Each day of work at Samaritan’s Purse is another opportunity to see lives and communities around the world transformed by the Gospel of Jesus Christ. From international projects and disaster relief to Operation Christmas Child and World Medical Mission, we do everything with the purpose of demonstrating God’s love to people in crisis situations
Glorifying God in Ethiopia
As first-time volunteers with World Medical Mission, Drs. Mark and Melisa Agness didn’t have any lofty goals when they arrived at Soddo Christian Hospital in Ethiopia last fall. They simply wanted to minister to patients and staff and make whatever difference they could. Not only did the experience exceed their expectations, but the California couple…
Construction Projects Benefit Rural Alaska
Robert Mobley says it’s difficult to anticipate what you’ll find at the edge of the world, which is where he felt like he landed several summers ago in Kipnuk, Alaska, near the Bering Sea. The beauty, remoteness, and great need were surprising at first, but that’s also what has kept Robert returning to the 49th…
Caring for Afghan Evacuees in Transition
The invigorating feel of a fresh haircut or a new dress. The fun of kicking around a soccer ball or flying a kite. The confidence of being seen by a medical professional. A Samaritan’s Purse Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) is providing all of these experiences and more to Afghanistan evacuees at a transit center…
Content with Little and with Much
The cesarean section was almost complete when the room went dark. Dr. Claudiu Cimpean, a visiting general surgeon from North Carolina, was assisting another surgeon with the operation. It was his first week as a volunteer at Macha Mission Hospital, a remote medical post in southern Zambia. Fortunately, they had delivered the baby a few…
Making a Lasting Impact
“An American missionary in Uganda was medevacked here with a broken hip. He’s in the ER now. Can you go see him?” Dr. John Newell had just arrived at Tenwek Mission Hospital in Kenya after two days of travel from North Carolina when he received news of the missionary’s medical situation. The orthopedic surgeon immediately…
Iron Souls and Tender Hearts
Can the significance of one human life be measured? How great is its value? One of the recurring themes throughout the 33rd Prescription for Renewal conference was the inherent, God-endowed worth and dignity of every person—from children developing in their mothers’ wombs to the social outcasts to the physically needy trapped in the ditches of…