A small, nine-meter boat approached slowly from the Turkish coast. As it moved closer to Lesbos Island, it seemed to speed up a bit. Orange blobs turned into human forms. Babies could be heard wailing. Mothers too. Suddenly, men were also yelling for help. Thirty, 40, or sometimes as many as 70 people are crammed…
Discipulado, educación & entrenamiento
Vida en abundancia en Colombia
Adelette faced a daunting decision. She could stay in Venezuela, her home country, and endure the escalating violence and political turmoil all alone with her children, or she could flee through the jungle to Colombia and meet her sister on the other side. She decided to go. The 33-year-old mother packed her life into three…
Agua, salubridad e higiene
‘God Is My Shepherd’
Dama attended a viewing of the Jesus film with others in her Kenyan village and her life hasn’t been the same since. “I saw how Jesus was suffering for us. That compelled me to give my life to Christ,” she said. Community-wide Jesus film showings and Bible distributions accompany Samaritan’s Purse water and hygiene programming…
Discipulado, educación & entrenamiento
Ayudamos a prevenir el tráfico y el abuso de niños en Vietnam
Samaritan’s Purse recently taught sexual abuse prevention to children, ages 12 to 16, at six secondary schools in Lao Cai province, located along Vietnam’s northern border. With sex trafficking common in this area, boys and girls were grateful for the resources to learn how to guard against harm. During this training, a student named Quang*…
Ministerio de Salud y Medicina
Corazones que sanaron juntos
A young Bolivian mother was introduced to Children’s Heart Project, a medical ministry of Samaritan’s Purse, when her young daughter was in critical need of medical attention. Fatima Ramos Cardozo and her daughter, Maria, suffer from the same heart disease: atrial septal defect, a heart defect in which there is a hole in the heart’s…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
La restauración de un hogar en Ucrania
How do you make a house a home without its roof and windows? One Ukrainian family no longer has to worry, thanks to repairs provided by Samaritan’s Purse and our local partners. Katerina* and her two children, Ionna*, 14, and Denys*, 8, are grateful to be in their home again, even in a country still…
Nuestro Ministerio
Offering Clean Water in Jesus’ Name
Offering Clean Water in Jesus' Name Give Clean Water Samaritan’s Purse thanks God for the many lives transformed as we provide clean water and share the Good News of Jesus Christ across the globe. From refugee camps in South Sudan to impoverished villages in the Philippines, people must have clean water in order to survive. That's why…
Discipulado, educación & entrenamiento
El exvicepresidente Mike Pence anima a las parejas militares en Alaska
Former Vice President Mike Pence and his wife, Karen, joined Franklin and Jane Graham to support wounded veterans and their spouses at Samaritan Lodge Alaska this past week. “To be some small part of simply saying thank you, thanking them for their service, but also encouraging them to grow in their faith, to strengthen their…
Nuestro Ministerio
Warrior Ride
11th Annual High Country Warrior Ride Saturday, May 21, 2022 – Rain or Shine! Register Now Come show your support of Operation Heal Our Patriots with a scenic ride along the Blue Ridge Parkway. Escorted by local law enforcement and the Boone chapter of the Christian Motorcyclists Association, the 80-mile ride is a privately organized fundraiser to send…
Discipulado, educación & entrenamiento
Thanking God for Military Couples Saved in Alaska
On the eve of the 17th anniversary of 9/11, ten U.S. military couples gathered by the glacial waters of Lake Clark to spend a restorative week (Sept. 2-8) in the Alaskan bush for the penultimate session of Operation Heal Our Patriots 2018. And much like the nearly 140 couples that had already come to Samaritan…
