All eyes were recently on French Polynesia for the Summer 2024 Olympic surfing competition. Athletes from numerous countries, unified by the love of the sport and the spirit of competition, vied for gold, silver, and bronze medals on some of the world’s biggest waves in Teahupo’o, Tahiti. Just an hour and a half to the…
Franklin Graham
Newsletter September 2024
Franklin Graham Update | September Franklin Graham Update | September Medical Missions Making an Impact for the Gospel Dear Friend, Medical missions has long been a crucial part of the work of Samaritan's Purse. I was encouraged to see hundreds of doctors, dentists, nurses, and others gathered at our annual Prescription for Renewal conference to learn about and give praise to God for what…
Operation Christmas Child
Good News and Great Joy Shared in Ethiopia
This week Edward Graham, COO of Samaritan’s Purse, joined with a local church in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to distribute hundreds of gift-filled Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes. Before opening their presents, girls and boys listened to a child-friendly presentation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. “I want these kids to know that they are loved and…
Operation Christmas Child
A Shoebox Gift Filled A Hole in His Heart
When people tell Karabo Maretlane he’s lucky, he says, “I’m chosen.” Karabo grew up in a village in the southern African nation of Lesotho. When he was 5 years old, his father died and his mother left him with his grandmother. As this elderly woman raised him, she taught him how to read, write, and…
Operation Christmas Child
Shoebox Gifts Open Gospel Doors Among Benin’s Unreached Peoples
Ogouleroun was quick with a big smile on that Sunday morning, singing joyfully near the back opening of the rough-built church in a field donated by the village chief. The wooden structure was roofed with dried palm fronds, and Ogouleroun’s hands touched that roof as he worshipped. His tall stature stood out among the other…
Operation Christmas Child
Shoebox Gifts Remind Mexico’s Children that God Is Near
Esmeralda startled her daughter Fernanda awake as Hurricane Otis roared over their town just outside of Acapulco. Gentle words did little to sooth the 10-year-old’s fears as she saw the terror in her mother’s face, especially as the sheet metal roof peeled away. “I told them, ‘We’re going to stay here and nothing’s going to…
Operation Christmas Child
After Overcoming Leukemia, Shoebox Recipient Disciples Others
Laying in a hospital bed in Panama City, Panama, Maykel only had a few days to live—or so the doctors told his parents when they informed them he had Stage 3 leukemia. Their precious son, only 11 years old, had recently heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ when he received a gift-filled Operation Christmas Child…
Operation Christmas Child
Life Change in Central Asia
Providential Meeting Changes Lives in Central Asia God uses a shoebox gift to draw a boy to Christ just days before his death. Facebook Twitter email As Pastor Gadi returned from distributing shoebox gifts to children in a village several miles from the capital city, he saw two boys standing on the side of the road…
Operation Christmas Child
Into a War Zone with Shoebox Gifts and Groceries
Into a War Zone with Shoebox Gifts and Groceries Operation Christmas Child volunteers demonstrate God’s love to children in need. In one city in Asia, brutal fighting left homes and businesses in ruins and caused the death of dozens of citizens. When an Operation Christmas Child team in a less affected area heard of the devastation, they quickly…
Health & Medical Ministries
Call Me Beautiful
In her tribal community, Adamma* knew from a young age her esteemed purpose in life was to become a wife and a mother. But at age 22, she remains neither due to a medical condition that makes her unable to become pregnant. Adamma felt cursed, as other girls had already been married for several years…
