{"id":87727,"date":"2018-01-29T10:15:26","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T15:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/?p=87727"},"modified":"2018-01-29T10:15:26","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T15:15:26","slug":"year-round-volunteer-logistics-volunteer-loves-to-see-body-of-christ-at-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/es\/operation-christmas-child\/year-round-volunteer-logistics-volunteer-loves-to-see-body-of-christ-at-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Year-round Volunteer: Logistics Volunteer Loves to See Body of Christ at Work"},"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\/Sabrina-Drewry-article-header-17122US-B-115.jpg\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"article-figcaption\">Sabrina Drewry coordinates the drop-off location for Community Bible Church of San Antonio, Texas. <\/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>Logistics Volunteer Loves to See Body of Christ at Work<\/h1>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>San Antonio resident leads Operation Christmas Child central drop-off location. <\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sabrina Drewry serves year-round in logistics for Operation Christmas Child as the central drop-off coordinator for Community Bible Church in San Antonio, Texas. <\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cAs the coordinator, my role was to organize and lay out logistically the areas of responsibility and action within the drop-off center,\u201d Sabrina said. Then she recruited volunteers who were responsible for training other volunteers to welcome shoebox donors. <\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sabrina felt that watching all of these volunteers work together was like watching the body of Christ in action. \u201cWe were all sad when it was over,\u201d Sabrina said. She can\u2019t say enough about why she serves in this role.<\/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\/images\/occ-yr-round-volunteer-page\/2017-updates\/article-images\/Sabrina-Drewry-inset-17122US-E-763.jpg\"><figcaption>As part of her role as a central drop-off coordinator, Sabrina Drewry labels a carton of shoeboxes for transport to a Processing Center.<\/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\">&#8220;I love it that people of all ages and abilities can participate in volunteering at a drop-off center.&#8221;<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quote-attribution\">Sabrina Drewry<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"role-title\">LOGISTICS VOLUNTEER<\/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>\u201cI love the integrity of Samaritan\u2019s Purse. I love it that pastors around the world are being given a tool to reach out to children they wouldn\u2019t be able to reach otherwise. That simple gift makes an eternal difference in a child\u2019s life. I love it that people of all ages and abilities can participate in packing a shoebox or volunteering at a drop-off center.\u201d <\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sabrina served seven years previously as an Operation Christmas Child project leader for the church. With this being her first year as drop-off center coordinator, Sabrina wondered whether her role would be all administrative in nature. To her surprise, she found it more \u201cministerial\u201d as she interacted with the volunteers serving at the drop-off center. <\/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\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\r\n\u201cIt was my most meaningful experience with Operation Christmas Child to date,\u201d she said. \r\n<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As Sabrina serves with this Samaritan\u2019s Purse project, she is ministered to in return. \u201cOne of the blessings I\u2019ve received is meeting other volunteers and the friendships I\u2019ve formed. I would never have met these people except through Operation Christmas Child. 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