If you want to rebuild a church in the remote reaches of Alaska, you can’t just pack up a tractor trailer and hit the highway. These towns and villages are located hundreds of miles off the road system. One doesn’t just drive there, even in the best of vehicles under the best of conditions. WATCH…
Una cálida comunión le espera a una iglesia en Alaska
The nearly 300 residents of Koyuk, a primarily Inupiat village at the eastern edge of Alaska’s Seward Peninsula, mark the year by dramatic seasonal changes. Winter is long, cold, and dark, but the powdery pillows covering the land allow snowmobile travel, a liberating opportunity that is possible at no other time. A short spring means…
Newsletter November 2023
Veterans Day: Celebrating God’s Work in Military Families
In 2014, Army Staff Sergeant Petey Beam and his wife, Kyra, arrived at Samaritan Lodge Alaska for Operation Heal Our Patriots with their marriage in shambles. Their week got off to a rough start the first morning during kayaking class. “We were the only couple sitting in our kayak screaming at each other,” Kyra said.…
Ministerio para matrimonios ayuda a familia de Marines en el tiempo perfecto
Samaritan’s Purse launched Operation Heal Our Patriots to minister to military service members wounded after 9/11. Our commitment to these couples starts with a week of Biblically based marriage classes and wilderness excursions in the pristine wilderness surrounding Lake Clark National Park. After they come home from what for many is a life-changing experience, Samaritan’s…
Year-End Giving 2023
Samaritan’s Purse extiende esperanza a las familias de Tennessee esta Navidad
A heartbreaking scene unfolded on Dec. 9 when twisters wreaked havoc in Middle Tennessee communities and claimed the lives of six people, including two young children. Scattered among the pieces of splintered homes were colorful Christmas decorations, which stood in stark contrast to the joy that the Christmas season usually brings. “It’s one of the…
Calentarse en Koyuk
Parejas de militares celebran su renovación en Cristo
Mike Beaulieu experienced a life-changing encounter with God during a week of marriage training in Alaska through Operation Heal Our Patriots. His faith and resolve to live for Christ were strengthened like never before. “Everything feels great when you leave Alaska, but the battle isn’t over,” he said. “Alaska course corrected me back toward God’s…












