When Jim Foulkes was growing up in Lima, Ohio, his mom told him, “If God calls you to be a missionary, don’t stoop to become the president.” Indeed, Dr. Foulkes answered God’s higher call, devoting his career to ministry in Africa, serving for decades with World Medical Mission, and witnessing one revival after another. After…
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Un homenaje al DC-8
!["El potente DC-8 ha sido el instrumento [de Dios] para llevar el mensaje del Evangelio de Jesucristo por todo el mundo", escribe Joe Proffitt, ingeniero de vuelo de Samaritan's Purse, mientras se da de baja al legendario avión.](https://spweb-uploads.s3.theark.cloud/2025/11/HS-1-320x273.jpg)
My name is Joe Proffitt and I have had the honor and privilege to be a flight engineer aboard this beautiful aircraft, the Mighty DC-8, for the past five and a half years. McDonnell Douglas produced 554 DC-8s. Samaritan’s Purse was blessed to operate the last one registered in the United States. In 2014, during…
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Volamos hacia una nueva era para la aviación de Samaritan's Purse
On Nov. 14, staff members and friends of the ministry joined our Mission Aviation Services team to bid farewell and to celebrate all that God has done through our DC-8 cargo aircraft. In addition, our 767 plane was dedicated to God’s glory as it joined our fleet during an event that was held at our…
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Del desierto de Nuevo México a los lugares más oscuros del mundo
“Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” –Isaiah 43:19 When you think of a desert graveyard, you probably don’t…
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Newsletter December 2025
Franklin Graham Update | December Franklin Graham Update | December Shining Gospel Light in Jamaica Dear Friend, I just got back from Jamaica where our teams continue to bring relief to hurting people in the wake of Hurricane Melissa. The storm may have passed, but the damage it left is horrible. In Black River, near where the deadly Category 5 storm made landfall, we've set…
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Fact Sheet: Aviation
Samaritan's Purse Aviation Since 1975, Samaritan’s Purse has used aircraft to transport doctors and relief workers along with tons of food, medicine, shelter materials, blankets, and other items to aid victims of war, natural disasters, disease, famine, and poverty. To support the global work of Samaritan's Purse, the aviation arm of the ministry operates 28…
