Army Sergeant Ian Hunt and his wife Maria were desperate for healing and for change when they arrived in Alaska this year for Week 5 of the Operation Heal Our Patriots summer season. There were moments during their time in Alaska that were filled with tears and turmoil, but God was at work in all…
A Fresh Start
Army Specialist Jason Tyson was stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, when he met Jodina, a school teacher. The first time Jodina came to visit him on base she brought homemade cookies and “it was love at first bite,” Jason said. “I knew we were meant for each other.” Jodina also knew after that first…
Wounded Veterans and Spouses Find God’s Healing through Operation Heal Our Patriots
When Army Sergeant Joe and Brittany Gray arrived at Samaritan Lodge Alaska on Sunday, July 21, they had been separated several weeks and were on the verge of getting a divorce. In fact, the very day they got there they had originally planned to go to dinner and discuss next steps—possibly giving up on their…
Media
Press Release Samaritan’s Purse Scales Up North Carolina Response, Opening Emergency Field Hospital and Launching Airlift Operations
Samaritan’s Purse Scales Up North Carolina Response, Opening Emergency Field Hospital and Launching Airlift Operations Additional Medical Support to Provide Surge Capacity as Search and Rescue Efforts Continue BOONE, N.C., Oct. 2, 2024—Samaritan’s Purse has begun emergency airlift operations in western North Carolina to help people who have been cut off from access to basic…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Taken by the Sea
Kristine Wager is an intern with Samaritan’s Purse in the Philippines. Babatngon is a community near the sea on Leyte Island in the Philippines. Recently, the Samaritan’s Purse construction team helped with assessment of the damage caused by Typhoon Hagupit to see how we could help. More than 60 percent of homes in this community…
Gift Catalog
Why Goats Are a Big Deal
Christmas Catalog Give a Dairy Goat MADELINE LIVES in an impoverished village in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She struggled to provide for her children until she received goats from Samaritan’s Purse and training on how to care for them. These animals have now become a tangible source of blessing, as her original three…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Samaritan’s Purse Provides Aid to More than 35,000 Armenians
When fighting erupted between the Caucasus nations of Azerbaijan and Armenia in September, more than 100,000 ethnic Armenians fled their homes in Nagorno-Karabakh in search of safety in Armenia. Suddenly living as refugees, they were left without basic necessities. Samaritan’s Purse saw their plight and began a response to help relieve their suffering on Sept.…
Our Ministry
On the Ground Podcast Linktree
On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse A podcast taking you to the frontlines and behind the scenes of Samaritan's Purse work around the world. Learn More Explore more of the work of Samaritan's Purse, check out these links below. 35 Gifts of Hope Check out this year's Samaritan's Purse Christmas Catalog Learn More Fearless with Cissie Graham Lynch Listen…
Crisis & Disaster Response
A Workshop of Faith and Hope
Walter Lewis barely missed one great flood in Boone, North Carolina. That was 85 years ago—about five years before he was born. He did not escape a second great storm, Hurricane Helene, which hit late last year. More than eight decades ago, the 1940 flood triggered more than 2,000 landslides and caused 16 deaths. It’s…
Media
Biography: Ruth Bell Graham
Ruth Bell Graham Born June 10, 1920 Qingjiang, Kiangsu, China Died June 14, 2007, age 87 Montreat, North Carolina Parents L. Nelson Bell (died 1973) Virginia Leftwich Bell (died 1974) Married William F. "Billy" Graham Jr. 1943 Children Virginia "Gigi" Graham, 1945 Anne Graham Lotz, 1948 Ruth Graham, 1950 William "Franklin" Graham III, 1952 Nelson…
