16 November 2022
ELIZABETH GROFF RECEIVED AN OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD SHOEBOX YEARS AGO IN UKRAINE. NOW SHE’S HELPING TO PACK THE 200 MILLIONTH GIFT ON A TOUR ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
23 September 2022
I remember my dad, who was a pastor, would start each day by praying, “God, You are good, and I’m giving You the day.” My father would remind us that God is seeing the big picture and encouraged us to find joy and hope in the Word of God—to love God and others around us.
17 August 2022
THROUGH A FRIEND’S INVITATION AND A SIMPLE GIFT, A YOUNG GIRL IN THE WEST AFRICAN NATION OF BENIN FINDS HOPE AND JOY IN JESUS CHRIST. Nine-year-old Gladys flashed a big smile as she recounted the day she received an Operation Christmas Child shoebox gift. The special items inside included a blanket folded neatly and arranged...
10 August 2022
A MISSIONARY TEAM FROM THE MARSHALL ISLANDS SAILS TO AN ISOLATED ATOLL TO HOST OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD OUTREACH EVENTS. A team of seven recently set sail on a 57-foot boat named Cloud Nine with cartons of Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts on board. Their destination? An isolated part of Kwajalein Atoll. Home to some 11,000...
29 June 2022
GOD IS WORKING THROUGH OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD AND THE GREATEST JOURNEY DISCIPLESHIP COURSE TO BRING CHILDREN TO SAVING FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST. Iglesia Nueva Generación in Cutuglagua, Ecuador, was predominantly a congregation of adults until they got involved with Operation Christmas Child. But when they coordinated an outreach event for children in June 2021, they were...
AN UNREACHED BAKA VILLAGE IN GABON RECEIVES SHOEBOX GIFTS AND THE GOSPEL WITH JOY! Outsiders. That’s what the Baka people are known as in the Central African nations of Gabon and Cameroon. Members of this unreached people group are relegated to the margins of society and given little access to education or social services. Tragically,...
27 June 2022
Doors Opening for the Gospel among the Saramaccans OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD VOLUNTEER LEADERS IN SURINAME ARE EAGER TO BRING GOOD NEWS TO MORE CHILDREN AMONG THIS UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUP. Romario grew up in the riverside village of Duatra, deep in the jungle of Suriname, along the eastern coast of South America. As a young child,...
23 June 2022
Local volunteers deliver Operation Christmas Child gift boxes during a providential roadside encounter. In a small town on the plains of Central Asia, most people are hostile to the small group of Christians A simple drive through the countryside can become something special. Yusif*, a volunteer leader in Central Asia with Operation Christmas Child, was...
In the face of persecution, believers in Central Asia choose to distribute gift-filled operation christmas child shoeboxes in their community. In a small town on the plains of Central Asia, most people are hostile to the small group of Christians living among them. Though these courageous believers are continually harassed, they faithfully persevere. Two Christian...
17 May 2022
CHURCH LEADERS IN FIJI ARE USING THE GREATEST JOURNEY CURRICULUM TO TEACH CHILDREN WHO RECEIVED SHOEBOX GIFTS HOW TO FOLLOW CHRIST Across the Pacific island nation of Fiji, the mango tree—a sacred object in Hinduism—is being used as a classroom for boys and girls of diverse religious backgrounds to learn about Jesus through The Greatest...
