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Franklin Graham

Newsletter January 2025

Franklin Graham Update | January Franklin Graham Update | January Medical Mission of Mercy Dear Friend, A TERRIBLE CIVIL WAR CONTINUES TO RIP SUDAN APART. Rival factions, armed and supported by foreign powers, are committing horrible crimes against the people as they wrestle for control of the country. In some areas, people are starving. In other areas—where there is relative peace—basic services are…

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Franklin Graham

Newsletter November 2023

Franklin Graham Update | November Franklin Graham Update | November OUR BROKEN WORLD NEEDSTHE HOPE OF THE GOSPEL Dear Friend, The whole world has been horrified by the recent terrorist massacre in Israel. At Samaritan's Purse, we always stand with Israel, and we have a team on the ground right now working through local churches to help those who are suffering and grieving. The…

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Our Ministry

Non-Cash Giving

Plan A Gift: Non-Cash Giving Non-Cash Giving By making a non-cash gift, you can have a direct hand in helping Samaritan’s Purse deliver life-saving physical and spiritual aid in emergency situations. These gifts could include property such as vehicles, gold and diamond jewelry, recent model smartphones, game systems, boats, coin collections, and more. Once accepted,…

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Operation Christmas Child

David and a Toy Car

David and a Toy Car "My interest in how things—and people—can be restored to new life probably started with that toy car." I received my shoebox gift in Romania at age 2, the youngest you can be to receive a box. So, I don't remember all the details of what happened. But my older sister…

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Operation Christmas Child

Vladimir and the Toy Car

Vladimir and the Toy Car "How could something as small as a toy car teach me about God’s love?" When I was 9 years old I essentially lost my family. My mother died, and my father’s alcoholism made it difficult for him to raise me. In Ukraine it was tough to find enough work to…

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Operation Christmas Child

Alina and the Princess Shoes

Alina and the Princess Shoes "The shoebox made me realize that Jesus hadn’t abandoned me. It was a representation of His love for me." Alina received a shoebox as a child in a Central Asian country. My family and I had what we needed, but gifts were a luxury we didn’t always get. So when…

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Operation Christmas Child

Mariya and Her Art Supplies

Mariya and Her Art Supplies Mariya Snizhko dreamed of becoming an artist even as she grew up in a Christian home in Ukraine. Art was a way for her to express herself and escape the various challenges in her life, which included being bullied at school. Her parents couldn’t afford basic art supplies, so Mariya…

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Operation Christmas Child

Elizabeth and a Stuffed Animal

Elizabeth and a Stuffed Animal An illustration of Jesus Christ with outstretched arms made a lasting impression on me. My two younger sisters and I were removed from our home in Latvia when I was 7. Someone at school had noticed that we weren’t being taken care of by our parents. It was because they…

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Animals, Agriculture & Livelihoods

Beekeeping Project Lifts Families in Kenya Out of Poverty

When Samaritan’s Purse staff met David, he was struggling to provide for his wife and two children in their poor village in Kenya. He worked hard as a farmer, but it wasn’t enough to keep the family out of poverty. “I had lost hope of educating my children,” David said, as he couldn’t afford their…

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Animals, Agriculture & Livelihoods

Meet the People of Guidan Gado

Auta’s skin is dark and taut with valleys of worry and determination etched into her forehead. She is 58, and her husband died three decades ago. She sits on a small rock outside her home in a village in Niger, West Africa, and holds a wiggly granddaughter as she speaks. Around her, she sees a…

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