Until just recently, sickness was simply a way of life in the many remote villages of Mayendit County, South Sudan. Waterborne illness, poor nutrition, and infections ran rampant among mothers and their children. This was true until women like Nydech, a mother of seven, was invited to join the Maternal, Infant, and Young Children Nutrition…
Discipleship, Education & Training
Operation Heal Our Patriots Kicks off Summer Season
May 27 Update: Ten wounded military personnel and their spouses arrived at Samaritan Lodge Alaska on Sunday, May 26. These first couples of the season are already going through Biblically based marriage training and enjoying wilderness excursions. One husband and wife received the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior on Sunday night. On Memorial Day, the…
Discipleship, Education & Training
Veterans Day 2018: Operation Heal Our Patriots Refreshes Military Couples
When Army Sergeant Larry Kaibetoney and his wife Chani touched down at Samaritan Lodge Alaska this summer, it was the first time either of them had been welcomed by an American flag-waving crowd. “When we landed and there were all these people here who came out to meet us, I felt energized. I felt welcome.…
Operation Christmas Child
Operation Christmas Child (Chinese)
Operation Christmas Child Operation Christmas Child 由像你一樣的人們共同參與，將裝滿禮物並精心包裝的禮物盒送給世界各地的 貧困孩童。透過遍布 100 多個國家的教會，我們分享耶穌基督的永恆盼望， 同時通過這份有形的禮物，向孩童及其家人傳遞上帝的愛。 許多收到禮物盒的孩童也參加了我們的 12 堂門徒訓練課程: 最偉大的旅程 (The Greatest Journey)。他們在課程中學習跟隨耶穌， 並將祂的故事傳頌出去。 如 何 準 備 禮 盒 當 您 以 虔 誠 的 心 準 備 包 裝 禮 物 時 … 請 記 住 ， 您 的 禮盒 可 能 是 孩 子 收 過 的 唯…
Discipleship, Education & Training
Operation Heal Our Patriots Starts Summer Season in Alaska
The 10th season of Operation Heal Our Patriots began Memorial Day weekend as we welcomed the first planeloads of wounded veterans and their spouses to Samaritan Lodge Alaska. The couples will participate in a week of relationship building through chaplain-led marriage classes as well as excursions such as fishing, hiking, kayaking, and wildlife viewing. On…
Health & Medical Ministries
Far from Home, a Mother Finds Jesus Is Her Greatest Friend
UPDATE: Uuganaa was baptized in a swimming pool on Saturday, May 30, as a profession of her faith in Jesus Christ. A month later on June 30, she and her son were among 25 Children’s Heart Project patients, mothers, and interpreters from Mongolia who we flew back to their homeland via our DC-8 aircraft after…
Operation Christmas Child
Shoebox Packers Photos
Shoebox Packers These photographs are available for news media outlet use in coverage of Samaritan's Purse-related stories. If your news outlet uses a photograph, please credit: “Courtesy of Samaritan’s Purse.” These photographs are not for commercial use. Details ⋮ United StatesIncluding a letter in your shoebox gift will delight the heart of the child who…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Warm Winter Clothing Distributed to Vulnerable Families in Armenia
For decades Armenia and Azerbaijan have battled over a portion of land known as Nagorno-Karabakh. In September, the conflict erupted again, and the two nations broke into a violent war. The pocket of land, which is located within the borders of Azerbaijan, was home to ethnic Armenians. The war prompted people to flee—causing them to…
50 Years of Ministry
Restoring Hope to a Nation Grieving and Crippled by Violence
In the spring and summer of 1994, the Hutus took up arms against the Tutsis and commenced with the brutal slaying of more than 800,000 people—men, women, and children—in a little over three months. The massacre, concurrent with a years-long civil war between the two tribes’ military forces, crippled the East African nation of Rwanda.…
Health & Medical Ministries
Hearts Healed, Lives Changed
In Mongolia, Enkhsaruul turned blue whenever she cried, one of the signs that she had a congenital heart defect. Her condition made her a candidate for cardiac surgery through the Samaritan’s Purse Children’s Heart Project. After being accepted into our program, she and her mom, Boloroo, traveled to Grand Cayman in 2022 when Enkhsaruul was…
