Leticia Jaimes wiped away tears as she walked through her new home for the first time. She paused in the living room, overwhelmed, and fell into the embrace of her mother, Elena. Mother and daughter hugged and cried together, knowing that this day would mark the beginning of many new family memories. “For years, we…
Samaritan’s Purse Responding to Severe Flooding in Lake Charles
Updated: May 21 with video on May 23 Samaritan’s Purse has deployed to Lake Charles, Louisiana, after torrential rain caused serious flooding across the southern part of the state. As much as 12.5 inches of rain fell in 24 hours in Lake Charles, where people are still recovering from two hurricanes (Delta and Laura) that…
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‘God Is Looking After Me’
Some seven months ago, Samaritan’s Purse assisted homeowner Mel Williams and more than 900 other families following destruction from Hurricanes Laura and Delta. Last week, deadly flooding swept through Lake Charles and our teams deployed once again to bring relief to hurting families in Louisiana. “We’ve had a pretty rough couple of months,” Mel explained.…
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Team Patriot Volunteers Help a Fellow Veteran in Louisiana
Residents of Lake Charles, Louisiana, a working-class town of nearly 78,000 people, are weather weary. They have seen their city ravaged by two hurricanes, crippled by an ice storm, and inundated by floodwaters—all within the past nine months. First, Hurricane Laura, a Category 4 storm, roared into Lake Charles in late August. It was the…
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Volunteers Help Flooded Homeowners in Iberville Parish, Louisiana
Severe spring thunderstorms rolled through Louisiana in mid-May and dumped massive amounts of rain across the southern portion of the state, leading to dangerous flash floods and hundreds of home evacuations. Twenty-plus inches of rain soaked Iberville Parish, 28 miles south of Baton Rouge. An inflatable flood barrier, known as an AquaDam, was set up…
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Samaritan’s Purse Responding to Major Flooding in Arkansas and Mississippi
Samaritan’s Purse volunteers are already hard at work in Desha County, Arkansas, and Bolivar County, Mississippi, following widespread flash flooding that engulfed parts of both states. Over 20 inches of rain fell in some areas. VOLUNTEER ARKANSAS | MISSISSIPPI Dumas was one of the hardest-hit places. Entire communities in Desha County were overwhelmed by fast-rising…
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Providing New Beginnings in Mississippi
Christine Daughrity watched helplessly as the floodwaters gathered and rose around her Mound Bayou, Mississippi, home following days of heavy rain in the Delta. Then her son noticed that the water had seeped into their living room and kitchen. “The water was getting high inside of the house and I knew we needed to get…
Through Faithful Volunteers, God Delivers Hope to Arkansas
In the early days of her retirement, Sarah Rutland was wondering what to do with the rest of her life. So, she did what many retirees do—she went to Florida. But not for the reasons you’d expect. Hurricane Michael had just roared through the Panhandle and she wanted to help. So instead of picking up…
Beneficiaria de caja de regalos ayuda a dueños de casas afectadas en Louisiana
Karina knows what it’s like to receive an unexpected gift from strangers. One year around Christmastime, a pre-teen Karina and her seven siblings were surprised to see stacks of colorful shoeboxes ready to be distributed to children at their church. Her large family was used to sharing what possessions they had and celebrating Christmas without…
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Samaritan's Purse responde a histórica inundación del área metropolitana en Detroit
Metro Detroit is recovering from one of its wettest months on record and its heaviest single-day rainfall in nearly a century. Torrential thunderstorms swept through the area over two days last month bringing historic levels of flooding to the region. Seven inches of rain drenched Detroit and surrounding Wayne County in late June causing widespread…
