Jenny Leiter was, at first, mesmerized by the approaching storm the evening of March 14. She said the roiling clouds and the streaks of lightning made for a spectacular show across the expanse of farm fields surrounding Lakeview, Ohio. “It was really quite beautiful,” she said. But then it turned terrifying, as tornado sirens started…
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Los voluntarios trabajan duro después de las tormentas del Medio Oeste
Nuestro Ministerio
Pascua de Resurrección desde las cenizas
Plan to watch Franklin Graham, president and CEO of Samaritan’s Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, in the new program, “Easter from the Ashes,” on Sunday, April 20. From the site of the tragic wildfires in Los Angeles, he will bring a message from God’s Word about how we can have hope in Jesus…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Los voluntarios ayudan luego de las inundaciones fatales en Texas
Heavy rains caused flash flooding on Friday, July 4, leaving a trail of extensive damage and claiming more than 100 lives across several Texas counties. Samaritan’s Purse North American Ministries (NAM) and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association’s Rapid Response Team (BGEA-RRT) have deployed to hard-hit Kerr County, Texas. The area, nestled in the Hill Country…
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Las víctimas del incendio Palisades no han sido olvidadas
Samaritan’s Purse COO Edward Graham recently visited Pacific Palisades, California, where January wildfires tragically destroyed thousands of structures. Since then, our U.S. Disaster Relief teams have helped over 700 Palisades homeowners recover personal property from the ashes. “We want people to know that they’re not forsaken. They’re not forgotten,” Graham said. “God loves them so…
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Samaritan’s Purse Responds to the US-Mexico Border Crisis
As waves of desperate migrants arrive on the sweltering border between Mexico and Texas, Samaritan’s Purse is working on both sides of the Rio Grande to help them in the Name of Jesus Christ. “Some of these people have been traveling for months and they have been through so much,” said Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin…
Hope for Wounded Lives and Marriages
As his unit rolled out on regular patrol that day, Army Specialist Marco Fernandez took his position in the mounted gun of a Stryker armored vehicle. They were transporting an officer to another base and then checking out Iraqi villages to look for potential threats. As Marco’s convoy sped past a town on that sunny…
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Press Release Hurricane Dorian Response 09-02-19
Samaritan's Purse Airlifts Critical Relief to Hurricane-Battered Bahamas BOONE, N.C., Sept. 2, 2019 Samaritan's Purse is airlifting its DC-8 cargo plane stocked with critical supplies to the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian pummeled the island—leaving thousands of people without basic necessities. The first plane load includes emergency shelter material, household water filters and two community water…
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Press Release Samaritan’s Purse Airlifting Relief Supplies to War-Torn Ukraine after Collapsed Dam Results in Mass Flooding
Samaritan’s Purse Airlifting Relief Supplies to War-Torn Ukraine after Collapsed Dam Results in Mass Flooding Water filters, hygiene kits, blankets, and other critical aid headed to Ukraine Boone, N.C., June 8, 2023—Samaritan’s Purse will deploy its DC-8 aircraft tomorrow, June 9, to transport more than 40,000 pounds of relief supplies to Ukraine after a critical dam…
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Army Veteran and His Wife Now Follow Christ on Same Path
Note: The 2019 summer season of Operation Heal Our Patriots ended on Sept. 13, and we thank the Lord for all He did in the lives of so many couples, including the Paynes. For more on this spring/summer, see the update at the conclusion of this article. Army Specialist Tony Payne returned to his Evansville,…
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Samaritan’s Purse On the Ground in Flooded Southeast Texas
Update (Sept. 27): Samaritan’s Purse continues work in Vidor and Winnie, Texas. In Vidor, we have our Team Patriot volunteers serving for the first time on a disaster relief mission. Team Patriot is a brand-new initiative that offers Operation Heal Our Patriots couples—wounded military veterans and their spouses—an opportunity to serve U.S. homeowners after a…
