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Operation Heal Our Patriots
Motorcycle Riders Honor Veterans
The eighth annual High Country Warrior Ride to support Operation Heal Our Patriots, a project of Samaritan's Purse dedicated to helping wounded veterans and their spouses strengthen their marriage and build their faith, took place on May 18 along the scenic roads of western North Carolina.
Crisis & Disaster Response
Rebuilding Lives
Since Hurricane Harvey dumped more than 50 inches of rain on Houston in August 2017, Samaritan's Purse has helped over 3,000 families recover from the storm, including Betty Malonson whose house was destroyed by flood waters. But Betty is now back in her home, thanks to our volunteers who rebuilt it in Jesus' Name.
Crisis & Disaster Response
A Great Way to Serve
Many Samaritan's Purse volunteers serve time and again, going on multiple deployments across the country to bring relief in Jesus' Name to people affected by natural disasters, including flood victims in Michigan. Would you consider volunteering with us to bring, not only relief, but the hope of the Gospel to hurting people across the U.S.?
Medical Ministries
A Venezuelan Migrant's Story
Samaritan's Purse is providing hot meals and temporary shelter in Colombia for thousands of Venezuelan migrants who are fleeing their economically devastated country. Alcides is among them; he's a construction worker who left his homeland when his monthly pay wasn't enough to put food on his family's table. Please continue to pray for Venezuelans and for our staff working in shelters in Colombia.
Crisis & Disaster Response
Detroit: Responding After the Floods
Samaritan's Purse responded in Detroit after torrential rainstorms pounded neighborhoods, submerging roads, flooding basements, and pushing some people beyond the breaking point. Please pray for homeowners and for our volunteers as they mud-out houses, treat them for mold, and share the hope of the Gospel with those affected by the devastation.
Medical Ministries
Celebrating Mothers
Cissie Graham Lynch joins mothers from around the world in sharing their hopes and dreams for their children.
Crisis & Disaster Response
The Other Side of the Story
Samaritan's Purse responded to homeowners affected by floods in eastern Nebraska, including Ron and Charlotte Young who have been involved with Operation Christmas Child for nearly 20 years. The Youngs experienced "the other side of the story" when our volunteers arrived to remove debris, mud-out their house, and let them know that God had not forgotten them.
Crisis & Disaster Response
Volunteers Serving in Flooded Michigan
Samaritan's Purse Disaster Relief volunteers are serving Michigan homeowners where torrential rain left communities underwater. Our teams are removing ruined walls and flooring and salvaging valuables in homes throughout Detroit's metropolitan area.
Crisis & Disaster Response
Serving Together When Disaster Strikes
For the first time ever, Samaritan's Purse disaster relief volunteers and Billy Graham Rapid Response Team chaplains gathered for a special conference focused on sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ with hurting people during disaster situations.
Medical Ministries
Helping Venezuelans in Crisis
Venezuelans who are fleeing their economically devastated country describe how Samaritan's Purse is helping them by providing critical shelter, food, and medical care.
Women & Children
An Open Heart
Children's Heart Project, a ministry of Samaritan's Purse, arranged life-saving heart surgery in 2016 for Munkh-Ulzii, a young girl living in Mongolia. On the day of the operation in the Cayman Islands, our staff shared the Gospel with Munkh-Ulzii's mother who invited Jesus Christ into her heart.
Medical Ministries
Venezuelans Find Shelter in Colombia
Samaritan’s Purse is providing food, shelter, and other essential items to thousands of Venezuelans who are fleeing economic ruin in their own country to seek a better life in Colombia.
Operation Christmas Child
25 Years of Shoeboxes Celebrated in Charlotte
Franklin Graham, along with hundreds of processing center volunteers, celebrated 25 years of what God has done through Operation Christmas Child.
Construction Projects
Rebuilding What ISIS Tore Down
Samaritan's Purse is restoring hundreds of houses destroyed by ISIS on the Nineveh Plains, so that Iraqi Christians can return home with dignity and rebuild their lives. Franklin Graham recently visited the area to see the project's progress.
Featured
Crisis & Disaster Response
Zeria’s Hope
A storm survivor in Mozambique shares her story of how God protected her family and brought relief through Samaritan’s Purse.
Medical Ministries
Franklin Graham Update from Cucuta, Colombia
Franklin Graham was in Cucuta, Colombia, for his Festival of Hope and spoke about how Samaritan's Purse is helping those fleeing Venezuela.
Operation Christmas Child
Good News Comes to Colombia
Franklin Graham joined an Operation Christmas Child outreach event in Cucuta, Colombia, where many of the children who received gift-filled shoeboxes are living with their families as refugees from Venezuela.
Operation Christmas Child
Operation Christmas Child Overview 2019, Full Length
Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan's Purse, brings Good News and great joy to children around the world through gift-filled shoeboxes. But that's not all. Through The Greatest Journey, our 12-lesson discipleship program for shoebox recipients, entire communities are transformed by the Gospel. A great overview video to share with your church or group, available in three different lengths.
Water & Hygiene
Water is Life
Billions of people don't have access to clean water, which results in chronic illness and death. That's why Samaritan's Purse has clean water projects around the world, drilling freshwater wells, providing household water filters, constructing latrines, and teaching personal hygiene.
Crisis & Disaster Response
Filling the Gap after Cyclone Idai
After Cyclone Idai severely damaged the local hospital in Buzi, Mozambique, Samaritan's Purse erected an Emergency Field Hospital in the area to fill the gap for medical care. Please pray for our staff as they treat patients and hold out the hope of the Gospel in Jesus' Name.
Crisis & Disaster Response
Being the Hands and Feet of God
Samaritan’s Purse erected an Emergency Field Hospital in Buzi, Mozambique, in the wake of Cyclone Idai that destroyed 90 percent of the village. Please pray for those who are sick or injured, and for our medical staff as they seek to be the hands and feet of God to those who are hurting.
Crisis & Disaster Response
A Ray of Light
Laun and Maria Hinkle's home in Fremont, Nebraska, was severely damaged when heavy rainfall, combined with rapidly melting ice and snow, caused catastrophic flooding. Volunteers from Samaritan’s Purse brought “a ray of light†to the couple by mudding-out their house, removing destroyed belongings, and sharing the hope of the Gospel.
Feeding Programs
A New Harvest
A local farmer in Bolivia is thankful to God for sending Samaritan's Purse engineers to teach him how to plant and harvest golden berries. The new crop provides him with a stable source of income for his family and enables them to remain in their home near Chuma.
Medical Ministries
In His Hands
Maryelis, a 9-year-old Venezuelan girl, asks for God to help her economically devastated country where food and money are scarce. She and her mother are among those we've treated at our free medical clinics over the border in Colombia.
Operation Heal Our Patriots
A New Peace
Army Staff Sergeant John Hosea was severely wounded in Afghanistan and his combat-related injuries threatened to destroy his marriage. His wife, Sara, reached out to Operation Heal Our Patriots for help. She applied to the program, and they were accepted to go to Samaritan Lodge Alaska for a week of marriage enrichment. There, God brought a new peace to their lives and their marriage.
Crisis & Disaster Response
Love Your Neighbor
Billy Graham powerfully reminds us that "love is the medicine for the sickness of the world" and that every hurting person on earth is our neighbor who Jesus commands us to love.
Crisis & Disaster Response
Time for a New Beginning
Homeowners whose houses burned to the ground during the devastating Camp Fire in Paradise, California, are finding hope to start again. Samaritan's Purse staff and volunteers continue to share God's love with residents and help them locate treasured possessions in the ashes.
Women & Children
Franklin Graham Visits Children's Heart Project in Mongolia
Samaritan's Purse President Franklin Graham recently traveled to Mongolia to meet the families of children who have benefited from lifesaving surgery through Children's Heart Project.
Operation Christmas Child
Taking the Gospel to the Unreached
Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts create unique opportunities to share God's love with children living in remote communities across the world that have never heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Operation Christmas Child
Operation Christmas Child Overview 2018, Full Length
Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan's Purse, brings good news and great joy to children around the world. And the work doesn't stop there. Through The Greatest Journey, our discipleship program for those who receive shoeboxes, whole communities are being transformed by the Gospel. A great overview video to share with your church or group, available in three different lengths.
Medical Ministries
The Light Shines in the Darkness
Samaritan's Purse medical teams offered every patient expert care and Christian compassion at our Emergency Field Hospital outside Mosul, Iraq, from Jan.-Sept. 2017.
Crisis & Disaster Response
Samaritan's Purse Ministry Overview
Samaritan's Purse is on a rescue mission in Jesus' Name, providing physical and spiritual relief to those affected by war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine. Share this video with your friends and let others know how God is at work around the world.