June 13 UPDATE: We have concluded our deployments to Missouri and Ohio. We have two deployments ongoing to Oklahoma in response to flooding. Our Michigan response continues. May 30 UPDATE: Now that floodwaters are receding in Oklahoma, we are ready to receive volunteers. Our host church is Church That Matters in Sand Springs. May 29…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Samaritan’s Purse Has Now Deployed to Both Ohio and Missouri in the Wake of Recent Tornadoes
Crisis & Disaster Response
Hundreds of Volunteers Are Helping Missouri Families Recover After Violent Storms
UPDATE: Our response has now concluded in Jefferson, City, Missouri (June 4). More than 800 volunteers helped 95 homeowners. We praise God that 11 individuals received Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Tornado sirens echoed around Meagan McSpadden’s apartment as the young mother rested in bed following a long nine-and-a-half-hour shift. Like many families in…
Volunteers Helping in Flooded Oklahoma
SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER IN OKLAHOMA Chester McLaughlin came home last week to the heartbreaking sight of his house in Sand Springs, Oklahoma, where the Arkansas River overflowed and flooded more than 1,000 residences. Many of these homes were under feet of water, including Chester’s, where Samaritan’s Purse volunteers have been busy helping to remove…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Volunteers Glad to Help a Homeowner Who Spent Years Serving Others
Robert Atchley has spent decades helping others. For 43 years, he has tirelessly cared for veterans by performing CT scans at a VA hospital. He also served in the U.S. Navy as a medical corpsman for five years, from 1974 to 1979. An American flag sways in his front yard—a symbol of his service to…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Samaritan’s Purse Responds in Flooded Western North Carolina
Samaritan’s Purse is responding in Catawba County, North Carolina, where heavy rain caused dangerous and destructive floodwaters. VOLUNTEER IN CATAWBA COUNTY Since June 15 our teams have been helping in Jesus’ Name as we mud-out water-damaged homes. We praise God for how He is working in the Hickory area and are thankful for each of…
Operation Christmas Child
Ends of the Earth
Sending the Gospel to the Ends of the Earth Build a Shoebox Online Donation: 013950 Give Now Single Gift Monthly Gift Every $25 provides a child with a shoebox gift and the opportunity to hear the Gospel. Samaritan's Purse is going around the world to share God's love with children in need through Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts.…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Volunteers Working in Texas After Imelda’s Deluge
“We bought this house last July,” homeowner Kandace Higginbotham explained as she looked around at the water damage to her residence. “Just long enough to make two or three growth marks [for her children] on the wall. This was our first family home.” Kandace and her family were home together when the remnants of Tropical…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Team Patriot Helps Fellow Veterans in Texas
“A good generation, like ours, is always wondering: ‘Will they have somebody to take our place to help other people when they need help?’ I see it now with veterans helping veterans. I see it very clearly.”—Joe Escamilla Sr., World War II veteran Joe Escamilla Sr., 93, was proud to see fellow veterans—albeit much younger…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Samaritan’s Purse Responding in Dallas After EF-3 Tornado
Samaritan’s Purse U.S. Disaster Relief teams are on the ground in Texas after tornadoes devastated Dallas communities on Oct. 20, ripping up hundreds of homes, along with churches and businesses. One of the twisters was assessed as an EF-3 storm and tore through a 16-mile path from Dallas to Richardson. A disaster relief unit—a tractor…
Operation Christmas Child
Louisiana Churches Come Together to Learn about Operation Christmas Child
It was an extraordinary September Saturday for children and their families on New Orleans’ North Shore of Lake Pontchartrain. Around 100 participants from 11 churches in the area gathered at Crossgate Church in Robert for the first annual Operation Christmas Child Kids’ Summit. Organized by volunteer area coordinator Beth Hiller of River Fellowship in nearby…
