{"id":223578,"date":"2022-06-01T16:52:16","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T20:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/?p=223578"},"modified":"2022-11-22T16:12:31","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T21:12:31","slug":"mariya-and-her-art-supplies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/es\/operation-christmas-child\/mariya-and-her-art-supplies\/","title":{"rendered":"Mariya and Her Art Supplies"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Mariya and Her Art Supplies<\/h1>\r\n\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\/6065632613001\" 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 \r\n<div class=\"flex-container\">\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"text\">\r\n        <br>\r\n\r\n        <p>Mariya Snizhko dreamed of becoming an artist even as she grew up in a Christian home in Ukraine.<\/p>\r\n\r\n        <p>Art was a way for her to express herself and escape the various challenges in her life, which included being bullied at school. Her parents couldn\u2019t afford basic art supplies, so Mariya prayed that God would provide them instead. And her prayers were answered with the arrival of a simple shoebox.<\/p>\r\n\r\n        <p>Inside the prayer-filled package from Operation Christmas Child were crayons, paint, and brushes, \u201cmore art supplies for me than I could have ever imagined,\u201d Mariya said. \u201cIt humbled me to know how much God truly cared for me to provide those art supplies that allowed me to grow and mature and express myself.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n        <p>Today, Mariya is an art teacher in an inner-city school in Cleveland, Ohio. \u201cThere are millions of children around the world that still need hope,\u201d she says. \u201cGod is able to use those simple things that you put in a shoebox to answer prayers and to encourage them that God is able to paint a beautiful masterpiece in their life, as well as He has done in mine.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n        <aside class=\"pquote\">\r\n           <blockquote> \r\n            <p>\"There are millions of children around the world that still need hope\"<\/p>\r\n           <\/blockquote>\r\n        <\/aside>\r\n        \r\n        <p>For the past 25 years, Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan\u2019s Purse, has partnered with local churches in more than 100 countries to distribute gifts to boys and girls in need and tell them about God\u2019s Greatest Gift\u2014Jesus Christ.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"flex-container-column\">\r\n        \r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spweb-uploads.s3.theark.cloud\/2018\/11\/Mariya-withOCClogo-400x240.jpg\" alt=\"Mariya with her shoebox\"> \r\n        \r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"category\">\r\n    <div class=\"category-inner\">\r\n        <h2 style=\"margin: 0 auto!important;text-align: center;\">Shoebox Adventure Quiz!<\/h2>\r\n        <a class=\"take-quiz-again\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/es\/operation-christmas-child\/the-shoebox-adventure-quiz\/#refresh-container\">Toma el quiz<\/a>\r\n        <a class=\"read-more-stories\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/es\/operation-christmas-child\/shoeboxstories-2021\/\">Lee otras historias sobre cajas de regalos<\/a>\r\n        <br>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n    <\/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<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sp-comm-arkfiles.s3.theark.cloud\/website\/occ\/shoebox-stories\/Karabo-on-a-boat-sm.png\" alt=\"Karabo on a boat\" \/>\t\t\t\t\r\n\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<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sp-comm-arkfiles.s3.theark.cloud\/website\/occ\/shoebox-stories\/Family-in-US-Karabo-In-Red-sm.png\" alt=\"Karabo with his US family\" \/>\t\t\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=\"https:\/\/sp-comm-arkfiles.s3.theark.cloud\/website\/occ\/shoebox-stories\/Family--Karabo-in-Yellow-sm.png\" alt=\"Karabo's family\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n    \t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>------------------------------------->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mariya and Her Art Supplies Mariya Snizhko dreamed of becoming an artist even as she grew up in a Christian home in Ukraine. 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