Newsletter November 2024
Edward Graham viaja a Louisiana para motivar las familias
Edward Graham traveled to see Samaritan’s Purse work in Louisiana on Labor Day, encouraging local families as they begin to clean up after Hurricane Ida and assuring them that our staff and volunteers are there to help in Jesus’ Name. “This is what Samaritan’s Purse volunteers do all over the world—when there’s disasters, we come…
Newsletter July 2024
Helping Caribbean Farmers Get Back to Work
When Hurricane Maria thrashed Dominica last year, its ferocious winds damaged 90 percent of the houses on the island. Thousands were completely destroyed. But the storm—the first Category 5 hurricane on record to strike the Caribbean island—didn’t just obliterate houses. It also ravaged entire industries, upending people’s ability to make a living and provide for…
Volunteers Help Hard-Hit Military Families in North Carolina
SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER FOR OUR HURRICANE RESPONSES When Jeremy and Kristy Kulberg saw on social media that people in their flooded New Bern, North Carolina, neighborhood were being rescued from rooftops, their hearts sank. That could only mean that their own house was under at least five feet of water. Jeremy and Kristy had…
Orange and Blue Army Gathers for Crisis and Disaster Response Training
For the first time ever, Samaritan’s Purse North American Ministries volunteers and Billy Graham Rapid Response Team chaplains gathered together for a special conference, Sharing Hope in Jesus’ Name. More than 1,200 people participated in the event, which was held in Orlando from April 25-28. Attendees learned how to help people facing crisis and grief,…
Ayudando cuando los desastres ocurren en casa
Team Patriot Volunteers Help Wounded Veteran Rebuild
Samaritan’s Purse Team Patriot volunteers handed Chris Holmes the keys to his brand-new home in Horry County, South Carolina on Feb. 7. The 58-year-old disabled Marine was one of thousands of homeowners whose lives and property were devastated by Hurricane Florence in 2018. Samaritan’s Purse provided Chris with a new mobile home to replace a…
Ayudando a los que ayudan en Louisiana
Hurricane Ida rapidly intensified into a Category 4 storm—leaving Heather and Jason Harper little time to evacuate their family of five from their home in Schriever, Louisiana. They knew they didn’t want to remain in their manufactured home, so they sought shelter in the nearby home of Heather’s mom, bracing themselves as heavy wind and…
In the Wake of Hurricane Laura, Veterans Become an Answer to Prayer
As Hurricane Laura’s 150 mile-per-hour winds threatened to batter the coastline of Louisiana, Rafe David and his wife Mary were prepared to stay in their Lake Charles home of 25 years. The couple had evacuated for major storms like Rita and Ike over the years only to return home to minor damage. They expected the…