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…
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…
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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…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Critical Aid Arrives in Vietnam After Typhoon 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…
Discipleship, Education & Training
Literacy Efforts Help People Read the Bible in South Sudan
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…
Crisis & Disaster Response
First Mobile Homes Given to Hurting Families After Helene
Lidia Gomez escaped with her family as floodwaters, mud, and debris filled their Buncombe County, North Carolina, community last September. When they returned in the wake of Helene’s destruction, their mobile home was unrecognizable—filled with water and pierced by a tree that had crashed through the roof. In the following days, the home became filled…
Health & Medical Ministries
Where Care Meets Compassion
Mothers arrive at the parked mobile medical unit in Colombia exhausted and in desperation. They look up and see a cross with the words “Helping in Jesus’ Name” stamped beneath it. Some have made the grueling and dangerous journey from Venezuela to escape the ongoing economic and political crisis that’s raged in the bordering nation…
Health & Medical Ministries
God Has a Place for You to Change the World
Prescription for Renewal enjoyed the highest attendance ever in its 34-year history Oct. 2-5, as more than 900 people gathered to praise God for the far-reaching impact of Samaritan’s Purse medical ministries around the globe. Perhaps it was the record crowd in Orlando, Florida, including over 100 medical and nursing students from 14 academic institutions,…
Discipleship, Education & Training
Cambodian Migrants Meet Christ on the Road Home
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…
