Operation Christmas Child

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Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year…these holiday’s call up emotional memories of childhood trips to a ranch area outside Monterrey Mexico near China Nuevo León. My great grandpa lived there in squalor as a tenant farmer. He was surrounded by numerous families with small children who somehow scratched out an existence. As a boy I never realized how  poor my great grandpa and his neighbors were. To me, sleeping on dirt floors in a porous wood shack covered with a straw roof with no utilities was the equivalent of camping out. My dad, without fail, would fill our family car in Houston with food staples, clothing, shoes, tools, candy and toys to bless the families who had so little to count in those orange orchards near Monterrey. These children were my playmates and friends and dad made sure i spent almost every holiday with them. He knew I would someday appreciate Christ’s blessings and hear His call to serve, to be His hands.

Part of my father’s legacy was a simple lesson that was taught through example. Yet I’m amazed what only Christ can do. To transform a man like my dad, who as a boy was abandoned by his father, grew up in dire poverty in Mexico and yet was redeemed through Christ’s grace.  He worked ceaselessly to be a loving responsible father, man, and servant.

Years before we moved to Houston, as a boy growing up in Reynosa, I witnessed the poverty that surrounded us.

During regular walks to the grocery store with my mom, the sight of hungry, homeless, rag-clad, disheveled kids, many of them my age impressed me. On one occasion I remember giving a little boy a small Hot Wheels ambulance I was playing with as my mom and I encountered him panhandling with his mom. I still remember the boy’s surprise and happiness at receiving an unexpected gift. Today, I realize the stakes are eternal.

Operation Christmas Child multiplies that experience a million fold but most importantly OCC boxes create a bridge to the ultimate gift – Christ Jesus. My wife and I look forward to being a part of Operation Christmas Child and sharing the packing and praying experience with our boys.

All children need to know: “Though my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me” Psalms 27:10

Untold thousands of Christian missionaries from multiple denominations and theological disciplines have answered Gods call to physically pluck children from streets, open orphanages or establish missions in remote and hostile lands. They are counting on us to help.

Please fill as many empty shoeboxes with toys, undergarments, toiletries, school supplies and/or candy.

It’s simple, choose an age and gender and base your purchases on that, fill as many shoe boxes as you can and pray that God save these children.

Bing or Google:  Operation Christmas Child for information

Thanks to the generous folks at SAS Shoes in Brownsville and R Communications, we have been able to store THOUSANDS of emptyshoeboxes –they just need to be filled with your love.

If your company, club, school, parish or church would like to participate, please contact me. Call me at 956 655 8876

or email me sergio@kurv.com

Get started now!

National Collection Week will be Monday November 18 through Monday November 25.

BT McAllen at 2001 Trenton will again be the Valley-wide collection point.

Live your life for the audience of One!

Merry Christmas and God Bless You!

  Sergio Sanchez

BIO

You can hear Sergio on NEWS TALK 710 KURV. You may contact him at cell (956) 655 8876 or email Sergio@kurv.com

Or find him at KURV an R Communications station 1201 N Jackson Rd, Suite 900, McAllen Texas 78501.

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