Operation Christmas Child { OCC }: Do You Know How Important Receiving a Simple Shoebox Is To a Child? Many have gave their lives to Jesus Christ after receiving a Gift of Love. Samaritans Purse is an evangelical Christian humanitarian organization that targets people in physical need as a fundamental part of their Christian missionary work. The organization’s president is Franklin Graham, son of Christian evangelist Billy Graham. The name of the organization is based on the New Testament Parable of the Good Samaritan, in which Jesus uses a parable to teach people the second great commandment – how to love your neighbor as yourself. Samaritan’s Purse works in more than 100 countries around the world. International headquarters are in Boone, North Carolina, with additional U.S. facilities in Charlotte and North Wilkesboro, N.C. Affiliate offices are in Australia, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Hong Kong, Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Field offices are located in some 20 countries across five continents. Facts about Operation Christmas Child {OCC} Worldwide, Samaritan’s Purse has distributed 113,705,780 shoebox gifts in 150 countries since 1993. Total shoeboxes collected in 2013 worldwide were 9,960,574. Sending them all over the world like in Countries of Austria, Australia, Canada, Finland, Germany, Liechtenstein, New Zealand, Spain, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States and more. Total shoeboxes collected in the United States in 2013: 7,539,589. Please Pack a Shoebox, Send up a Prayer, and You could be one that changes a childs life forever. Deadline is this weekend Sunday Nov. 23rd. Thank You, God Bless, and God Bless the Children that Receives Them ...
Posted on: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 13:28:40 +0000
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