The farming community of Belle, Missouri, has a population of just 1,300 people, but on Sunday, they accomplished much through prayer. At their 23rd annual Operation Christmas Child dedication service at First Baptist Church, 120 people from more than 25 different churches gathered to commit 1,744 shoebox gifts to God’s purposes around the globe. Each…
Ministerio de Salud y Medicina
Brand-New Smiles Reflect God’s Love in Action
Children born with a cleft lip or palate in Peten, Guatemala, are unlikely to have it repaired. Most parents are unable to afford the necessary surgery or travel the nearly nine-hour journey to Guatemala City to receive care. For a few families that situation changed for the better recently when a volunteer medical team from…
Fortaleciendo matrimonios de militares mucho después de Alaska
Army Sergeant Brian Matters and his wife Rebecca left Alaska last year with hope. The week they spent there through Operation Heal Our Patriots helped lift a dark cloud from their lives. They even recommitted their marriage to God. Despite his years of faith in Jesus Christ, Brian had long struggled with doubt and hopelessness—especially…
Por el desierto
Navy Corpsman Ben Hebert and his wife, Heidi, nearly called it quits. They trace the source of their troubles back to 2009 when Ben watched helplessly as a fellow Marine was killed in an ambush while on patrol in Afghanistan. That traumatic event changed him. Ben was plagued by sleeplessness at night and a short…
Discipulado, educación & entrenamiento
Empezar de nuevo
There was a time when Natalia was studying hard to fulfill her dream of becoming a nurse. But she had to quit school and devote all her time to working when the economy in Venezuela began to collapse. Families faced dire food shortages, power blackouts, and a failing national healthcare system. Eventually, she made the…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Llega ayuda urgente a Vietnam tras el paso del tifón Yagi
Powerful winds and torrential downpours sent Tran’s house sliding down a nearby mountainside in northern Vietnam. If the 78-year-old hadn’t fled, she would likely be among the more than 250 dead in the wake of Typhoon Yagi. Just days after, Samaritan’s Purse staff were wading through flooded streets and neighborhoods checking on families and distributing…
Discipulado, educación & entrenamiento
Los esfuerzos de alfabetización ayudan a la gente a leer la Biblia en Sudán del Sur
Eyes and opportunities are opening up as residents of Thaker, South Sudan, learn to read the Word of God. Through the Samaritan’s Purse church-based literacy program in Mayendit County, men and women are learning to study in their native tongue—the Nuer language. They are not only acquiring the transformative skills of reading and writing, they…
Discipulado, educación & entrenamiento
Migrantes camboyanos encuentran a Cristo en el camino a casa
The northern border of Cambodia is a porous one, with thousands of people flowing across into Thailand each day in search of better-paying jobs. These migrants work through brokers who demand exorbitant fees to help with the crossing. Many feel it is worth the cost because of the lucrative opportunities they’ve heard await them on…
Ministerio de Salud y Medicina
Hospitales misioneros
Mission Hospitals World Medical Mission assists scores of mission hospitals and clinics in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe, Oceania, and the Middle East by arranging short-term assignments for doctors, dentists, and other medical professionals. Choose a hospital by country. Angola Burundi Cameroon Ethiopia Gabon Guinea Kenya Malawi Rwanda Togo Zambia Zimbabwe All Hospitals in Africa El…
