62 | Packing Christmas Shoeboxes - A TRUE Story of HOPE!

Walking with Kelley and Kristy

This episode was originally recorded in 2023. So many of our listeners were impacted by Izabella McMillon's True Story of Hope, that we wanted to reshare it this Christmas season as a reminder - to keep packing your Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes. This episode is proof that the children on the receiving end of them, are getting so much more than a beautifully wrapped box, filled with toys and goodies, but they are receiving the Love of JESUS, that their hearts are fully capable of understanding and responding to. We pray you are blessed.

In this episode, our friend Izabella McMillon shares her powerful testimony about growing up in communist Romania. Izabella learned about God through a hidden Bible in the floorboards of her small apartment, when she was just 7 years old. She learned about prayer at an early age, and God revealed himself to her in a very personal way. Izabella received a Christmas shoebox from Operation Christmas Child when she was thirteen, and it set her life on course for what she does today. Her testimony and relationship with CHRIST continues to encourage and spur on the body of Christ, to have HOPE, and WAIT with EXPECTANCY, for those things even not seen. Izabella has worked for Samaritan's Purse since 2014, where she is the Director of the Speaker's Bureau for Operation Christmas Child. Her testimony and WALK with CHRIST is amazing, and we pray you are encouraged and challenged to have HOPE in Christ this Christmas season. Please consider packing and sharing the LOVE of JESUS CHRIST through Operation Christmas Child today.

Operation Christmas Child | Shoebox Outreach of Samaritan’s Purse