THE LATEST (September 24, 11:01 a.m.) Samaritan’s Purse remains at work in areas around New Bern, Jacksonville, and Wilmington where residents are still reeling from the devastation brought by Florence. We praise God our volunteers have already been able to serve many homeowners in Jesus’ Name. We’ve received nearly 2,000 work orders from the three…
Three Hurricane Relief Bases Set Up; Hundreds of Volunteers Working
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Volunteers Serve Coastal Community Devastated by Flooding
SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER FOR OUR HURRICANE FLORENCE RESPONSE “That’s our whole neighborhood,” Steve Hubbard said as he scrolled through photos on his phone. The images show his street completely underwater in Leland, North Carolina. While Steve and his wife Deborah and their grown daughter Amanda were in Florida with family—they had evacuated ahead of…
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…
Franklin Graham Sees Ongoing Recovery Work in the Bahamas
Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham met Jan. 17 with local officials in the Bahamas as well as several families helped by relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Dorian. In our initial response to Hurricane Dorian, Samaritan’s Purse distributed over 360 metric tons of emergency relief supplies and provided more than 1 million liters of…
Mending Homes and Hearts in Storm-Weary Louisiana
The streets of Lake Charles, Louisiana, were filled with destruction and silence in the 24 hours after Hurricane Laura made landfall. Families who fled the storm were terrified to return home and those who stayed were in a state of shock, their homes ripped apart or ambushed by falling trees. “Following a disaster, you usually…
Los esfuerzos por ver a Acapulco restaurada
Pastor Eusebio Angelito and his wife, Catalin, nervously waited for the monster storm that was predicted to hit on Oct. 25—another hurricane, but a big one named Otis that was quickly building in strength. The last truly shocking Pacific cyclone to hit the state of Guerrero was Hurricane Pauline in 1997, a Category 4 event.…