On Sunday, July 23, at 6 pm, Alex Nsengimana [Al ĕx Sĕn ji mah nə] will be speaking at Edwards Baptist Church, 1050 Edwards Rd in Greenville, about how receiving an Operation Christmas Child box as a child gave him hope.
Growing up in midst of an unstable Rwandan government Nsengimana experienced first-hand the travesties of his nation’s genocide. At the height of tribal unrest, the genocide claimed the lives of his caregivers. Fleeing for his life, Nsengimana escaped gunmen and eventually ended up in an orphanage that was his home for the next several years.
Nsengimana received a shoebox from Operation Christmas Child one year after arriving at the orphanage and remembers being so excited to have a gift to call his own. The shoebox gift sowed seeds of hope and love that he desperately needed. He realized that God had a specific plan for his life. Nsengimana now serves with Operation Christmas Child paying forward the hope and love he received through a shoebox gift.
This event is free and open to the community. Ice cream will be served following the talk.
For more information about Operation Christmas Child, visit https://www.samaritanspurse.org/what-we-do/operation-christmas-child/.