Samaritan’s Purse has bases in Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina from which we are serving homeowners in need after Hurricane Helene. We are also responding to Hurricanes Milton and Francine. Please contact us at 833-747-1234 and you will get a menu of options that includes all areas. Contact Number for Homeowners: 833-747-1234 Watauga County, North…
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Se inauguran más casas móviles en Asheville tras el huracán Helene
One mobile home park in Asheville is undergoing a bit of a facelift. Hurricane Helene ravaged the community last fall, leaving some homes unlivable. But that pain was relieved in part earlier this month when Samaritan’s Purse provided two brand-new mobile homes to families who have lived here for years. Renee Hensley’s house was the…
Una pareja recibe un nuevo hogar en Tennessee
“All I asked for was a tarp,” Kim Mitchum said as she stood on the back porch of her brand-new home built by Samaritan’s Purse. After she and her husband, Mike, lived their entire married life in Florida, they decided to return to Mike’s roots in Western North Carolina about five years ago. They found…
Ayudando cuando los desastres ocurren en casa
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Celebrating God at Work through North American Ministries
When Samaritan’s Purse volunteers deploy to a disaster site, they wear orange shirts, joining forces with the Billy Rapid Response Team chaplains, who minister in blue shirts. Whether it be after a hurricane, tornado, flood, wildfire, or ice storm, the two sets of volunteers work side by side in Jesus’ Name to help storm victims…
Samaritan’s Purse Heads to Deep South Texas After Flooding
Samaritan’s Purse has deployed to the far south of Texas along the Mexican border to respond to widespread flooding in the Rio Grande Valley. These were the state’s worst floods since Hurricane Harvey last August. One of our disaster relief units—a tractor-trailer filled with equipment and supplies—is now in place in Texas after being dispatched…
Volunteers Begin Cleanup After South Texas Flooding
Hidalgo County, Texas, located near the state’s southern tip, typically receives 21 inches of rain per year. On June 20, about 15 inches of rain fell, most of that in a couple of hours—flooding thousands of homes with foul-smelling muddy gunk. Samaritan’s Purse responded quickly. We sent staff and equipment, and volunteer teams are now…
Sharing God’s Love in Word and Deed Across Hidalgo County, Texas
Lupe Aguirre works at the Science Academy of South Texas not too far from his home in Mercedes. When he returns to school this fall, he’ll be excited to tell others about what happened this summer—about the one week in June that changed his life and that of his wife Maria. “Though tough, I’ve had…