Ninahilo began to notice his vision going. “I was teaching children and I noticed that the writings were starting to disappear, and I saw fog until I couldn’t see,” he said remembering the change in April of last year. So he turned to traditional medicine, a spiritual and herbal practice that he believes conjures local…
Our Ministry
Promise Keepers Event Coming Soon!
The Promise Keeper’s Men Conference will be held July 16-17 at AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys, in Arlington, Texas. Organizers invite all men to gather for “worship that strengthens the soul, brotherhood that lasts a lifetime, and tools that empower you to be the man Christ intended you to be.” Go to PromiseKeepersEvent.com…
Discipleship, Education & Training
Preaching Hope in a Weary Land
On the last day of classes in Bas-Uélé Province, Congolese pastor Bakutu Eyabawi Emmanuel was preparing his things for the trip 46 miles back home to the Soronga chiefdom—a three-day walk. He and dozens of other pastors were celebrating that they’d completed a months-long intensive portable Bible school hosted by Samaritan’s Purse in Niangara, Democratic…
Health & Medical Ministries
Special Medical Outreach Held in Western North Carolina
Note: A second free clinic will take place on June 21-22 in Marshall at the same location. All are welcome. For more information on volunteering, go to samaritanspurse.org/free-clinic. “Do I eat or do I go to the doctor?” Samaritan’s Purse physician Elliott Tenpenny explained the dilemma that many underinsured people face across the country. When…
Health & Medical Ministries
Cleft Lip Program Continues to Change Lives
Cleft lip and palate can be easily repaired in many nations, but the required surgeries often are not available in developing countries with inadequate healthcare. Children born with these medical issues often face a lifetime of ridicule and discrimination, especially in areas that associate the health condition with witchcraft or being “cursed.” That’s why Samaritan’s…
Discipleship, Education & Training
A Light in Niangara
Tiane’s life is very different now than it was a few months ago. Today, as she walks her village roads in the Niangara region of Democratic Republic of the Congo, she shares the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. She’ll do the same as she waits at the market, or meets with friends and family,…
Health & Medical Ministries
Chaplains Provide Spiritual Support at Kenya’s Kijabe Hospital
On one Sunday afternoon, Geoffrey Ndivo received an urgent phone call that he would have to go in to the hospital. A man and his wife had been in a serious car accident that took the lives of the man’s father, mother, and brother. The couple had been rushed to the emergency room in need…
Water, Sanitation & Hygiene
Living Water for Niger’s Unreached People
During Niger’s dry season, Aminatou Ibran would wake early each morning to join the other village women on a nearly nine-mile trek to gather water for drinking, cooking, and watering livestock. At least that’s the way it was for many years. Recently though life has begun to change for Aminatou, 35, and the other desert-dwelling…
Operation Christmas Child
Starting Churches with Children in Peru
In the past four years, brothers Jamber, 22, and José, 19, have helped to start two churches in the gold mining town of Cajamarca, Peru. Growing up, both received Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes while attending Gateway to Bethlehem, a church in a middle-class neighborhood. “I was really happy, really joyful,” José said, remembering receiving his…
Media
Press Release Operation Christmas Child Volunteers Send Christmas Joy to Children Overseas
Operation Christmas Child Volunteers Send Christmas Joy to Children Overseas Boone, N.C.—Area volunteers are celebrating the collection of gift-filled shoeboxes that will send a message of joy to children around the world: God loves you, and you're not forgotten! This year, tens of thousands of volunteers contributed to Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan's…
