“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…
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Los trabajos en Oklahoma luego de las tormentas; un buen final en Texas
Heavy hail and violent winds wreaked havoc on the Tulsa, Oklahoma, area, leaving hundreds of neighborhoods without power and thousands of homeowners with looming questions on what is next. In the wake of this disaster, Samaritan’s Purse volunteers and support staff are on the ground providing relief to those most in need through home repairs…
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Samaritan’s Purse Responds to Storms in Marked Tree, Arkansas
The Marked Tree community recently sustained substantial tree and debris damage, and many are still without power with temperatures expected to reach triple digits. Samaritan’s Purse has deployed a disaster relief unit—a tractor-trailer filled with relief equipment and supplies—and will field volunteer teams to help homeowners with cutting fallen trees and debris removal. First Baptist…
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Samaritan’s Purse Dedicates Two Mobile Homes in Mississippi
An EF4 tornado zeroed in on John Hatcher’s brick home in Wren, Mississippi, on March 24. John, his wife, Leighlynn, and their two daughters were fast asleep. But the thundering roar of the twister woke John up. He quickly rushed down the hall to protect his children. “I dove in a bedroom at the end…
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Un hogar nuevo y una fe fortalecida
Instantly, Jacqueline Crump lost everything. A series of more than 30 tornadoes ripped through much of central Mississippi near the end of March, leveling homes and taking 26 lives. Jacqueline’s home in Amory stood helplessly in the way of one of these powerful twisters, an EF3 category tornado with wind speeds upwards of 135 mph.…
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Respondemos a la inundación en Nueva York y en Vermont
Following disastrous flooding, Samaritan’s Purse is responding in Highland Falls, New York. A Disaster Relief Unit (DRU) is on site, and staff and volunteer teams are already helping homeowners there in Jesus’ Name. Historic rainfall throughout the Northeast caused catastrophic flooding, leaving thousands of damaged homes and at least one person dead. Some communities along…
Ayuda para Highland Falls en el nombre de Jesús
Brooks became rivers, and rivers became torrents of destruction as the quaint town of Highland Falls, New York, received 10 inches of rain in a matter of hours on Sunday, July 9. Homeowners stood helpless as the torrential downpour rushed through the mountainous terrain filling neighborhoods with nearly five feet of water. Samaritan’s Purse soon…
Edward Graham anima a los habitantes de Nueva York después de la inundación
Not in 40 years had Dexter Bunte seen such devastation in his community of Highland Falls, New York. Until July 9 the stream that ran by his house was merely a harmless feature adding to the area’s quaint beauty. “It was a babbling brook. My kids used to get excited when it would rise a…
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Compartimos la esperanza en Cristo con los propietarios de Vermont después de las inundaciones
Homeowners John and Bethanny sat helpless as the flood waters began to rise, breaking the glass windows and filling their house. Nine inches of rain in two days submerged Barre, Vermont, with flooding like they had never seen before. “Water came pouring in and filled the lower level of my house. In some rooms, up…
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Milagro en la Avenida Mountain
Mountain Avenue is the memorable entrance into Highland Falls, New York. This winding street cascades from its hilltop start down into the quaint town center, not far from the banks of the Hudson River. The avenue, with houses crammed along its sides, offers a tight-knit community with neighbors who rely on each other and stay…
