Because I paid for shipping charges on-line, I was able to track the location of the Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes we donated. They were delivered to children in Malawi, a country in southeast Africa. You can read the story below, which may create an urge in you to do more with Samaritan’s Purse, the mission that sends God’s love around the world. God bless you as you do the Lord’s work here at home and far away. DTM
Shoebox gifts collected in the United States in 2014 were be delivered to 145,152 children in Malawi. Praise God that over 656,800 children have received a shoebox since 2000, when Operation Christmas Child began distributing gifts here.
- Malawi has 17.3 million people and is located in Southeast Africa
- 46% of the population is 14 years old or younger…more