Operation Christmas Child is program created by Surmaritan's Purse that helps children all over the world receive Christmas gifts. We will talk more on this later. As members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and Christians we understand that the Atonement of Jesus Christ is for all people. We know that our Savior suffered for the sins of everyone who ever lived, is now living, and will yet live on this Earth. He desires all to receive it, and feel the healing, the love, sacrifice, peace, and joy that comes when we repent of our sins, and seek him in times of sorrow. Through the Operation Christmas Child project my family and I have come to see that more clearly as we have reached out to those children and their families who may not have the gospel in their lives, and shared our testimony of the Savior with them. We have felt, in part, a love for individuals we don't know. And that we hope will feel our Saviors love through these small acts of giving.
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"The divine plan of happiness enables family relationships to be perpetuated beyond the grave. Sacred ordinances and covenants available in holy temples make it possible for individuals to return to the presence of God and for families to be united eternally."
-The Family: A Proclamation to the World
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