Nuestro Ministerio
OCC Special Report Pacific Islands Story
Special Report A Project of Samaritan's Purse Children on Remote Pacific Islands Respond to the Gospel A new Operation Christmas Child initiative is bringing the Good News of Jesus Christ to isolated island nations. Some communities in the Marshall Islands are so isolated that the only way to reach them is by boat. On Lib…
Operation Christmas Child
Trayendo el Evangelio a los Himba
AN ENDS OF THE EARTH STORY UNA HISTORIA DE LOS CONFINES DEL MUNDO Bringing the Gospel to the Himba Village leaders gathered around the fire and pleaded with their ancestors' spirits. The drought seemed endless, families were falling deeper into poverty, and the witch doctor's promises of healing had failed time and time again. The…
Operation Christmas Child
Devon and a Slinky
Devon and a Slinky “Devon received a shoebox at a church in Grenada as a child.” My gift was very unique because the person took the time to wrap the box in fabric. What stood out to me were all the toys. My mother was a single parent with four children. She made tremendous sacrifices…
Operation Christmas Child
Fe en la cima de la montaña
Pastor Rick and his team knew it would be tough—physically and spiritually—to reach the remote village they had been lifting up in prayer. To share the Good News of Jesus Christ there, the group had to scale steep mountains, cross rivers full of rocks and stones, and push through dense bamboo and vegetation. Their journey…
Operation Christmas Child
Lighting His Way to Jesus
Kululu Atsiaya often felt forgotten, especially at Christmas. He knew his family loved him, but life was hard for the boy growing up in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya. He had heard stories of people receiving gifts, but he had never experienced it or known anyone who had. Most families in his neighborhood struggled to…
Media
Press Release: Samaritan’s Purse Deploys Disaster Response Teams in the Aftermath of Winter Storm
Samaritan's Purse Deploys Disaster Response Teams in the Aftermath of Winter Storm BOONE, N.C., Jan. 29, 2026—Samaritan's Purse has deployed three disaster response teams to hard-hit areas in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Tennessee after a powerful winter storm system inundated the Southeast. Freezing rain and sleet caused dangerous levels of ice accumulation, resulting in extensive tree…
Operation Christmas Child
#ShoeboxStories: Désiré and The Yo-Yo
ShoeboxStories #shoeboxstories is an ongoing series in which shoebox recipients share about the eternal impact of a simple gift. Désiré -and- The Yo-yo God used a simple light-up yo-yo to remind me of His love. I remember walking every day to school when I was young. Most of the time I went without any lunch…
Operation Christmas Child
Students, God Can Use You to Help Change a Child’s Eternity
You Can Help Send the Gospel to the Ends of the Earth You can communicate God’s love to a child in one of the furthest corners of the globe. Samaritan’s Purse sends gift-filled Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes to boys and girls in city slums, dense jungles, and other hard-to-reach places that may have never heard the Name…
Nuestro Ministerio
Strength in the Fight
Strength in the Fight Samaritan’s Purse doctors and nurses share Scripture that they leaned on in the midst of battling COVID-19 in the Bahamas. This year Samaritan’s Purse has battled COVID-19 in 30 countries. From opening Emergency Field Hospitals in epicenters of the outbreak—including northern Italy, New York City, and the Bahamas—to training medical professionals in infection prevention…
Ministerio de Salud y Medicina
Hechos a la imagen de Dios
It’s a cherished moment a sonographer never tires of. That irrepressible outburst of amazement and joy when a pregnant woman sees the first image of her baby growing inside her womb. Susan Hopkins fondly recalls being a part of those happy moments throughout her 25-plus-year career. She also knows the sadder occasions when the pictures…
