{"id":35378,"date":"2014-05-29T14:48:52","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T18:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.samaritanspurse.org\/?p=35378"},"modified":"2017-10-17T13:56:22","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T17:56:22","slug":"disciple-a-dozen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/es\/education-2\/disciple-a-dozen\/","title":{"rendered":"Disciple a Dozen"},"content":{"rendered":" \r\n\t
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Disciple  A  Dozen<\/h3><\/div>\r\n \r\n

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Millions have already gone through The Greatest Journey\u2014the Samaritan's Purse program that teaches children who receive Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts to know and follow our Lord and Savior. And with God\u2019s grace, our recent \"Disciple A Dozen\" campaign raised enough support to reach another 103,368 boys and girls around the world for Christ.<\/p>\r\n \r\n

But our work has just begun. We have an entire generation of young people who still need to know the love of Jesus Christ. Your gift of $6 a month to The Greatest Journey can give 12 children a unique opportunity to take a bold step in their faith every year. Will you help us continue to \u201cgo and make disciples of all nations\u201d as Christ commanded?<\/p>\r\n \t\r\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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Journeys of Faith<\/h3><\/div>\r\n
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Hilario Morales\u2019 large stature is dwarfed only by the size of the giant heart nestled in his chest. Within it, he seems to store enough love for all of the children in Mexico.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Hilario is a pastor and the founder of Fundaci\u00f3n Emmanuel, a home for children—particularly street kids—who have nowhere else to go. His desire is to rescue them through the saving love of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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He partners with Samaritan's Purse to tell children about the Savior. He introduces them to the love of Christ by delivering Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes in the area. At each distribution, church and ministry partners share the Gospel and lives begin to change.<\/p>\r\n \r\n

Many of the boys and girls then take the trip of a lifetime by embarking on The Greatest Journey, the discipleship program that invites children who have received shoeboxes into a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ.<\/p>\r\n \r\n

The Greatest Journey consists of 12 engaging Bible lessons that local trained teachers use to instruct the next generation of believers on how to become devoted followers of Christ and share their new faith with their friends and family.<\/p>\r\n \r\n

\"After the distributions there is another step, the beginning of The Greatest Journey,\" Hilario said. \"Now, they\u2019re not just kids that received a shoebox. They are kids that know Jesus.\"<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n

Hilario knows the importance of discipleship. He was a street kid himself, lost and lonely, with a heart filled with fear and hatred. God used a man named Reynaldo—who volunteers with Operation Christmas Child in Mexico—to rescue him from a life of hopelessness by introducing him to the saving power of Jesus Christ and helping him grow in his faith.\r\n <\/p>\r\n \r\n

Now God is using Hilario as a mentor to disciple young people like Veronica Miranda, who in turn pass on their faith to others.<\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/a>\r\n \t\t

Watch how Hilario and Veronica\u2014both orphans in this world\u2014received God\u2019s Spirit when He adopted them as His own children and they gained the family they never had.<\/p> \r\n

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