Operation Heal Our Patriots

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  • Alaska

    At the heart of Operation Heal Our Patriots is the desire to see couples grow closer to each other while finding restoration and healing in God.

  • Alaska

    “Alaska is just the beginning of our couples’ journey with us,” said Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham (pictured). “Operation Heal Our Patriots is a lifetime commitment to their marriages and their relationship with God. We want to assist them however we can every step along the way.”

  • Alaska

    Each Sunday evening throughout the summer, Samaritan's Purse aircraft touch down on the gravel runway at Samaritan Lodge Alaska to the sights and sounds of a flag-waving crowd.

  • Alaska

    Since 2012, God has been faithful to transform lives and rescue marriages at this wilderness outpost near Lake Clark National Park.

  • Alaska

    During their week at Samaritan Lodge Alaska, couples receive personalized counseling and Biblically-based marriage enrichment courses.

  • Alaska

    Alaska provides a powerful backdrop for God’s work of changing lives.

  • Alaska

    During their week in Alaska, participants learn that they aren’t alone as they build friendships with others couples who have similar experiences and struggles.

  • Alaska

    In the frigid waters of Lake Clark, participants celebrate new life in Christ as other couples and staff cheer them on from the bank.

  • Alaska

    Through their experience at Operation Heal Our Patriots, many veterans make decisions to follow Jesus Christ and publicly profess their faith through baptism.

  • Alaska

    Through week-long retreats at the Samaritan Lodge Alaska, veterans and their spouses are given the unique opportunity to spend quality time together, enjoy outdoor activities, and grow in their spiritual lives.

  • Alaska

    Once-in-a-lifetime wilderness experiences abound at Samaritan Lodge Alaska.

  • Alaska

    Operation Heal Our Patriots is designed to help strengthen military couples’ marriages through a series of wilderness adventures, marriage enrichment activities, and biblically based counseling so that these heroes and their spouses can find spiritual and emotional healing through the Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Alaska

    All the activities at our lodge in Alaska are designed to strengthen marriages, to develop friendships among military couples, and, most importantly, to point participants toward the peace and salvation found only in the Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Alaska

    Throughout the week-long retreat in Alaska, military couples enjoy the beauty of God's creation with outdoor activities that grow them closer to each other while finding restoration and healing in God through Biblically-based marriage counseling.

  • Alaska

    Combat-wounded veterans are able to spend quality time with their spouses in the Alaskan outdoors and connect with other couples who have faced similar struggles.

  • Alaska

    Operation Heal Our Patriots couples are given the opportunity to intentionally focus on their marriages throughout their week-long retreat at the Samaritan Lodge Alaska.

  • Alaska

    Military veterans and their spouses arrive in Alaska for Operation Heal Our Patriots, a program of Samaritan's Purse designed to strengthen and heal marriages.

  • Alaska

    Military couples spend a week at Samaritan Lodge Alaska taking a break from daily life and soaking up the outdoor activities.

  • Aurora, Colorado

    Extending beyond couples' stay at Samaritan Lodge Alaska, the program provides ongoing family care to connect them with a system of support upon their return home.

  • Aurora, Colorado

    A reunion with educational breakout sessions and community building opportunities is organized for Operation Heal our Patriots participants every year.

  • Alaska

    Operation Heal Our Patriots serves married veterans and active-duty military personnel who were wounded after 9/11.

  • Alaska

    Operation Heal Our Patriots is the only program of its kind for wounded military service members and their spouses.

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