Samaritans Purse

Dear Friend,

When I wrote to you in May expressing genuine concern about a shortfall in our funding, never did I expect the outpouring of support that friends like you selflessly provided. I have been truly humbled by your generous support.

Thank you for your prayers, for your continued belief in our programs and for your truly generous gifts. I know that your support has come from the heart, for it is the heart – and the strength of God – that encourages us to lift up the lives of those in desperate need.

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Q: Why does Samaritan’s Purse need an $8 donation for every shoe box?
A: The amount of $8 or more per shoe box (which is fully tax-deductible!) helps cover the shipping and program costs. It also helps to cover things like warehousing, transport, training programs for national teams in each one of the countries that receive the shoe boxes, as well as in Australia and New Zealand. Most of the countries receiving boxes also need financial assistance to cover duties, importation costs and transport to enable the boxes to reach each child.

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Kingborough Family Church has always had a strong attitude of giving to Operation Christmas Child. Its enthusiasm and dedication to the shoe box appeal has seen the number of shoe boxes increase from 50 to 250 in just two years. What an incredible achievement!

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Thanks to the immediate response of our generous donors, the future of our projects in South East Asia is now secure. To date, over $470,000 has been raised.

Thank you for giving above and beyond our expectations – we truly appreciate that you have such a deep and abiding commitment to our mission!

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Shoe boxes from Australia and New Zealand have been delivered throughout Fiji since 2005. Earlier this year we were able to help the local churches in Nadi to assist the victims of the January floods. The relationships that we have through the National Leadership Team (NLT) for Operation Christmas Child was critical in making the aid possible. In January the floods covered the ground floor buildings and in some cases all the way up to the eves.

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