Tiffany Johnson woke up early on Valentine’s Day to a terrified and panicked 9-year-old racing into her bedroom. “It’s flooding! It’s flooding! There’s water everywhere!” Just two days earlier, Tiffany and Brian had been in the basement enjoying their weekly movie night with their six children when they heard a violent crashing outside. A tree…
Spring Breakers Make a Big Impact in Memphis
Spring break is a college tradition that extends back to the 1930s. It’s a chance for students to kick back, relax, and take a well-deserved break from their studies, typically by laying in the sand and soaking up the sun at a warm beach or by taking an adventurous road trip. One group of 15…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Samaritan’s Purse Volunteers at Work in Storm-Torn Southeast
Samaritan’s Purse teams are on the ground in Selma, Alabama, and Griffin, Georgia, after a violent and deadly storm system swept across the Southeast on Thursday night, Jan. 12. Two Disaster Relief Units—tractor trailers stocked with equipment and supplies—are in position in the two locations. Volunteers started work in both Alabama and Georgia on Sunday,…
Edward Graham Travels to Deluged Kentucky Communities
Edward Graham visited eastern Kentucky Wednesday where Samaritan’s Purse volunteers are helping homeowners in Jesus’ Name following deadly flooding in late July. Edward, vice president of operations at Samaritan’s Purse, was joined by brother Will Graham, vice president and associate evangelist with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. They spent the day ministering to homeowners in…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Battling Hunger in Tigray
As hundreds of thousands of people fled to more populated areas of Tigray last fall, there were many stories of suffering and hunger. Thousands of children and nursing and pregnant mothers were increasingly at risk of malnutrition. Some families were reduced to begging for food, and many simply went days or longer without eating. For…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Former Vice President Pence Visits Team at Ukraine Border; Emergency Field Hospital to Be Ready Soon
Update (March 10): Former Vice President Mike Pence and his wife, Karen, visited with members of our Disaster Assistance Response Team today and then crossed over into Ukraine to meet with soon-to-be-refugees and to hear their stories. He held their hands and provided words of comfort. “I want the Ukrainian people to know that Americans…
Volunteers Still at Work in Georgia
Zanina Berry was preparing dinner for herself and her granddaughter in the kitchen of her Griffin, Georgia, home on Jan. 12 when she heard a “big bang” outside. The noise was alarming, but what happened next was genuinely frightening—the windows of her house started to violently shake. VOLUNTEER IN GRIFFIN Zanina knew a tornado was…
A Lifeline for the Conflict-Weary in Ukraine
As bombs continue to rain down over cities across Ukraine, Samaritan’s Purse disaster relief specialists on the ground remain committed to meeting the rapidly growing physical and spiritual needs of families in crisis. We have five medical facilities operating throughout the country, and a robust non-medical relief response as well. Our teams are laboring around…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Helping in the Wake of the Derecho
There’s often a whirlwind inside Jaime Richardson’s home where she and her husband, Chris, care for their 15 adopted children in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Most days are a swirl of activity with that many kids around, several having special needs including cerebral palsy, autism, seizure disorders, and one confined to a bed for most of…
Fleeing Violence, Finding Solace
Marina and her family were desperate to get to the Kramatorsk train station in southeastern Ukraine on the morning of April 8—eager for the journey westward to safety. However, just hours before they were scheduled to depart on the railway, the station came under missile attack. The brutal onslaught left more than 50 people dead…
