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OCC Stories

Karabo and a Comb

I still carry a brown comb in my pocket that I received in an Operation Christmas Child gift box when I was 11. It’s more than just a practical help, it reassures me of God’s faithfulness every time I look at it.

It is a reminder that God knows my needs, even the little things—and that brings me joy.

I experienced heartbreaking loss early in life. My father died when I was 5. Not long afterward, my mother left me with my grandma, and I didn’t see my mother again for years…

Lighting His Way to Jesus

Kululu Atsiaya often felt forgotten, especially at Christmas. He knew his family loved him, but…

Livia and the Hairclips

Livia received her shoebox in a Romanian orphanage when she was 12. All my life…

Local Christians Use OCC Gift Boxes to Help Plant Churches in Remote Mongolia

Highways leading out of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia’s capital city, continue east for many miles as far…

Church Dedicated Among Unreached Himba of Namibia

Villagers recently dedicated the first church building ever built in the Himba region of Ombaka,…

Host a Packing Party

“Shoebox gifts are like snowflakes—no two are alike!.” -Franklin Graham, International President of Samaritan’s Purse…

OCC Gift Boxes from South Korea Now in the Hands of Mongolian Children

In the winter of 2020, about 30 churches and schools in South Korea participated in…

The History of Operation Christmas Child​

“There are still places around the world where the name of Jesus has never been heard.
That’s why we continue to take the Gospel to the ends of the earth through OCC gift boxes.” 

“There are still places around the world where the name of Jesus has never been heard. That’s why we continue to take the Gospel to the ends of the earth through OCC gift boxes.”