As we honor our fallen U.S. heroes over Memorial Day weekend, we welcomed the first group of military couples to Alaska for the Operation Heal Our Patriots summer season. “Each year we get to see God work powerfully in the lives of these couples,” said Franklin Graham, President of Samaritan’s Purse. “God has been faithful…
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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…
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Reminded of God’s Faithfulness after Helene
Letis Avila lifted her hands to the Lord in prayer as Hurricane Helene bore down on her western North Carolina home last September. Though the storm took a lot from the Salvadoran mother of two, Letis is still praising God today. Soon after the sky cleared and waters receded, two Samaritan’s Purse staff members arrived…
Discipleship, Education & Training
Celebrating True Freedom in Christ
We are grateful this Fourth of July for the many freedoms we enjoy in the United States of America. We praise God for the even greater freedom—true, lasting, eternal—that many military couples have experienced at Samaritan Lodge Alaska this summer through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. Dozens of wounded military veterans and their spouses…
Operation Christmas Child
Join Our Prayer Network
Why Join the Operation Christmas Child Prayer Network? Global Community Join a global community of prayer warriors interceding for both national and international prayer requests. Gospel Advancement in 100+ Countries Play a vital role in sharing the love and hope of Jesus Christ with children, families, and communities in over 100 countries. Unity with Other Believers Link…
Our Ministry
Christian Charity Page Update
A Trusted Christian Charity Where Most Needed Where Most Needed - 012000 $ Give Who We Are Samaritan’s Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. As a trusted Christian charity for more than 50 years, Samaritan's Purse has helped meet the needs of people who…
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From Oklahoma with Love
Doris Row started packing Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes on her ranch in Tishomingo, Oklahoma, in 1995 after her 13-year-old son died at Christmastime the year before. She was determined not to live in grief, but to do something good to help overcome it. She chose to begin packing shoebox gifts for children in need around…
Franklin Graham
Newsletter August 2024
Franklin Graham Update | August Franklin Graham Update | August A Lighthouse for the Gospel on an Island in the Bering Sea Dear Friend, Nunivak Island is the second largest island in the Bering Sea, about 30 miles off the Alaskan mainland. It is a remote, tundra-covered volcanic rock, home to thousands of reindeer, over 500 musk ox, and less than 200 Cup'ig people. Mekoryuk,…
Faith Restored
The two Army medics were ready to quit their marriage and had a hard time remembering why they’d bothered applying to go to Alaska with Samaritan’s Purse. Just a couple weeks before Army Sergeant First Class Jason Smith and Army Specialist Amy Smith were scheduled to leave for Operation Heal Our Patriots, they delivered the…
