Operation Christmas Child
Alina and the Princess Shoes
Alina and the Princess Shoes "The shoebox made me realize that Jesus hadn’t abandoned me. It was a representation of His love for me." Alina received a shoebox as a child in a Central Asian country. My family and I had what we needed, but gifts were a luxury we didn’t always get. So when…
Operation Christmas Child
Elizabeth and a Stuffed Animal
Elizabeth and a Stuffed Animal An illustration of Jesus Christ with outstretched arms made a lasting impression on me. My two younger sisters and I were removed from our home in Latvia when I was 7. Someone at school had noticed that we weren’t being taken care of by our parents. It was because they…
Operation Christmas Child
Bonny and a Plastic Camera
Bonny and a Plastic Camera Please enable Javascript to watch this video “Even today, when I think about the shoebox, I smile.” I grew up in a village in Uganda with my dad, mom, and brother. Uganda is one of the poorest countries in the whole world. People can’t afford even the little stuff like…
Ministerio Infantil
Finding a New Way Home
Baraka eyed the money as his aunt placed it inside her small satchel. He wanted to be able to find it later when no one was watching, and though she hid the satchel at home, Baraka found it quickly while she was tending to chores. He had become skilled at this since moving to the…
Ministerio de Salud y Medicina
Kids Are Missionaries Too
Three-year-old Josh* could not contain his excitement when he found out he was going on his first mission trip. “We are going to El Salvador,” he announced at his church in British Columbia, Canada. “Daddy is going to work on teeth and we’re going to tell people about Jesus!” The Eliason family—Garth and LeeAnne, Josh,…
Proyectos de construcción
Familia de Carolina del Norte viene a casa para la Navidad
Michael Register had given up and accepted that his days would never be the same after Hurricane Florence stole his home and stripped away anything resembling a normal and comfortable routine. So, when Samaritan’s Purse staff came to talk with him about the Hurricane Florence home rebuild program in Whiteville, North Carolina, Michael was both…
Media
Comunicados de prensa de la respuesta en Ucrania
Media Resources Media Requests Press Releases Fact Sheets B-roll Audio PSA Photos Ukraine Response Press Kit In response to the conflict in Ukraine, Samaritan's Purse is working in three countries where needs are dire—Ukraine, Poland, and Moldova. Disaster response specialists are providing medical care in four facilities across Ukraine and Moldova—including an Emergency Field Hospital…
Discipulado, educación & entrenamiento
Parejas de militares ven sus oraciones contestadas en Alaska
He was shivering so violently he could hardly stand still. The wind had suddenly picked up, the sun was nowhere in sight, and the air was noticeably chillier than it had been all week. Not even the crackling fire on the beach offered much warmth. But it didn’t matter. Army Sergeant First Class David Larson…
Celebrando una temporada de vidas transformadas
As the year’s last two flights of veterans and spouses lifted off on Friday (Sept. 23), the 11th summer season of Operation Heal Our Patriots in Alaska came to an end, and we thank God for the wonderful, grace-filled testimonies these couples now have to share. Over the course of 17 weeks, 164 couples came…
