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 THE KOKOMO AREA TEAM COLLECTED 11,955 SHOEBOXES THIS YEAR.  YES OUR NUMBERS WERE DOWN FROM LAST YEAR, BUT WE HAVE A MIGHTY GOD AND THAT IS ALMOST 12,000 CHILDREN THAT YOU WILL HAVE AN INFLUENCE ON.  EVERYONE OF THEM WILL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH THE TWELVE WEEK DISCIPLESHIP PROGRAM AND ACCEPT JESUS AS THEIR SAVIOR.    BROOKSIDE PACKED 212 THIS YEAR!     

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Once Shoeboxes were collected in Howard, Tipton, Carroll Cass, Miami, Fulton, and Pulaski Counties they were sent to the Processing Center in Baltimore Maryland.  Shoeboxes are processed by late December or early January.  If you donated through the FOLLOW YOUR BOX and attached the bar code label to your shoeboxes you can discover what countries your shoeboxes are going.  So far it appears that our shoeboxes will be going to the following countries:  
                               Ukraine, Honduras, Mali, Madagascar, Benin, and a Hard to Reach Area.
​IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHERE YOUR BOXES WENT, CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW AND TYPE IN YOUR INFORMATION.
                                www.samaritanspurse.org/operation-christmas-child/follow-your-box-lookup/

                                REMEMBER, IT'S NEVER TOO LATE OR TOO EARLY TO PACK A SHOEBOX.
                                IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PACK ONE ONLINE, CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW.
​                                               www.samaritanspurse.org/operation-christmas-child/buildonline/

                                                     FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW
​                                                  www.samaritanspurse.org/operation-christmas-child/endsoftheearth/

 PRAY FOR THE SAFETY OF THE SHOEBOXES AS THEY ARE PROCESSED AND TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD TO THE CHILDREN THAT GOD INTENDS TO RECEIVE THE BOXES.
PRAY THAT THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS GETTING THROUGH CUSTOMS.
PRAY THAT EVERY CHILD THAT RECEIVES A BOX WILL ACCEPT CHRIST AS THEIR SAVIOR!