It’s never been an easy feat to construct a large building on Nunivak Island, Alaska. It still isn’t. That’s why this year’s work on the new Mekoryuk Covenant Church—which will be completed by Samaritan’s Purse volunteers over four months—is such a milestone for the Native Alaskan community. Before planes, the Bering Sea’s shallow and shifting…
Operation Christmas Child
Q & A: Gospel Opportunities in Paradise
Meet Ravina Kumar, national discipleship coordinator for Operation Christmas Child in Fiji. She is one of 6,100 people globally who volunteer on National Leadership Teams to guide our efforts in evangelism, discipleship, and multiplication within their respective countries. Read on to learn more about how the ministry is advancing the Gospel in the Pacific through…
Paz después de la tormenta
Steve Daggett, 73, said the EF3 tornado that barreled toward his Winchester, Indiana, home sounded like a jet engine. “My kids told me it would sound like a train. To me it sounded like a jet starting up,” said Steve, who recounted the ominous sound of the twister roaring across town as it closed in…
Fe restaurada
The two Army medics were ready to quit their marriage and had a hard time remembering why they’d bothered applying to go to Alaska with Samaritan’s Purse. Just a couple weeks before Army Sergeant First Class Jason Smith and Army Specialist Amy Smith were scheduled to leave for Operation Heal Our Patriots, they delivered the…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Volunteers Arrive with Hope and Help as Floodwaters Recede
SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER Samaritan’s Purse volunteers have been busy in Nebraska since March 22 assisting communities after catastrophic flooding struck the Midwest. We have been helping dozens of homeowners remove debris and damaged belongings and offering encouragement in Jesus’ Name. Among these homeowners are long-time Operation Christmas Child volunteers Charlotte Young and her husband…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Entregamos ayuda a los sobrevivientes de las inundaciones en Brasil
Hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes for safety after many days of heavy rain caused deadly flooding and mudslides across southern Brazil. In Rio Grande do Sul’s capital city of Porto Alegre, the Guaiba River rose to record heights, broke its banks, and damaged major city infrastructure, leaving 80 percent of the…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Consuelo después de la tormenta
Melissa’s heart swelled with sorrow—and gratitude—as Samaritan’s Purse volunteers handed her beaten down photos salvaged from the rubble. Her husband, Josh, held back tears behind his sunglasses. One picture showed her as a child, goofing around with her cousins at her uncle’s house. Another showed her at homecoming with her best friend. Some photos showed…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Samaritan’s Purse On the Ground in Haiti After Powerful Earthquake Rocks Southern Cities
Samaritan’s Purse is responding in the aftermath of a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that jolted southeastern Haiti near the port city of Les Cayes. The Saturday morning temblor caused severe damage—destroying homes and trapping people in the rubble. More than 1,000 have died and casualties are feared to rise as search and rescue efforts continue. Our teams…
Operation Christmas Child
Franklin Graham agradece a los voluntarios de los centros de procesamiento
Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham today thanked the thousands of volunteers who are currently working in eight processing center locations across the U.S. to prepare millions of Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts for international shipment. Headed to over 100 countries this year, the gift-filled shoeboxes will bring great joy and the Good News of Jesus…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Helping Homeowners in Storm-weary West Monroe, Louisiana
Hours before the storm Willie Godfrey’s dogs started digging, and Willie wondered why—but not for long. Only minutes before noon on Easter Sunday an EF-3 tornado touched down in West Monroe, Louisiana, and carved a six-mile path across the community heading directly for the Godfreys’ home. “The dogs know. They know,” Willie said. “Now I…
