Students from Wheaton College traveled to Ecuador in December with Operation Christmas Child, coming alongside the local church to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ and joining in the joy as children pealed open their one-of-a-kind shoebox gifts. Samaritan’s Purse has long worked in Ecuador, first delivering gift-filled shoeboxes there in 1997 and in…
Newsletter April 2025
Press Release Samaritan’s Purse Responds in Israel
Volunteers Ramp Up Tornado Relief Efforts in Alabama
March 13 Update: More than 1,000 volunteers so far have come out to serve homeowners in Jesus’ Name. Samaritan’s Purse continues the work in Alabama, and we’ve expanded our response just across the border into Georgia. We praise God that six people have received Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. — On the afternoon that…
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Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders Serves with Samaritan’s Purse in Arkansas
Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders helped homeowners in Benton County by serving alongside Samaritan’s Purse on June 2. The county is reeling after seven tornadoes hit the area on May 26, ranging in intensity from EF1 to EF3. “It’s amazing to have an organization like this show up in Arkansas, bring their resources, their time,…
Good News and Great Joy for Children Around the World
The summer of 1993, Franklin Graham received a call from England asking if he would fill shoeboxes with gifts for kids in war-torn Eastern Europe. Familiar with the suffering there from his recent visits to the region, Franklin agreed. Around Thanksgiving, his office received another call from England asking about the gifts. Franklin remembered the…
Good News and Great Joy Shared in Ethiopia
This week Edward Graham, COO of Samaritan’s Purse, joined with a local church in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to distribute hundreds of gift-filled Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes. Before opening their presents, girls and boys listened to a child-friendly presentation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. “I want these kids to know that they are loved and…