As our partners go into Ukraine’s red zone delivering aid on behalf of Samaritan’s Purse, Vera accompanies some of them to translate. Excerpts of her journal entries, which follow, show the horrors of war yet illustrate how God is present and active even where the battles rage. November 4, 2022 A stream of light breaks…
Health & Medical Ministries
The Power of Being Present
Anyone who has survived medical school knows the experience can feel like a perpetual marathon—a grueling four years of mental and physical weariness—followed by another round of three to seven years of residency training. So when Dr. Daniel Dyer needed a break from the books, he looked for a place where he could put his…
Health & Medical Ministries
Bringing God’s Word to the Hurting
Nurses and doctors gather for chapel early one Wednesday morning before they start their day in the ward treating ailing patients at Nkhoma Hospital in Malawi. Sunshine pierces through the window slats, illuminating the pulpit engraved with the phrase “a happy heart is like good medicine” in the local Chichewa language. In this bright scene,…
Media
Press Release Earnestine Reese 12-18-19
Samaritan’s Purse Gives Keys to a Brand-New Home to Alabama Tornado Survivor BOONE, N.C., Dec. 18, 2019 Just in Time for Christmas, Earnestine Reese, Who Became Famous for Her Prayer Closet, Is Welcomed Home Despite losing everything in the deadly March tornadoes, Alabama homeowner, Earnestine Reese, thanked God. Her story made national headlines when the only…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Delivering Emergency Food to Ukraine
As the war in Ukraine continues well past 1,000 days, Samaritan’s Purse remains in the embattled nation where we have served since the beginning of the conflict. Our staff and partners are supplying bags of food to families near the frontlines in order to curb the ache of hunger and encourage them to persevere. In…
Our Ministry
WFLA/iHeart Radio Fundraiser: Drill a Well in Cambodia
Help Drill a Well in Cambodia GIVE NOW Freshwater Wells - 13924 Give Samaritan’s Purse is grateful that WFLA morning show host Preston Scott is promoting our clean water efforts in Cambodia this Christmas season! We are thankful to iHeart Radio and listeners like you for your support! Impoverished families often struggle to find clean…
Faith Still Stands in the Midst of Mayfield’s Grieving
For five minutes, Janet Thomason sought shelter in a broom closet as an EF4 tornado passed through her neighborhood. The 190 mile-per-hour winds devastated her community—destroying six of the seven homes on her street. Janet and a friend had immediately gone into a closet as the sirens began to sound. Then they heard the wind…
Construction Projects
Franklin Graham Dedicates New Homes in Flood-Ravaged Kentucky
Family, friends, and local community representatives stood on a blanket of snow in the mountains of eastern Kentucky on Friday, Dec. 5, to dedicate 18 new homes built by Samaritan’s Purse in Jesus’ Name. “This is a great day—a day we have been praying for,” said Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan’s Purse, to the crowd…
Discipleship, Education & Training
Thanking God for Military Couples Saved in Alaska
On the eve of the 17th anniversary of 9/11, ten U.S. military couples gathered by the glacial waters of Lake Clark to spend a restorative week (Sept. 2-8) in the Alaskan bush for the penultimate session of Operation Heal Our Patriots 2018. And much like the nearly 140 couples that had already come to Samaritan…
Celebrating God’s Work in Our Military Couples
Army Specialist Shawna Watkins and Army Sergeant Jesse Watkins started dating after serving on combat deployments in Afghanistan. They’d been on the same mission together in 2011 when their convoy was struck by an improvised explosive device, and Shawna was sent flying from atop her vehicle’s gun turret. Next thing she knew she was in…
