UPDATE: April 7 Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders and some of her staff members volunteered today with Samaritan’s Purse in Little Rock, Arkansas. Parts of the state capital were devastated by an EF4 tornado late on March 31, and the cleanup continues. Our volunteer teams have been working since the morning of April 3 to tarp…
Oleadas de voluntarios ayudan en ciudades azotadas por las tormentas
UPDATE, April 17: Please continue praying for the work of North American Ministries after these tornadoes. Samaritan’s Purse continues responding to the devastation caused by EF3 tornadoes in Wynne and Little Rock, Arkansas. We are also now serving in Savannah, Tennessee, to include Hardin, McNairy, and Wayne Counties where another EF3 tornado damaged homes. We…
Los sobrevivientes de Mississippi oraron durante la tormenta
At nightfall on Friday, March 24, deadly tornadoes in Mississippi left a trail of widespread damage—trapping families in the rubble of their homes, ripping off roofs, and taking the lives of 26 people. An EF-4 tornado left Rolling Fork, home to Josephine Turner and her family, completely unrecognizable. Josephine, 86, woke up Friday night to…
Voluntarios trabajan en las comunidades inundadas del Sur de Florida
Samaritan’s Purse volunteers are hard at work in Broward County, Florida, where torrential rains flooded hundreds of homes near Ft. Lauderdale. Samaritan’s Purse staff members and a U.S. Disaster Relief Unit–a tractor trailer filled with relief supplies and equipment–along with other disaster vehicles and equipment are positioned at our base of operations at our host…
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Respondemos en Oklahoma después de los tornados
Samaritan’s Purse has a team and a Disaster Relief Unit (DRU)—a tractor-trailer filled with equipment and tools—deployed in Oklahoma after tornadoes tore through parts of the state on April 19. The storm system produced more than a dozen tornadoes across the Great Plains, including at least eight confirmed in the Sooner State. Sadly, at least…
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La vida de un residente de Florida se transforma después de la tormenta
On Wednesday, April 12, historic rainfall inundated the Fort Lauderdale area—turning streets into rivers and trapping families within their homes. A 93-year-old resident, Paul Peloquin, was one of the many people with no way to escape. Gerthel E. Smith, Paul’s caregiver, was with him for the duration of the storm. She shared, “It was raining,…
Servir juntos para la gloria de Dios
Neil and Zana, married for 48 years, had always wanted to serve together. Once they retired, they discovered that volunteering with Samaritan’s Purse on disaster relief deployments was a perfect match for them. “We do a lot of chainsaw work, a lot of dragging of limbs,” Neil said. “We love it because we work as…
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Franklin Graham dedica nuevas casas móviles en Mississippi
Josh Hatcher and his two children were determined to move forward in their new place—a mobile home in Aberdeen, Mississippi—after fire destroyed their original house in February. But about a month later, on March 24, a powerful twister wrapped their latest home around a large oak tree. Their belongings were scattered across a field and…
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Samaritan’s Purse responde en Texas luego del tornado fatal
Samaritan’s Purse is on the ground in Perryton, Texas, after a powerful tornado ripped through the Panhandle town on Thursday, killing three people and injuring dozens more. The 8-mile path of the twister damaged or destroyed hundreds of homes and other structures, knocking out power in the region. Search and rescue efforts are still underway.…
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Serving Homeowners in Jesus’ Name After Perryton Twister
“My son—he was screaming, he thought he was going to die.” While Kenia Ramirez began to share her family’s story of survival, her mother and father stood by her side, tears of grief rolling down their cheeks. “He kept saying, ‘I feel that I need to say my last words.’ He’s pretty shaken up.” “We’ve…
