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Mayfield, Kentucky Rebuild Press Kit
Media Resources Media Requests Press Releases Fact Sheets Photos B-roll Mayfield, Kentucky Rebuild Samaritan's Purse, an international Christian relief organization, has been working in Mayfield, Kentucky, since the storm hit. Initially, Samaritan's Purse deployed disaster response teams after the EF4 tornado leveled homes in the area and killed 80 people. After assisting more than 700ā¦
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Special Access Shoebox Resources Update
Special Access Shoebox Resources for Project Leaders Click the checkboxes to agree and reveal resources. As a preapproved Project Leader, I agree to only share these resources with those involved in packing Special Access shoebox gifts. I will only distribute copies of these materials to those who are packing Special Access shoebox gifts. I will not disseminateā¦
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Central United States Tornado Response Press Kit
Press Releases Fact Sheets & Bios Photos B-roll Central United States Tornado Response Samaritanās Purse is responding in Laurel County, Kentucky and St. Louis, Missouri after several, deadly EF3 tornadoes struck on Friday, May 16, causing extensive structural damage and loss of life in both states. Volunteers are now on the ground and working alongsideā¦
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“Now I Have a Heart for God”
Each time he pricked his feet on thorns or felt the jabs of kids who jeered at his bare feet, 13-year-old Kwale thought of the shoes his parents had promised: āWhen we have the money.ā Even his teachers seemed to pick on him, assigning him dirty jobs like cleaning the toilets or telling him toā¦
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Journey to a New Heart
If youād seen Francis play with his friends in the early days of his illness, he would have seemed like many other little boys living in Uganda. He loved airplanes, admired Spider-Man, and was known to be a little stubbornāa trait he got away with by making those around him laugh. But there was somethingā¦
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Samaritan’s Purse Deploys Assessment Team to Tennessee After Deadly Tornadoes
Samaritan's Purse Deploys Assessment Team to Tennessee After Deadly Tornadoes BOONE, N.C., Dec. 10, 2023—Today, Samaritan's Purse has deployed disaster response specialists to Tennessee and pre-positioned two Disaster Relief Units—tractor-trailers stocked with tools and equipment—in the wake of deadly tornadoes that struck multiple communities on Saturday. The catastrophic storms have killed at least six peopleā¦
Samaritan’s Purse Dedicates First Home in Hurricane Helene Rebuild
In the same front yard where Hurricane Helene’s floodwaters tore through their quiet western North Carolina neighborhood, Benny and Keeva Messer stood on June 2 praising God for a brand-new home built in Jesus’ Name, from the foundation below to the shingles above. “Today we are going to celebrate and rejoice,” said Luther Harrison, viceā¦
Hope, Healing, and Restoration During Week One of Operation Heal Our Patriots
Tammy Unruh didnāt want to come to Alaska. She had no interest in attending Operation Heal Our Patriots to work on her crumbling nine-year marriage to Mike, a retired sergeant who served in the army for 20 years. She didnāt think their relationship could be fixed. Even the thought of going fishing, hiking, or bearā¦
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Ohio Farmers Influence their Community and the World by Packing Shoeboxes
Drive down River Styx Road just outside Wadsworth, Ohio, and youāll come across the āStyx and Stones Farmā sign. Pull in the driveway on any given Saturday morning in the fall, and it will be tough to find a spot to park. On one edge of the driveway sits a barn thatās at least 175ā¦
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Franklin Graham Hands Out Shoeboxes on Saipan and Guam
Feb. 22-23 UPDATE Samaritanās Purse President Franklin Graham and his wife Jane, along with musical artist Michael W. Smith, traveled to Guam on Saturday, Feb. 22, to help hand out gift-filled Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes at Life in the Son Christian Fellowship in Tamuning. The day before the trio assisted in distributing shoeboxes on nearbyā¦
