Shoebox Gifts Bridge the Divide Shoebox Gifts Bridge the Divide God used prayer and Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts to help reconcile a believer to his estranged family. Today he is no longer the only Christian among them! Ibrahim* grew up in a rural village in Burkina Faso. The local community highly respected his family because…
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Fotos de distribución de cajas
Shoebox Distribution These photographs are available for news media outlet use in coverage of Samaritan's Purse-related stories. If your news outlet uses a photograph, please credit: "Courtesy of Samaritan's Purse." These photographs are not for commercial use. Excited boys in Grenada unpack a pump for the soccer ball one received in his shoebox gift. A church…
Operation Christmas Child
A Shoebox Gift Filled A Hole in His Heart
When people tell Karabo Maretlane he’s lucky, he says, “I’m chosen.” Karabo grew up in a village in the southern African nation of Lesotho. When he was 5 years old, his father died and his mother left him with his grandmother. As this elderly woman raised him, she taught him how to read, write, and…
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Christian Charity Page Update
A Trusted Christian Charity Where Most Needed Where Most Needed - 012000 $ Give Who We Are Samaritan’s Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. As a trusted Christian charity for more than 50 years, Samaritan's Purse has helped meet the needs of people who…
Discipulado, educación & entrenamiento
Love Restored, Hearts Made New
Nearly every day for several months of his deployment, Army Sergeant Jake Southern’s unit came under enemy fire or were blasted by a roadside bomb. “It was nonstop, every day. The violence was increasing,” Jake said of the wartime situation in Afghanistan during 2009. Back at home, his wife Susan was raising their baby boy…
Operation Christmas Child
Excited for Shoeboxes in South America!
Operation Christmas Child leaders meeting in Brazil praise the Lord for the many lives in their region that are being transformed by the power of the Gospel! Your prayerfully packed shoeboxes enable them to share the love of God with children in need. Watch the video above to share in the South America team’s joy!…
Discipulado, educación & entrenamiento
Parejas celebran el 4 de julio en Samaritan Lodge Alaska
Franklin and Jane Graham welcomed ten military couples to Samaritan Lodge Alaska over the Fourth of July weekend, marking the sixth week of this year’s Operation Heal Our Patriots summer season. “July Fourth is when we celebrate freedom, and freedom is something that you have to defend, because there’s always people who want to take…
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We want to Finish Well
'We Want to Finish Well' World Medical Mission – A Ministry of Samaritan's Purse Spring 2024 A retired surgeon and his wife are looking forward to their 39th mission trip with Samaritan's Purse. World Medical Mission Serve with Us Apply Now Don't ask Dr. Sam and Liz Williams about their golf handicaps or clever shuffleboard strategies.…
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Franklin Graham – Bibliography
Franklin Graham has written several best-selling books, including The Name (2002), Living Beyond the Limits (1998), and his autobiography, Rebel With a Cause (1995). His latest book is Through My Father's Eyes (with Donna Lee Toney in 2018), the first book about Billy Graham, the father, written from the perspective of a son who knew…
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The Gospel Transforms a Family in East Africa
Bahati was suffering from constant headaches a couple years ago. So, her mother Sina turned to the only people she thought might be able to help her daughter. She went to the local Christians and asked for prayer. Sina was not a believer herself and, in fact, was sometimes unfriendly to Christians. But she’d heard…
