Update (July 15): This is the story of the arrival of Week One patriot couples. For a full story on the first week’s activities, go to the wrap-up article here. — This year’s first group of patriot couples took off from Anchorage around 4 p.m. on Sunday, July 5, and arrived at Port Alsworth about…
Discipulado, educación & entrenamiento
Military Couples Celebrate New Life in Christ, Stronger Marriages
During their first morning at Samaritan Lodge Alaska, seven patriot couples headed down to the bay to receive kayak training together. Tandem kayaking is a great exercise in communication and teamwork—with the goal, as in marriage, of both partners being on the same page, headed in the same direction. “You want to be one movement,…
Agua, salubridad e higiene
Clean Water Comes to Remote Villages in Kenya
Every day Eunice woke up early with the same worry pressed on her heart—would she find water today for her children? From her home in a remote village in Kenya, she walked two hours each way to the nearest water source and could only bring home what she was able to carry. Sometimes, during severe…
50 AÑOS DE MINISTERIO
Caring for Couples Suffering the Wounds of War
In 2012, the United States had only recently passed a tragic milestone in the War on Terror—more than 48,000 members of the U.S. Armed Forces had been wounded in defense of our freedom since the 9/11 attacks. Many of these brave men and women returned home with terrible physical and emotional scars. Samaritan’s Purse President…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Recovery Continues One Year After Hurricane Dorian
A year after Hurricane Dorian battered the northern Bahamas, Samaritan’s Purse continues to provide families, churches, and communities with physical relief and hope in Jesus’ Name. Hurricane Dorian was a Category 5 storm with maximum sustained winds of 185 mph when it slammed into the islands of Grand Bahama and the Abacos. The hurricane killed…
Wounded Veterans and Their Spouses Discover Hope in Christ
The metal bracelet on Army Sergeant Justin Gallagher’s wrist, light as it was, had weighed on him for years. It was “like an anchor,” he said, because he had returned home from Iraq and three of his friends had not. Just before Christmas 2006, during operations in Fallujah, Iraq, a bomb detonated near two of…
Volunteers Bring Unexpected Blessings After Alabama Hurricane
Just one look into her eyes and a story quickly unfolded. A story woven together with fear, panic, and absolute confusion that left little hope for resolution. Deborah Nelson could see in her mother’s eyes that a storm still lingered, even in the days following Hurricane Sally’s brutal punch to Baldwin County, Alabama. Her mother…
Discipulado, educación & entrenamiento
Military Families Continue to Give Back
When Marine Staff Sergeant Curtis Fowler walked on his own for the first time in two years his family praised God for a healing that once seemed impossible. Curtis had been unable to walk normally after something went wrong during a procedure to repair a decade-old back injury suffered in Iraq. Curtis went into the…
Discipulado, educación & entrenamiento
Serving God in Colombia
APPLY NOW FOR THE FALL 2021 INTERNSHIP SESSION I was absolutely thrilled after receiving the offer to be an intern in Cúcuta, Colombia. I had dreamed for two years of interning with Samaritan’s Purse, and I could not believe it was actually happening. As a recent graduate with degrees in Communication and Spanish, I could…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Samaritan’s Purse Medical Staff Put on the Full Armor of God in Mississippi
Wash hands. Put on gloves. Secure N-95 mask. Slide on medical gown. Cover head with hair net. Don face shield. Put on second pair of gloves. Step into the “hot zone.” This process has become a surreal but familiar routine for Samaritan’s Purse medical staff as we’ve now deployed six Emergency Field Hospitals, specialized as…
