        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/players.sardius.media\/82aD088d0aAbEF4\/dotorg\/asset\/Q2b3JoZzE63HLwEJOoZSsUa9CWczX4oi\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%;border:0;\"><\/iframe>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                <noscript>\r\n                        <div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video<\/div>\r\n                <\/noscript>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<!-- Country List -->\r\n<div id=\"country-list-container\">\r\n\t<div id=\"country-list-content\">\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/occ\/images\/occ-highlights-2018\/images\/1857MN-O-168-cutout.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n\t\t<h2>Your Gifts Go A Long&#160;Way<\/h2>\r\n\t\t<h3>2018 Collection Totals:<\/h3>\r\n\t\t<h4><span>10,623,776 Shoebox Gifts<\/span><\/h4>\r\n\t\t<h5>Sent to 112&#160;Countries and&#160;Territories<\/h5>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"country-list-columns\">\r\n\t\t<ul>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Albania<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Angola<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Antigua &#038; Barbuda<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Aruba<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Bahamas<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Barbados<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Belize<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Benin<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Bolivia<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Bosnia &#038; Herzegovina<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Botswana<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Brazil<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Bulgaria<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Burkina Faso<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Burundi<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Cambodia<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Cameroon<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Central African Republic<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Chad<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Chile<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Colombia<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Costa Rica<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Cote d\u2019Ivoire (Ivory Coast)<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Democratic Republic of the Congo<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Dominican Republic<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Ecuador<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>El Salvador<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Estonia<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Fiji<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Gabon<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Gambia<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Georgia<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Ghana<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Grenada<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Guatemala<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Guinea<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Guinea Bissau<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Guyana<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Haiti<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Honduras<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Jamaica<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Kenya<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Kiribati<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Latvia<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Lesotho<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Liberia<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Lithuania<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Macedonia<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Madagascar<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Malawi<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Mali<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Marshall Islands<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Mexico<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Moldova<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Mongolia<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Montenegro<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Mozambique<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Namibia<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Nicaragua<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Nigeria<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Northern Mariana Islands<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Panama<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Papua New Guinea<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Paraguay<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Peru<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Philippines<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Poland<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Republic of the Congo<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Romania<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Rwanda<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Senegal<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Serbia<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Seychelles<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Sierra Leone<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Slovakia<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>South Africa<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>South Sudan<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Suriname<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Swaziland<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Tanzania<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Thailand<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Togo<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Trinidad &#038; Tobago<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Uganda<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Ukraine<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Western U.S. (Native Americans)<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Uruguay<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>Zimbabwe<\/li>\r\n\t\t<\/ul>\r\n\t\t<ul>\r\n\t\t\t<li class=\"list-italics\">Plus 24&#160;hard-to-reach countries (not named for security&#160;reasons)<\/li>\r\n\t\t<\/ul>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t<div class=\"verse\">\r\n\t\t<h3>&#8220;For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our&#160;Lord.&#8221;<\/h3>\r\n\t\t<p>Romans 6:23<\/p>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<!--TGJ Section \r\n======================================\r\n======================================-->\r\n<div class=\"bkg-content-photos\" id=\"photo-tgj1\">\r\n\t<div class=\"section-intro-content\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"section-heading\">\r\n\t\t\t<h2>The Greatest Journey<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t<p>Local churches invite shoebox recipients to learn more about Jesus through this 12-lesson programme that God is using to share His Word and make disciples.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"stamp-img\">\r\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/occ\/images\/occ-highlights-2018\/stamps\/stamp-tgj2.png\" alt=\"Discipleship Around the World\" \/>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"photo-stat-content\">\r\n\t\t<p class=\"photo-stat\">A record of more than<br><span class=\"nobr\">4 million<\/span><br>shoebox recipients participated in the follow-up discipleship programme in 2018.<\/p>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"bkg-content-photos\" id=\"photo-tgj2\">\r\n    <div class=\"photo-stat-content\">\r\n\t\t<p class=\"photo-stat\">More than<br> <span class=\"nobr\">2 million<\/span><br>students made decisions for Christ in 2018\u2014the most since the programme began in 2009.<\/p>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<!-- NARRATIVE TGJ -->\r\n<div class=\"narrative-container\">\r\n\t<div class=\"narrative-content\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"narrative-content-left\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"narrative-photo1\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/occ\/images\/occ-highlights-2018\/images\/tgj\/1845TO-i-298.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n    \t<div class=\"narrative-content-right\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"map-inset\" id=\"map-togo\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/occ\/images\/occ-highlights-2018\/maps\/togo3.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n        \t<h1>New Church Rises from The Greatest Journey<\/h1>\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"initial-cap\"><span>I<\/span>n the West African nation of Togo, Bernard learned about Jesus under the shade of mango trees while a local church leader taught The Greatest Journey. During the discipleship programme, Bernard received Jesus as his Saviour and then became part of a new church in his village.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<!-- BUTTON -->\r\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"anchor-offset\" name=\"story-tgj\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/our-ministry\/special-report-article-tgj-togo-uk\/\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"button-link2\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"button-title2\">Read More<\/div><div class=\"arw\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<!-- BUTTON -->\r\n    \t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"bkg-content-photos\" id=\"photo-tgj3\">\r\n    <div class=\"photo-stat-content\">\r\n\t\t<p class=\"photo-stat\">In 2018, over<br> <span>200,000 teachers<\/span><br> were trained to disciple children through the 12-lesson Bible study.<\/p>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"bkg-content-photos\" id=\"photo-tgj4\">\r\n\t<div id=\"confetti\">\r\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/occ\/images\/occ-highlights-2018\/images\/tgj\/confetti.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"photo-stat-content\">\r\n\t\t<p class=\"photo-stat\">More than<br> <span class=\"nobr\">2.8 million<\/span><br>children graduated from The Greatest Journey in 2018\u2014marking the highest yearly total to date!<\/p>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<!--Multiphoto Section \r\n------------------------------------->\r\n<div class=\"multiphoto-container\">\r\n\t<div class=\"multiphoto-content\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"multiphoto-content-left\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"multiphoto-photo1\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/occ\/images\/occ-highlights-2018\/images\/tgj\/1827PH-A-406.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n    \t<div class=\"multiphoto-content-right\">\r\n        \t<div class=\"multiphoto-photo2\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/occ\/images\/occ-highlights-2018\/images\/tgj\/1827PH-B-025.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"multiphoto-photo3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/occ\/images\/occ-highlights-2018\/images\/tgj\/1827PH-D-083.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n    \t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t<div class=\"multiphoto-content2\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"multiphoto-content2-left\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"map-inset\" id=\"map-philippines\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/occ\/images\/occ-highlights-2018\/maps\/philippines3.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<!--<h4>Philippines<\/h4>-->\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"multiphoto-content2-right\">\r\n\t\t\t<h1>Taking the Gospel to the Unreached<\/h1>\r\n\t\t\t<p>Alex (pictured above) is one of more than 40 children who came to faith through The Greatest Journey in a poor, remote village in the southern Philippines that lacked an evangelical witness. Alex and his parents had regularly attended local cult meetings, but now they participate in a weekly Bible study.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<p>Alex\u2019s village is part of the Iraya people group, one of several tribes indigenous to the southern Philippines. They are considered an unreached people group because only a tiny fraction identify as Christians.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<p>We rejoice that the Iraya are among the dozens of unreached people groups that are hearing the Gospel through Operation Christmas Child.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"bkg-video-container\">\r\n\t<div class=\"bkg-video-content\">\r\n\t\t\r\n                <div class=\"video2\" id=\"video2\" style=\"position: relative; display: block;\">\r\n                    <div style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\r\n                        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/players.sardius.media\/82aD088d0aAbEF4\/dotorg\/asset\/90bGYwaDE6K7C6RM8k3GcfEKJx7g5MbB\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%;border:0;\"><\/iframe>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                <noscript>\r\n                        <div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video<\/div>\r\n                <\/noscript>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div id=\"tgj-end-container\">\r\n\t<div class=\"verse\">\r\n\t\t<h3>&#8220;And all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of&#160;our&#160;God.&#8221;<\/h3>\r\n\t\t<p>Isaiah 52:10b<\/p>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<!--VOL Section \r\n======================================\r\n======================================-->\r\n<div class=\"bkg-content-photos\" id=\"photo-vol1\">\r\n\t<div class=\"section-intro-content\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"section-heading\">\r\n\t\t\t<h2>Mighty Volunteers<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t<p>The love and care that our shoebox packers and volunteers take to collect and process each shoebox gift can be felt every step of the way.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"stamp-img\">\r\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/occ\/images\/occ-highlights-2018\/stamps\/stamp-vol2.png\" alt=\"Volunteers Make it Happen\" \/>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"photo-content\">\r\n\t\t<p class=\"photo-caption\"><span>Volunteers:<\/span> Our volunteers put love, excitement, and prayer into helping send shoebox gifts for children around the world.<\/p>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<!-- NARRATIVE VOLUNTEERS -->\r\n<div class=\"narrative-container\">\r\n\t<div class=\"narrative-content\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"narrative-content-left\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"narrative-photo1\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/occ\/images\/occ-highlights-2018\/images\/vol\/1894US-C2-067.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n    \t<div class=\"narrative-content-right\">\r\n        \t<h1>Thank You, Volunteers!<\/h1>\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"initial-cap\"><span>G<\/span>irls and boys around the world have experienced the transforming power of the Gospel because a child, family, church, or group lovingly packed a shoebox gift.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<p>During 11&#8211;18 November, shoebox packers bring their gifts to one of hundreds of drop off locations around the UK, where volunteers organise the gifts for shipment to regional processing centres.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<p>We then rely on thousands of volunteers at these regional warehouses to inspect and prepare the shoeboxes for international shipping.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<!-- BUTTON -->\r\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"anchor-offset\" name=\"story-vol\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.samaritans-purse.org.uk\/what-we-do\/operation-christmas-child\/volunteer-year-round\/\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"button-link2\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"button-title2\">Learn More<\/div><div class=\"arw\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<!-- BUTTON -->\r\n    \t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"bkg-content-photos\" id=\"photo-vol2\">\r\n    <div class=\"photo-content\">\r\n\t\t<p class=\"photo-caption\"><span>WWII Vet Sews to Bless<\/span> Theron Jennings, 98, taught himself to sew and has made more than 400 quilts to pack in Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts.<\/p>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<!-- Multiphotos VOL -->\r\n<!--<div class=\"multiphoto-container\">\r\n\t<div class=\"multiphoto-content\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"multiphoto-content-left\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"multiphoto-photo1\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/occ\/images\/occ-highlights-2018\/images\/vol\/1889US-A-569.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n    \t<div class=\"multiphoto-content-right\">\r\n        \t<div class=\"multiphoto-photo2\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/occ\/images\/occ-highlights-2018\/images\/vol\/1889US-A-087.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"multiphoto-photo3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/occ\/images\/occ-highlights-2018\/images\/vol\/1889US-A-614.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n    \t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t<div class=\"multiphoto-content2\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"multiphoto-content2-right\">\r\n\t\t\t<h1>Sending Shoeboxes Full of Joy<\/h1>\r\n\t\t\t<p>Many shoebox packers like Alathia Purtell, 14, have a love for handmaking items for shoebox gifts. The time and care taken to craft each item is an expression of God\u2019s love for the child who will receive it.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<p>Alathia learned how to crochet from her grandmother Sue (both pictured above). She took that skill and turned it into a goal to give 2,000 girls a handcrafted purse as part of their shoebox gift. With the help of family and friends, she achieved that goal.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<p>&#8220;I hope a girl\u2019s shoebox gift is a part of her most important day,&#8221; Alathia said, &#8220;the day she follows the Lord.&#8221;<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>-->\r\n\r\n<!--<div class=\"bkg-video-container\" id=\"photo-vol3\">\r\n\t<div class=\"bkg-video-content\">\r\n\t\t[video id=\"5iZzMwZzE6zFbQvXTQg9ujLgCuxDAfmO\" player=\"6c43916702254d0e864b9b08613d63185\"]\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>-->\r\n\r\n<!-- text-only VOL -->\r\n<div class=\"text-only-vol-container\">\r\n\t<div class=\"text-only-vol-content\">\r\n\t\t<h1>For the Sake of the Gospel<\/h1>\r\n\t\t<p>In the UK, over 5000 volunteers are dedicated year-round to encouraging people in their communities to participate in Operation Christmas Child by packing shoeboxes for children around the world in Jesus\u2019 Name.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<p>We are grateful for the thousands of church partners worldwide who distribute these shoebox gifts in their communities and the far reaches of their countries through Gospel-focused outreach events. Many of these trained volunteers also teach children about Jesus through the The Greatest Journey Bible Discovery Programme offered to shoebox recipients.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<p>These volunteers share one purpose\u2014to bring the Good News of the Gospel to children, families, and communities who don\u2019t know the great, everlasting joy of placing their faith in Jesus Christ.<\/p>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t<div class=\"verse\">\r\n\t\t<h3>&#8220;&#8230;be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labour is not in vain in the&#160;Lord.&#8221;<\/h3>\r\n\t\t<p>1 Corinthians 15:58<\/p>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<!--END Section \r\n======================================\r\n======================================-->\r\n<div id=\"end-container\">\r\n\t<div id=\"end-content\">\r\n\t\t<h2>Thank You!<\/h2>\r\n\t\t<p>Thank you for your faithful prayers and continued support of Operation Christmas Child. Please join us in praying for boys and girls all over the world to know Jesus Christ as their Saviour and for their lives to bring Him much glory.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"ctas\">\r\n\t\t\t<ul>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.samaritans-purse.org.uk\/what-we-do\/operation-christmas-child\/how-to-pack-a-shoebox\/\"><li>Pack A Shoebox<\/li><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.samaritans-purse.org.uk\/donate-now\/operation-christmas-child\/\"><li>Donate<\/li><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.samaritans-purse.org.uk\/what-we-do\/operation-christmas-child\/volunteer-year-round\/\"><li>Volunteer<\/li><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.samaritans-purse.org.uk\/pray-for-occ\/\"><li>Pray<\/li><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t<div id=\"end-content2\">\r\n\t\t<a id=\"back-top-icon\" href=\"#intro-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/occ\/images\/occ-highlights-2018\/arrows\/arrow4.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t<div id=\"footer-content\">\r\n\t\t<p>Operation Christmas Child is a project of Samaritan\u2019s Purse.<\/p> \r\n\t\t<p>\u00a9 Copyright 2019 Samaritan\u2019s Purse. 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