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Health & Medical Ministries
‘God Calls Us to Hard Places’
An 8-year-old Kenyan child with spina bifida stands upright and walks for the first time. A man whose name means “deformed” marvels at his reshaped mouth following cleft lip surgery in South Sudan. God’s healing power in the life of a toddler with a congenital heart condition leads to the planting of a church now…
Health & Medical Ministries
“A Small Yes”
Ten years ago, Dr. Read Vaughan and his wife Suzie were empty-nesters who were nearing their retirement years and looking for a new adventure. They felt the Lord calling them to serve abroad—something they had planned to do for years—but they had no clear direction. “I was waiting for a voice from God telling us…
Operation Christmas Child
Franklin Graham Thanks Processing Center Volunteers
Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham today thanked the thousands of volunteers who are currently working in eight processing center locations across the U.S. to prepare millions of Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts for international shipment. Headed to over 100 countries this year, the gift-filled shoeboxes will bring great joy and the Good News of Jesus…
50 Years of Ministry
World Medical Mission Begins
While Franklin Graham was a student at Appalachian State University, he received a call from Lowell and Richard Furman, brothers who were surgeons in Boone, North Carolina. They knew he had visited missionary hospitals, and they were interested in finding a way for Christian physicians to serve as short-term volunteers at missionary hospitals around the…
50 Years of Ministry
Children’s Heart Project Provides Lifesaving Operations
Through Children’s Heart Project, Samaritan’s Purse arranges surgery for children with congenital heart defects who live in countries such as Uganda, Mongolia, and Bolivia, where the required medical expertise and equipment for this type of surgery are not available. Since 1997, more than 1,400 boys and girls have received lifesaving operations through our project. Partner…
Health & Medical Ministries
The Warm Heart of Africa
Barely breathing, Stephano was on the verge of a diabetic coma by the time his family brought him to Nkhoma Mission Hospital, several hours away from their village in Malawi. The patient wasn’t the typical elderly individual who had suffered for years with the disease. Instead, he was a fragile 11-year-old boy whose short life…
