Terry and Patricia watched in horror as the raging Australian bushfires destroyed their home. “It was like watching the lights on a Christmas tree all night—the flames must have been so high above the trees,” Terry said. They watched from 12 miles away—the blaze was that intense. “It was just unbelievable; horrified, just horrified.” Record-breaking…
50 AÑOS DE MINISTERIO
Meeting Medical Needs on Somalia’s Hellish Streets
Somalia descended into the chaos of civil war after the socialist regime of President Siad Barre collapsed in 1991. Fighting factions ravaged the country and rain was scarce, sinking them into their worst famine of the century. An estimated 300,000 people died. “Driving through south Mogadishu is what I would imagine driving through the streets…
Operation Christmas Child
Missouri Volunteer Motivated by Jesus’ Last Words
Springfield area resident fulfills dream to reach children for Christ through Operation Christmas Child. Jill Cobb of Mountain View, Missouri, does what she does because she’s focused on Christ’s final words on earth, which begin: “Go and make disciples of all the nations” (Matthew 28:19, NKJV). She volunteers as an area coordinator for Operation Christmas…
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Iron Curtain Falls, Doors for Ministry Open
Samaritan’s Purse was 21 years old when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, opening a door for evangelical Christians to work behind what had been the Iron Curtain. For the next 15 years, Samaritan’s Purse was able to work in Jesus’ Name in Russia, from the shadows of the Kremlin to the reindeer herdsmen living…
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Buenas Nuevas y Gran Gozo para los niños alrededor del mundo
The summer of 1993, Franklin Graham received a call from England asking if he would fill shoeboxes with gifts for kids in war-torn Eastern Europe. Familiar with the suffering there from his recent visits to the region, Franklin agreed. Around Thanksgiving, his office received another call from England asking about the gifts. Franklin remembered the…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Field Hospital Staffers Provide Around-the-Clock Care in New York’s Central Park
UPDATED (through April 17): Since opening our Emergency Field Hospital in New York City, the Samaritan’s Purse medical team has treated more than 140 patients. One of our patients is Jose, who, upon seeing his wife standing on Fifth Avenue, was completely overwhelmed. Jose hadn’t seen her since he was admitted to our field hospital…
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Providing Decades of Clean Water
In the fourth chapter of the Gospel of John, Jesus meets a Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well and asks her for a drink of water. As they talk, Jesus tells her about “living water,” which puzzles her. “Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Where then do You get that…
Ministerio de Salud y Medicina
The Warm Heart of Africa
Barely breathing, Stephano was on the verge of a diabetic coma by the time his family brought him to Nkhoma Mission Hospital, several hours away from their village in Malawi. The patient wasn’t the typical elderly individual who had suffered for years with the disease. Instead, he was a fragile 11-year-old boy whose short life…
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Ministry on the Korean Peninsula
Long before the Korean Peninsula was partitioned, Franklin Graham’s mother, Ruth Bell Graham, attended high school in Pyongyang. Her parents served in China in full-time ministry, and Pyongyang was known as a hub of missionary work. Franklin’s father, Dr. Billy Graham, first visited North Korea in 1950 and ever since, God has continued to open…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Colombia: Reducing the Spread of COVID-19
Samaritan’s Purse is providing primary medical care as well as hygiene training to migrant communities along the Colombia-Venezuela border in an effort to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19. We are offering this relief through our local team of doctors, nurses, and a pharmacist, in coordination with the International Organization for Migration. Our mobile medical…
