
The other night, my wife Karena and I went to the home of a dear friend of ours, Ms. Elisabeth. She grew up in Germany and has been widowed for several years now. As we spent several hours sharing about our story and vision, and asking for support, we learned a valuable lesson.
During the time that we resigned from being local-church youth ministers, and just before God led us to work with YouthHOPE, we applied at several mission organizations. One was: Samaritan’s Purse. They are an International Christian relief and evangelism organization which provides spiritual and physical aid to victims of war, poverty, natural disaster, and disease. Most people, who have heard of SP, are familiar with their successful shoebox ministry: “Operation Christmas Child.” Not only was Ms. Elizabeth familiar with it, she was actually 5 years old when she received a shoebox at Christmas time. Her brother got a box as well.
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