Since Hurricane Helene upended her life, Tammy has been living in the carport outside her sister’s house in the rural mountains of North Carolina. The tin and metal frame, asphalt floor, and flimsy insulation do little to hold the warmth from the small space heaters Tammy bought. As temperatures have dropped well below freezing in…
El tiempo perfecto de Dios en Honduras
Guanaja is one of Honduras’ three picturesque Bay Islands, located 44 miles off the north coast of the mainland in the Caribbean. One of its cays is home to the densely packed tiny town of El Cayo: population 5,300. It’s known as the Venice of Honduras because of a series of winding canals that run…
Nuestra respuesta al tornado fatal en Tennessee
Samaritan’s Purse staff and volunteers are at work in McNairy County, Tennessee, where an EF3 tornado touched down on April 3 and killed five people. McNairy County, located two hours east of Memphis, endured 160 mph winds, which destroyed more than 100 houses and damaged over 200 others. Our Disaster Relief Unit #6—a tractor-trailer loaded…
El amor se desborda en el este de Kentucky
The strewn debris and trash still hanging from the barren trees in Brandt Justice’s backyard stand as stark reminders of how high the waters rose when floods ravaged his small Kentucky community last week. In the early hours of Feb. 16, the small tributary behind his home suddenly swelled and climbed to the tips of…
Samaritan’s Purse Sends Disaster Response Teams to Alabama After Deadly Tornadoes (Press Release)
Participar en el poder del servicio
Gracie O’Loughlin regularly witnesses groups working shoulder-to-shoulder for a common purpose as part of her role with Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse that shares the Gospel with children around the world through outreach events and shoebox gifts. When she and several colleagues recently volunteered with U.S. Disaster Relief, another project of Samaritan’s…
Ayudamos en Rock Hill
Samaritan’s Purse is responding in Rock Hill, South Carolina, after winds equivalent to a Category 1 hurricane pummeled the area on April 20. Gusts up to 90 mph coupled with hail up to four inches in diameter damaged more than 100 homes and left extensive tree damage. It’s the worst storm to strike the Charlotte…
Edward Graham dedica un nuevo hogar para víctimas de las inundaciones
The Avila family is now home again—just in time for Thanksgiving. At a Thursday dedication ceremony in Livingston, Texas, Samaritan’s Purse staff, including COO Edward Graham, presented the family with a certificate stating their new home was “PAID IN FULL.” The parallel to how Christ’s blood covers sin was not lost on this family of…
Through Faithful Volunteers, God Delivers Hope to Arkansas
In the early days of her retirement, Sarah Rutland was wondering what to do with the rest of her life. So, she did what many retirees do—she went to Florida. But not for the reasons you’d expect. Hurricane Michael had just roared through the Panhandle and she wanted to help. So instead of picking up…
Un tornado en Tennessee hace que las familias se aferren a la fe
McNairy County is no stranger to tornadoes. Just two years ago, in March 2023, a devastating tornado hit the area, leaving nine people dead and 40 percent of the county with damage. On April 4 of this year, another deadly tornado hit leaving destruction in its wake once again. Now, as then, Samaritan’s Purse deployed…