Christmas Care

Christmas Care packs were provided to 397 children of persecuted Christian families. The Christians living in these areas are poor and often face discrimination because of their faith. They frequently have difficulty finding work to provide for themselves and their families.

“Praise the Lord, hundreds of poor and persecuted children and families have been greatly blessed by the Christmas Care packs. While many Christians couldn’t afford to buy Bibles for themselves, some others’ Bibles were taken away from them by the local authorities – as part of their scheme to try to stop Christians from following Christ and going to church. So, they were very happy and appreciative when they received not only spiritual food but also physical necessities. Young children were also very thankful for receiving Bible story books, school supplies, food, and other things which they did not have before.” Project Coordinator

We distributed more than 695 to six locations in different parts of Mindanao.

“The backpacks are answers to prayers, especially of the back-to-school items. We thank you so much for the touching of the needy Christians and children in the Philippines.” Front-line worker, Mindanao

Gifts were provided by our ministry partners in the Middle East to locals and refugees. Christmas can be a difficult time of year; some must choose between feeding their families or buying their children a present.

The Christmas gifts were one piece of warm clothing, Christian literature and a voucher to a local store to buy food and other necessities.

Food packs, Bibles for adults, story books, children’s Bibles, dried fruit and sweets were distributed to Christian families in the brick kilns and those living in slums and poor areas of Kasur, Gujranwala, Sialkot and adjacent towns.

“Christmas is a glorious and very special festival of joy and celebration for all Christians in Pakistan. We were very pleased to help and bring smiles to hundreds of people’s faces, especially handing small tokens of Christian love to underprivileged children, widows and victims. Like every year we targeted areas that were underdeveloped and underserved. Children were overjoyed for having Bibles and other Christian literature, for many children it was the first time in their lives they saw a children’s Bible and other Christian literature. They were so grateful and thanking God for sending these gifts.”  – Project Coordinator

Packs were provided to children who are children survivors of terrorism from across northern and central Nigeria. They received soap and toiletries, an English Bible, notebooks, pens, pencils, school textbooks, a shirt or blouse, trousers or skirt, school jumper, tracksuit, a T-shirt, shorts, and thongs for playtime.

We were able to also bless some local impoverished widows of Jos South and Barkin Ladi. These women’s husbands had been killed by Boko Haram, militant Fulani herders, or in a related tragedy. We gave them approximately 7.5kg of rice. Rice has become very expensive and is outside the financial reach of these widows.

“All beneficiaries expressed their sincere appreciation to God for their benefactors. The widows prayed for those through whom God provided the gifts. One widow told us her husband was killed by Boko Haram in 2011 and she has struggled to feed and educate her children since then, but that the help she has received at Christmas and during the year [through our VOM partner ministry], has enabled her to continue to trust God for His provision.” Project Coordinator