Adelette faced a daunting decision. She could stay in Venezuela, her home country, and endure the escalating violence and political turmoil all alone with her children, or she could flee through the jungle to Colombia and meet her sister on the other side. She decided to go. The 33-year-old mother packed her life into three…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Samaritan’s Purse Giving New Campers and Vehicles to Flood Survivors in Texas
Samaritan’s Purse is providing Texas flood survivors in Kerr and Tom Green counties with brand-new campers and vehicles. “One of the greatest things about these gifts that we are giving to flood survivors is that they are paid in full,” said Tony Williamson, a Samaritan’s Purse staff member facilitating our camper and vehicle dedications on…
Operation Christmas Child
Taking the Gospel the Extra Mile in Cambodia
Just outside of a major tourist city in Cambodia, people struggle to make ends meet. Makara* and her family live in a one-room house, on a tract of land shared by many other members of their family who work in the nearby fields. Makara was hard at work last year when her daughter, Tola*, attended…
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…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Finding a Peace Beyond Explanation
Sofia first fled Venezuela four years ago as a teenager, grieving the death of her mother and hoping to find a better future in Bucaramanga, Colombia. “I used to serve in a church in my country,” she said, “but the death of my mom made me abandon and drift away from God.” Life in Colombia…
Construction Projects
Alaska Church Construction Opens New Doors in the Last Frontier
Four-wheelers sputtered into the gravel parking lot as families from Port Alsworth, Alaska, and neighboring communities arrived with the rising sun. Children let go of their parents’ hands to scurry joyfully through the newly finished rooms. Neighbors, friends, and family hugged each other in the lobby and then slowly found their seats as Lake Clark…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Franklin Graham Prays for 13th Samaritan’s Purse Relief Flight to the Middle East
Samaritan’s Purse sent a major airlift of food and relief supplies to families in Gaza who continue to suffer two years after the start of the war. Franklin Graham, president and CEO of the international Christian relief organization, was on site in Greensboro to pray with the aviation team before the aircraft departed on Saturday,…
Operation Christmas Child
Hard-to-Reach Areas
Your shoebox gift is a critical link to sharing God’s love in a tough place! Whether you built a shoebox online or whether your traditional shoebox gift was selected for this special purpose, it is headed to bring Good News and great joy to a boy or girl in a hard-to-reach area. Customs and cultural…
Operation Christmas Child
the Pacific Islands
Many people think of the Pacific Islands as paradise, populated with luxurious hotels located oceanfront on pristine white sandy beaches. And some are. But hundreds more are home to people who struggle daily just to survive, including over half a million children. Starting in 2019, Samaritan’s Purse began distributing gift-filled shoeboxes to children who live…
Operation Christmas Child
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone is located on the coast of West Africa, next to Liberia and Guinea. In addition to being a gold, diamond, and bauxite mining hub, it is also rich with wildlife. Hippopotamuses and crocodiles (including rare miniature versions of these species) reside in its rivers together with manatees. Large game such as elephants, lions,…
