Hundreds and even thousands of Venezuelan migrants cross into Colombia each day, leaving behind chaos and deprivation. They’re hoping to find safety and economic opportunity in their neighbor nation or other countries farther south, such as Ecuador and Peru. But the journey is demanding, dangerous, and filled with uncertainty. Who knows how they’ll handle the…
Discipleship, Education & Training
Hurting Military Marriages Find Healing in God’s Love
Chad and Ellen Peacock were childhood sweethearts—growing up with close families and annual beach vacations together. The summer that Chad was set to leave for Marine boot camp, he asked Ellen to wait for him, planning to marry her when he returned. The couple wrote 277 letters back and forth while Chad was away and…
Operation Christmas Child
Missouri Churches Send Shoebox Gifts Off with Prayer
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…
Health & Medical Ministries
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…
Strengthening Military Marriages Long After 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…
Through the Wilderness
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…
Discipleship, Education & Training
Operation Heal Our Patriots
Wounded Veterans Find Hope for Their Marriages Operation Heal Our Patriots Operation Heal Our Patriots - 013960 $ Give Operation Heal Our Patriots Operation Heal Our Patriots - 013960 $ Give Wounded Veterans Find Hope for Their Marriages Alaska marks a new start for military couples. Each Sunday evening throughout the summer, Samaritan's Purse aircraft touch…
Our Ministry
Retired Marine Serves with Team Patriot in St. Louis
Their mission that day in St. Louis was to save a condemned home where mold had taken over. The owner and her 85-year-old mother were still residing inside, breathing noxious spores. “I really can’t believe they were living in that,” said Brad Chandler, who was serving as a volunteer with Team Patriot, a Samaritan’s Purse…
Discipleship, Education & Training
Starting Over
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…
Our Ministry
Baby Kits
Giving Newborns and Their Moms the Care They Need Prenatal & Maternity Care 013717 $ Give Baby kits from Samaritan’s Purse provide moms and babies a healthy start. Yailin, 25, felt inadequate as a mother and was filled with deep fear and anxiety as she prepared to give birth again. She worried that she wouldn't…
