The 2025 summer season started Memorial Day weekend! Join us in praying that God heals the lives and marriages of wounded veterans and their spouses.
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 to restore and transform many lives and marriages devastated by the wounds of war.”
As wounded military veterans and their spouses arrived at Samaritan Lodge Alaska this Sunday, May 25, they were greeted with a flag-waving welcome by chaplains, staff, volunteers, and local residents gathered near the gravel airstrip.
Each week for 17 weeks (May 25 through September 19), as many as 10 couples will join us for a time of chaplain-led marriage enrichment training. Husbands and wives will participate in daily classes and have opportunities to connect with God and enjoy His creation on wilderness excursions in both Lake Clark and Katmai national parks. Participants also have opportunities to build new friendships with fellow military couples.
Please join us in praying for these couples—all of which include at least one spouse wounded or injured after 9/11—that they will experience the healing found only in a life, marriage, and family transformed by the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Since 2012, more than 1,900 military couples have become a part of Operation Heal Our Patriots. We praise God for the 850 individuals saved through the program and for the more than 950 couples who dedicated or rededicated their marriages under the Lord’s authority. This Samaritan’s Purse project extends well beyond Alaska through our Family Care ministry, which provides ongoing spiritual care, local church connections, and alumni reunions and activities. Family Care is a lifelong commitment of community, support, and Biblical discipleship grounded in the Word of God.
We thank God for changing so many lives through this project. We pray that many more couples will experience restored marriages and new life in Jesus Christ this summer in Alaska.
