Robert Atchley has spent decades helping others. For 43 years, he has tirelessly cared for veterans by performing CT scans at a VA hospital. He also served in the U.S. Navy as a medical corpsman for five years, from 1974 to 1979. An American flag sways in his front yard—a symbol of his service to…
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Volunteers Glad to Help a Homeowner Who Spent Years Serving Others
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Samaritan’s Purse Responds in Flooded Western North Carolina
Samaritan’s Purse is responding in Catawba County, North Carolina, where heavy rain caused dangerous and destructive floodwaters. VOLUNTEER IN CATAWBA COUNTY Since June 15 our teams have been helping in Jesus’ Name as we mud-out water-damaged homes. We praise God for how He is working in the Hickory area and are thankful for each of…
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On the Road in Jesus’ Name
Jesus’ words inspired cross-country bicyclist Daniel Erickson: “And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life” (Matthew 19:29, NKJV). Two years ago, Daniel said, “I started feeling like I should step out…
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Volunteers in Florida Lead Dying Air Force Veteran to Christ
Robbie Bushway can tell you how God moves in mysterious ways—just ask him. His father, Bob, had hardened his heart for years, yet came to faith in Christ thanks to a violent hurricane. A 74-year-old Vietnam veteran, Bob was sick with lung disease and unwilling to evacuate when the fury of Hurricane Michael tore through…
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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…
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Volunteers Doing the ‘Dirty Work’ to Help Ocracoke Island Homeowners
Philip Howard, 75, stood at his front door and watched as a wall of water from Pamlico Sound rushed down the road toward his house on Ocracoke Island. “The water just kept rising higher and higher and higher, and I thought if it breaches the top points of my fence then I’m going to have…
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Team Patriot Gets Wounded Veterans Serving Again
U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Brandon Price was performing a routine training session with the Afghan Army when his students suddenly turned on him and ambushed him and his squadron with gunfire. Brandon took two bullets to the chest plate and one to his leg, and as he was being treated by a medic, a remote-powered…
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Volunteers Working in Texas After Imelda’s Deluge
“We bought this house last July,” homeowner Kandace Higginbotham explained as she looked around at the water damage to her residence. “Just long enough to make two or three growth marks [for her children] on the wall. This was our first family home.” Kandace and her family were home together when the remnants of Tropical…
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Team Patriot Helps Fellow Veterans in Texas
“A good generation, like ours, is always wondering: ‘Will they have somebody to take our place to help other people when they need help?’ I see it now with veterans helping veterans. I see it very clearly.”—Joe Escamilla Sr., World War II veteran Joe Escamilla Sr., 93, was proud to see fellow veterans—albeit much younger…
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Samaritan’s Purse Responding in Dallas After EF-3 Tornado
Samaritan’s Purse U.S. Disaster Relief teams are on the ground in Texas after tornadoes devastated Dallas communities on Oct. 20, ripping up hundreds of homes, along with churches and businesses. One of the twisters was assessed as an EF-3 storm and tore through a 16-mile path from Dallas to Richardson. A disaster relief unit—a tractor…
