OPERATION SHOEBOX--GUATEMALA!! December 5-13, 2008. Pictured are kids and families at one of our outreaches--these are native indians located at 10,000 feet elevation.
Some 700 children and their families from seven villiages came to sing Christmas caroles, watch our Christmas drama and recieve a Christmas Shoeboxes filled with toys, clothes, writing material, soap, etc. During the week 2,039 children and adults recieved Christ as Lord and Savior and recieved the best gift we had to share on our outreach!! Operation Shoebox is a ministry of the Marion Zirkle Children's Foundation and Living Water Teaching. Our 11 member missions team from Eagle Vision Church in Des Moines, Iowa along with missions members from Florida, North Carolina, Texas, Ohio, Californina and South Dakota spent the week packing shoeboxes and distributing them to some 4,500 children during various outreachs at orphanages, hospitals, schools and communities. Our ministry team was based at the Living Water Teaching Campus in Xela, Guatemala during our trip which is at 8,000 feet elevation.
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