It’s typically a long chain of tragic events that leads mothers and their malnourished babies to the pediatric ICU at ELWA Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia. When they arrive, that’s when Dr. Michael Bryant first sees them and hope begins to grow. Dr. Bryant examines the poorly cut umbilical cord on a patient named Favor, who…
Children's Ministries
Teaching Children God’s Word in Colombia
Four brothers migrated from Venezuela to Colombia with their mother three years ago in search of better living conditions. They were among many Venezuelans fleeing their homeland as it experienced an economic crisis, making food and medicine hard to come by. The family settled in Bucaramanga, located in northern Colombia, where migrants have built makeshift…
2023 Poster
Promote local Operation Christmas Child events by customizing and displaying these posters in classrooms, meeting rooms, businesses, drop-off locations, or around your neighborhood. Materiales y publicaciones en español. Promote local Operation Christmas Child events by customizing and displaying these posters in hallways, classrooms, or around your community
2024 Poster
Promote local Operation Christmas Child events by customizing and displaying these posters in classrooms, meeting rooms, businesses, drop-off locations, or around your neighborhood. Materiales y publicaciones en español. Don’t have time for mail delivery? Print your own 11” x 17” version. Promote local Operation Christmas Child events by customizing and displaying these posters in hallways,…
Discipleship, Education & Training
Military Couples Encouraged to Cling to Christ, Serve Together
More than 500 military couples attended the 2019 Operation Heal Our Patriots Reunion in Dallas, March 29-31. This was the seventh annual reunion for the Samaritan’s Purse project, which has provided Biblically based marriage enrichment training and follow-up care for about 1,000 wounded veterans and their spouses since 2012. This year’s Reunion began with many…
Franklin and Edward Graham Lead High Country Warrior Ride
The eighth annual High Country Warrior Ride, held May 18, raised significant financial support for Operation Heal Our Patriots, the Samaritan’s Purse ministry to military couples with a spouse wounded in combat operations after 9/11. Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham and his son, Edward, a 16-year Army veteran serving with the 75th Ranger Battalion, led…
Discipleship, Education & Training
Hurting Military Marriages Find Healing in God’s Love
Chad and Ellen Peacock were childhood sweethearts—growing up with close families and annual beach vacations together. The summer that Chad was set to leave for Marine boot camp, he asked Ellen to wait for him, planning to marry her when he returned. The couple wrote 277 letters back and forth while Chad was away and…
Discipleship, Education & Training
Army Veteran and His Wife Now Follow Christ on Same Path
Note: The 2019 summer season of Operation Heal Our Patriots ended on Sept. 13, and we thank the Lord for all He did in the lives of so many couples, including the Paynes. For more on this spring/summer, see the update at the conclusion of this article. Army Specialist Tony Payne returned to his Evansville,…
Discipleship, Education & Training
Remember Me
Retired Army Sergeant First Class Ronnie Busbin and his wife Beth of Cunningham, Tennessee, participated in the first week of the Operation Heal Patriots summer season in Alaska this year. Ronnie deployed to Iraq in 2004 and Afghanistan in 2006 and 2011-12. He suffers from multiple traumatic brain injuries received while performing his duties as…
Discipleship, Education & Training
Alaska Fridays Are a Celebration!
Each week at Samaritan Lodge Alaska, Fridays are a day of celebration. Operation Heal Our Patriots staff and volunteers thank God as they watch baptisms, hear military couples renew their vows, and listen to testimonies of saving grace during a fireside farewell. Of course, the rest of the week is pretty special too. There’s a…
