Dale and Tracey Wallace scrimped and saved for decades to buy their dream home on the harbor in Madeira Beach, Florida. They signed the papers and moved in 2013. “It was a year after I retired,” Dale said. “I don’t know how two retirees from county civil service could afford it, but she can squeeze…
Respuesta a los tornados en Oklahoma City
A powerful storm spawning multiple strong tornadoes barreled through Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on Sunday, Nov. 3, damaging or destroying at least 300 homes. The twisters toppled power lines and trees as it carved a destructive path through residential areas. VOLUNTEER IN OKLAHOMA Samaritan’s Purse deployed a Disaster Relief Unit—a tractor-trailer filled with relief supplies and…
Operation Christmas Child
Empacadores de cajas de regalos pasan de la devastación a la celebración
She peered through a busted window into the church basement and saw that floodwaters from Hurricane Helene had left a muddy mess. The Operation Christmas Child shoebox gift items that First Baptist Church of Damascus, Virginia, had collected during the year were now wet and filthy. Jaz, age 11, saw something that gave her hope—a…
Serving Tornado-Damaged Oklahoma Communities in Jesus’ Name
Samaritan’s Purse is serving communities surrounding Oklahoma City after a string of tornadoes touched down in the early morning hours of Nov. 3, damaging many homes and businesses. A number of residences were turned into rubble. “We knew there was a storm coming. We just didn’t know how bad it was,” said homeowner Michael Spicer.…
Nuestro Ministerio
Ayudando cuando los desastres ocurren en casa
Responding to Hurricane Helene Volunteer Now Give Learn More Samaritan’s Purse is responding in six locations after Hurricane Helene left a 500-mile trail of devastation from the Gulf Coast of Florida to the mountains of western North Carolina. We have established three relief bases in western North Carolina and stretching into eastern Tennessee. Volunteers are…
Nuestro Ministerio
Welcome TBN Viewers: Samaritan’s Purse – Helping in Jesus’ Name
Helping in Jesus' Name Welcome TBN Viewers! Good News and Great Joy for Children Around the World Operation Christmas Child sends shoebox gifts to children in need in around the world. Each is a tangible expression of God’s love, opening doors for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Operation Christmas Child delivers great joy and the Good…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Celebrating God at Work through North American Ministries
When Samaritan’s Purse volunteers deploy to a disaster site, they wear orange shirts, joining forces with the Billy Rapid Response Team chaplains, who minister in blue shirts. Whether it be after a hurricane, tornado, flood, wildfire, or ice storm, the two sets of volunteers work side by side in Jesus’ Name to help storm victims…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Samaritan’s Purse Heads to Deep South Texas After Flooding
Samaritan’s Purse has deployed to the far south of Texas along the Mexican border to respond to widespread flooding in the Rio Grande Valley. These were the state’s worst floods since Hurricane Harvey last August. One of our disaster relief units—a tractor-trailer filled with equipment and supplies—is now in place in Texas after being dispatched…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Volunteers Begin Cleanup After South Texas Flooding
Hidalgo County, Texas, located near the state’s southern tip, typically receives 21 inches of rain per year. On June 20, about 15 inches of rain fell, most of that in a couple of hours—flooding thousands of homes with foul-smelling muddy gunk. Samaritan’s Purse responded quickly. We sent staff and equipment, and volunteer teams are now…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Sharing God’s Love in Word and Deed Across Hidalgo County, Texas
Lupe Aguirre works at the Science Academy of South Texas not too far from his home in Mercedes. When he returns to school this fall, he’ll be excited to tell others about what happened this summer—about the one week in June that changed his life and that of his wife Maria. “Though tough, I’ve had…
