{"id":86998,"date":"2017-12-29T13:41:31","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T18:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/?p=86998"},"modified":"2018-01-23T12:49:39","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T17:49:39","slug":"year-round-volunteer-something-bigger-than-myself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/es\/operation-christmas-child\/year-round-volunteer-something-bigger-than-myself\/","title":{"rendered":"Year-round Volunteer: Something Bigger than Myself"},"content":{"rendered":"<main>\r\n\t\r\n\t<section class=\"role-containers\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"roles\">\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"outer-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/occ\/yr-round-volunteer-page\/2017-updates\/article-images\/Jill-Simms-article-header.jpg\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-figcaption\">Jill Sims<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"role-copy\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Algo m\u00e1s grande que m\u00ed misma<\/h1>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Una voluntaria de todo el a\u00f1o encuentra positivismo en Operation Christmas Child.<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jill Sims, una miembra del equipo de relaciones de la comunidad de Washington, D.C, el equipo metropolitano, recluta organizaciones y voluntarios para trabajar con Operation Christmas Child, un proyecto de Samaritan's Purse.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\"Ser voluntaria de Operation Christmas Child es muy flexible con mi horario\", dijo Jill, una planificadora de la Casa de Representantes de EE. UU.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jill primero se convirti\u00f3 en voluntaria en el Centro de Procesamiento de Minneapolis, con el grupo de j\u00f3venes con los que creci\u00f3. Luego, cuando ella se involucr\u00f3 en la pol\u00edtica, apreci\u00f3 el positivismo de la organizaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!--<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/occ\/yr-round-volunteer-page\/2017-updates\/article-images\/Jill-Cobb-inset-2.jpg\"><figcaption>Jill (center, in red) prays with a group of students over the shoebox gifts they packed. <\/figcaption><\/figure>-->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- inserted quote \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"quote-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quote\">\u201cI wish everyone could volunteer with Operation Christmas Child. There are so many different things you can do. There\u2019s something to match everyone\u2019s strengths.\u201d<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quote-attribution\">Jill Cobb<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"role-title\">AREA COORDINATOR<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t inserted quote -->\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\"Cuando me mud\u00e9 para una nueva ciudad, quer\u00eda estar involucrada en algo m\u00e1s grande que m\u00ed misma y ser parte de un equipo que trabajara para ayudar a todas las personas del mundo\", dijo ella sobre su reciente mudanza a Washington, D.C.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cWe prayed that we\u2019d be able to describe that year in two words: only God,\u201d Jill said. The Lord then surprised them with a total of 41,359 shoebox gifts! Some churches in their area actually collected twice their goal amount. <\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>La naturaleza edificante del proyecto crea un balance con la negatividad que ella enfrenta en su trabajo.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\"Cada d\u00eda yo hago algo para Operation Christmas Child, siento que estoy haciendo una diferencia\", dijo Jill. \"Realmente amo que comparten el amor de Dios. Es tan reconfortante y positivo. Tenemos la oportunidad cada d\u00eda de hacer el mundo un mejor lugar y yo invito a las personas a que permitan que Dios entre en sus corazones\".<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\"Me encantar\u00eda que todas las personas pudieran ser voluntarios de Operation Christmas Child. Hay tantas cosas que pueden hacer. Siempre hay algo para las fortalezas de cada persona\".<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- sub-head or second headline below \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>God Uses People to Accomplish His Purposes<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A former mentor of Jill\u2019s, Winnie Tuckness, serves as a regional area coordinator overseeing three Operation Christmas Child area teams. A few years ago, as Winnie drove US Highway 60 from Springfield to Nashville, Tennessee, she noticed First Baptist Church in Mountain View, Missouri, and thought it would be a good place for a shoebox drop-off location. When she noticed Matt Cobb was the pastor, she wondered if this could be Jill\u2019s husband.  She hadn\u2019t had contact with the couple for 10 years.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/occ\/yr-round-volunteer-page\/2017-updates\/article-images\/Jill-Cobb-inset-1.jpg\"><figcaption>Jill shows her enthusiasm for Operation Christmas Child. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Calling the church, she discovered it was in fact the same Matt and Jill Cobb whom she'd known years ago. This led to a reunion with the couple, and Winnie asked Jill if she would be interested in volunteering with Operation Christmas Child. She served in logistics first, and in 2016 became the area coordinator for the Springfield, Missouri Area Team. <\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>During her interview for that position, Jill was reminded of a vision she\u2019d had 10 years earlier of 1 billion people being saved during her lifetime. She shed tears of joy when she realized that, through Operation Christmas Child, she could have a small part in this becoming a reality. <\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cJill is a gifted leader with such a passion and spiritual maturity,\u201d Winnie said. \u201cIt\u2019s exciting to see how God is using her.\u201d <\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jill quickly added, \u201cI\u2019m thankful God chooses to use us. 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