UPDATE (Sept. 1): Volunteer teams have begun helping families in Spokane County sift through the ashes of their homes that were lost in the recent wildfires. One couple was especially grateful that volunteers were able to retrieve some treasured Christmas tree ornaments as well as the swords that belonged to their son who passed away…
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Samaritan’s Purse Volunteers Hard at Work in Florida
UPDATE (Sept. 1): Volunteers started work on Friday in Taylor County, Florida, serving homeowners in Jesus’ Name by cutting and clearing fallen trees and removing debris. Teams will also begin work soon in Pasco County in New Port Richey, Florida, mucking out flooded homes. SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER IN FLORIDA Billy Graham Rapid Response Team…
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Hombre de Florida rescatado justo a tiempo
As Hurricane Idalia barreled toward Florida’s Gulf Coast, Samaritan’s Purse U.S. Disaster Relief specialists prepositioned two Disaster Relief Units full of supplies in Georgia. The Category 3 hurricane soon made landfall on Wednesday morning, Aug. 30, near Keaton Beach in Florida’s Big Bend region with 125-mph winds and a record storm surge. The team prayed…
Alumnos y líderes de Liberty sirven en Florida
Carrie Torres, living in a camper the last few weeks with her three teenage boys, had called everyone she could think of for help. All leads had turned up cold, and she feared she’d face the large hardwood trees alone. More than a dozen fallen trees surrounded her mobile home, and at least one large…
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Reconstruimos esperanza y hogares en Mayfield
On December 10, 2021, a catastrophic EF-4 tornado sliced through Mayfield, Kentucky, carving up over 1,300 homes, businesses, and churches into heaping mounds of broken bricks, splintered lumber, and twisted metal. Samaritan’s Purse quickly responded to the devastation, helping homeowners in Jesus’ Name to begin to rebuild their lives in this tight-knit community. More than…
Casas nuevas que se convierten en hogares
On what looks like an invoice for their new home, each of the line items in the frame is marked “paid.” To make it clear that it is as free to the recipient as Christ’s gift of salvation, red block letters cover the whole page with an additional “paid in full.” “I thought I lived…
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Franklin Graham alienta a un pastor en Lahaina
Franklin Graham traveled to fire-ravaged Maui on Saturday to encourage homeowners who lost their homes to the wildfires in August. He surveyed the horrific damage in Lahaina, where Samaritan’s Purse volunteers are hard at work sifting through ashes for homeowners in search of treasured mementos—and closure. “A fire ripped through this area just destroying homes,…
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Tornados fatales rugieron en Tennessee
Tornadoes swept across Middle Tennessee on Saturday, Dec. 9, causing extensive property damage, dozens of injuries, and at least six deaths. The most devastated areas are in Montgomery County, around Clarksville, and in Davidson County, around Hendersonville, Madison, and Gallatin. The National Weather Service rated the Clarksville storm as an EF3 tornado, with around 700…
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Samaritan’s Purse extiende esperanza a las familias de Tennessee esta Navidad
A heartbreaking scene unfolded on Dec. 9 when twisters wreaked havoc in Middle Tennessee communities and claimed the lives of six people, including two young children. Scattered among the pieces of splintered homes were colorful Christmas decorations, which stood in stark contrast to the joy that the Christmas season usually brings. “It’s one of the…
Celebramos la obra de Dios en Maui
Our teams were on the ground just days after the Maui wildfires erupted on August 8 when brushfires near the historic town of Lahaina, Hawaii, were blown into a fury by distant Hurricane Dora. The deadly blaze killed more than 100 residents and destroyed large swaths of the island’s most historic areas, including thousands of…
