[Update March 21: Our initial disaster relief responses in Nashville, Mt. Juliet, and Cookeville have ended. Samaritan’s Purse will continue to support these communities in an ongoing way; details will follow. We are thankful for more than 6,000 volunteers who completed clean up on 475 homes in these Middle Tennessee communities, working in Jesus’ Name…
Construction Projects
Rebuild Project Underway in Alaska’s Interior
As Alaska’s interior undergoes its annual thaw, there are just enough weeks of milder weather to rebuild in the state’s hardest-to-reach areas. This would include Scammon Bay, population 500, on the edge of the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge where the Kun River meets the Bering Sea. There are no roads leading into or out…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Volunteers Doing the ‘Dirty Work’ to Help Ocracoke Island Homeowners
Philip Howard, 75, stood at his front door and watched as a wall of water from Pamlico Sound rushed down the road toward his house on Ocracoke Island. “The water just kept rising higher and higher and higher, and I thought if it breaches the top points of my fence then I’m going to have…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Orange and Blue Army Gathers for Crisis and Disaster Response Training
For the first time ever, Samaritan’s Purse North American Ministries volunteers and Billy Graham Rapid Response Team chaplains gathered together for a special conference, Sharing Hope in Jesus’ Name. More than 1,200 people participated in the event, which was held in Orlando from April 25-28. Attendees learned how to help people facing crisis and grief,…
Liberty Students and Leaders Serve in Florida
Carrie Torres, living in a camper the last few weeks with her three teenage boys, had called everyone she could think of for help. All leads had turned up cold, and she feared she’d face the large hardwood trees alone. More than a dozen fallen trees surrounded her mobile home, and at least one large…
Operation Christmas Child
Hundreds of Children in the Bahamas Receive Shoebox Gifts at Christmastime
Hundreds of boys and girls received gifts and learned about the hope of the Gospel during a series of Operation Christmas Child shoebox distributions on the island of Grand Bahama, Dec. 27-28. The celebration was a welcome time of joy for the children as the island continues to recover from Hurricane Dorian. Local church partners…
Discipleship, Education & Training
Never Left to Fight Alone
Nearly 500 military couples were encouraged to rely on Jesus Christ, to read and believe God’s Word, and to stay connected with fellow couples at the 2023 Operation Heal Our Patriots Reunion, April 28-30, in Orlando. The annual event kicked off Friday evening with an address from Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham who invited attendees…
Edward Graham Visits Storm-Rattled Texas Communities
Samaritan’s Purse Chief Operating Officer Edward Graham visited Livingston and Temple, Texas, this week where volunteer teams are helping in Jesus’ Name to clean up flooded neighborhoods and tornado-devastated communities. Graham was able to encourage and pray with homeowners whose lives were turned upside down in a matter of minutes. Residents of Livingston, an hour…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Franklin Graham Sees Ongoing Recovery Work in the Bahamas
Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham met Jan. 17 with local officials in the Bahamas as well as several families helped by relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Dorian. In our initial response to Hurricane Dorian, Samaritan’s Purse distributed over 360 metric tons of emergency relief supplies and provided more than 1 million liters of…
