OCC Update
If you were around at Christmas time, you might recall these red boxes. Every year, LifePoint participates in Operation Christmas Child by Samaritan’s Purse. OCC is an endeavor to teach children all over the world about Christ through delivering the gospel (and small gifts) sponsored by people just like you. When you send a Christmas box to the children, Samaritan’s Purse also delivers prepared lessons to the local church and families called The Greatest Journey. It is a few lessons long and helps the children learn about the Gospel, in their own language. What a blessing!
As a church, our goal was 200 boxes. We brought in 145 boxes this year. Even though we submit our boxes to Samaritan’s Purse in November, it takes some time to ship and pass-through customs. Our boxes have finally been delivered and we have an update on the locations. Your box is now in the hands of a child in Madagascar, Peru, El Salvador, Samoa, Pacific Islands, Philippines, Ecuador, Thailand, or Mongolia. If you registered your box online, ahead of time, you may have received an email notification of your box being delivered.
We are so excited to know that while we may take one small season to collect and gather these boxes, it truly is a gift that keeps on giving! The Lord’s love, peace, comfort, joy, and presence are so much more valuable than the small items we’ve included in our boxes. We want to thank you, once again, for helping to share the Gospel with these children.
We look forward to building and collecting boxes again this Big Give season.
For more information on the Big Give, on the OCC boxes, or any outreach and missions, please feel free to contact us by email at missions@lifepointaz.com