Our Ministry
2024 Year-End Report
Thank You Hurricane Helene Sudan Operation Christmas Child Brazil Beryl Mexico 2024 Year‑End Report Thank You Millions of people worldwide have been devasted by natural disasters, poverty, famine, and war and desperately need physical relief and the hope of Jesus Christ. Samaritan's Purse is reaching hurting families while also letting them know they are not forgotten…
Operation Christmas Child
OCC Schools
Receive 50 FREE Shoeboxes We're excited you're interested in packing shoebox gifts with your school or group! Get Free Shoeboxes RECEIVE 50 FREE SHOEBOXES! Simply fill out the form below to receive 50 complimentary shoeboxes* to help get your ACSI school started with Operation Christmas Child! *Free shoebox offer is exclusively for ACSI schools. Thank You for Getting…
Operation Christmas Child
Shoebox Heroes
Shoebox Heroes Millions of people become shoebox heroes to children in need around the world by prayerfully packing an ordinary box with toys and other fun items to communicate God’s love in a way a boy or girl can understand. But some shoebox heroes go “above and beyond” to ensure that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is proclaimed…
Our Ministry
Newsletter October 2025
Franklin Graham Update | October Franklin Graham Update | October As Peace Dawns in Gaza, More Help Is on the Way Dear Friend, As I write this, the world is celebrating the release of the last Israeli hostages as part of a ceasefire deal announced by President Trump between Hamas and Israel. The historic peace plan is also great news for nearly 2…
Our Ministry
Newsletter December 2025
Franklin Graham Update | December Franklin Graham Update | December Shining Gospel Light in Jamaica Dear Friend, I just got back from Jamaica where our teams continue to bring relief to hurting people in the wake of Hurricane Melissa. The storm may have passed, but the damage it left is horrible. In Black River, near where the deadly Category 5 storm made landfall, we've set…
Our Ministry
Newsletter January 2026
Franklin Graham Update | January Franklin Graham Update | January Helping Venezuelans Through Uncertain Times Dear Friend, The people of Venezuela have suffered for more than 25 years under the darkness of socialist oppression imposed by the leadership of Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro. There's still a great deal of uncertainty, but Venezuelans now have hope. On the border in Cucuta Since 2014, more…
Discipleship, Education & Training
Celebrating God’s Work in Alaska
A year after Doug Sevier joined the Louisiana Army National Guard “to pay for school,” planes flew into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The 9/11 attacks meant he was going to war. In 2004 he was deployed to Afghanistan stationed at a forward operating base. Nearly every day they were rattled by incoming…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Hungering for More
Five million Venezuelans have fled their own country since 2015. Nearly 2 million have entered Colombia. Scroll for More Samaritan’s Purse is there to provide food and shelter for those who’ve left everything behind. Hungering for More: Helping Venezuelan Migrants in Colombia Colombia Relief 014041 $ Give Hope Desperate need drives this historic exodus. Many of the migrants are…
Operation Christmas Child
Celebrating 200 Million Blessings
Elizabeth Groff is on a special journey to help pack the 200 millionth Operation Christmas Child shoebox gift since the Samaritan’s Purse project began in 1993. Elizabeth, who received a shoebox gift years ago as a lonely child in an orphanage in Ukraine, is currently traveling to different U.S. drop-off locations and processing centers with…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Hundreds of Migrants Receive Christ Along the US-Mexico Border
As migrants face harrowing circumstances along the U.S.-Mexico border, Samaritan’s Purse has worked to minister to them in Jesus’ Name. Our months-long response on the U.S. side recently wrapped up after working together with ministry partners in Del Rio and Laredo, Texas. We helped operate respite centers for those cleared by authorities to enter the…
