Oeurn, 20, used to struggle to know how to feed her two young children. But then as she began learning from Samaritan’s Purse staff members, things began to change. The young mother participated in the Samaritan’s Purse First Steps for Maternal and Newborn Health project where she learned about the importance of exclusive breastfeeding in…
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Discipling the Next Generation In Cambodia
Sann* seeks to follow Christ and actively works to multiply the number of believers around him. That’s been true of his life since he graduated from The Greatest Journey at age 10. But much of the young evangelist’s life before that was filled with pain. Wanting to spare him the troubles of a fractured home,…
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Family & Children’s Resources
Family and Children’s Resources Lessons and Activities Promotional Resources Videos Articles Operation Christmas Child is a great mission project for kids! Whether you are focusing on packing shoeboxes as a family or as a group during Sunday school, children’s church, or VBS, these resources will help your boys and girls learn more about the importance…
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2020 Special Report
Special Report A Project of Samaritan's Purse In 2020, A Ray of Hope & Joy Broke Through the Clouds of Fear and Darkness "I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me. I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I…
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Graham Family Participates in Operation Christmas Child Pacific Push
Franklin Graham presented a bold vision to the Operation Christmas Child team late last year (2018): Deliver gift-filled shoeboxes in Jesus’ Name to every child on 1,000 Pacific islands—more than half a million kids. He believed those island nations and the children who live on them had been forgotten, but he was determined that would…
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From One Child to Another
Operation Christmas Child is a project for all ages! You can get the boys and girls in your family and at your church involved in so many ways… 1. Collect Items & Write Shoebox Notes Helping a child select items for a shoebox gift can teach money management, as well as a greater awareness of…
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Operation Christmas Child Peru (Chapra)
Open Map Bringing the Gospel to the Jungle Llevamos el Evangelio a la Selva Experience with Audio Full experience available on larger devices Experiencia completa disponible en dispositivos más grandes Operation Christmas Child reaches children in remote Peru Deep in the jungle of northern Peru, the Chapra people maintain a simple lifestyle with tight-knit family relationships. Telling stories is an ancient tradition in this oral culture,…
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Celebrating 50 Million Children Discipled
“Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of God” (Mark 10:14). Children are precious to God. The Bible tells us that “children are a gift of the LORD” (Psalm 127:3) and that we are responsible to train them up “in the way [they] should…
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Operation Heal Our Patriots Reunion Celebrates Victory in Christ
“Is your soul safe and secure in the hands of God?” Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham asked military couples to consider that question during the 2026 Operation Heal Our Patriots Reunion. He kicked off the event in Orlando, Florida, with a powerful message from Luke 19 about Jesus’ encounter with a rich tax collector named…
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Celebrating 200 Million Blessings
Elizabeth Groff is on a special journey to help pack the 200 millionth Operation Christmas Child shoebox gift since the Samaritan’s Purse project began in 1993. Elizabeth, who received a shoebox gift years ago as a lonely child in an orphanage in Ukraine, is currently traveling to different U.S. drop-off locations and processing centers with…
