Operation Christmas Child
Nancy and a Photograph
Nancy and a Photograph “Through that picture in my shoebox gift, God’s love became tangible and real to me.” I grew up in the Middle East with four siblings and my parents, who worked really hard to take care of us. We lived close to a mountain and it was far away from everything. We…
Discipleship, Education & Training
Strengthening Military Marriages
Give × Operation Heal Our Patriots Operation Heal Our Patriots - 013960 $ Give ⋮ Menu × See Past Seasons Facebook Twitter email Strengthening Military Marriages Our 10th summer season of Operation Heal Our Patriots began Memorial Day weekend as we welcomed the first planeloads of wounded veterans and their spouses to Samaritan Lodge Alaska.…
Motorcyclists Support Veterans at 10th Annual Warrior Ride
The 10th annual High Country Warrior Ride, held May 15, raised significant financial support for Operation Heal Our Patriots, the Samaritan’s Purse ministry to military couples with a spouse wounded in combat operations after 9/11. “We want these warriors to know that God loves them. And that’s the message that Samaritan’s Purse is all about.…
Discipleship, Education & Training
A Christmas Celebration at the Greta Home!
Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham along with journalist Greta Van Susteren and her husband John Coale joined residents and students of the Greta Home and Academy for an exciting Christmas celebration in Haiti on Dec. 18. During this annual Christmastime tradition, students presented a special program recounting the Biblical story of Jesus’ birth. In addition,…
Discipleship, Education & Training
Operation Heal Our Patriots Encourages Both Spouse and Injured Warrior
Varalin never anticipated that the impact of her husband’s wartime brain injuries could be so devastating—that expressing any kind of emotion would become nearly impossible for him. “After 13 years of marriage, he still struggles to tell me how he’s feeling,” Varalin said. “He has to choose every day to feign emotion. He doesn’t laugh…
Children's Ministries
A Hope That Endures
Bat-Ulzii had lost the will to live. After passing out during a school track and field practice in Mongolia at age 13, he was diagnosed with holes in his heart that would prohibit him from running or even walking without difficulty. He was angry and ashamed about his physical weakness, not having enough energy to…
Strengthening Military Marriages Long After Alaska
Army Sergeant Brian Matters and his wife Rebecca left Alaska last year with hope. The week they spent there through Operation Heal Our Patriots helped lift a dark cloud from their lives. They even recommitted their marriage to God. Despite his years of faith in Jesus Christ, Brian had long struggled with doubt and hopelessness—especially…
Our Ministry
OCC in Bosnia
Casey and Nessa are a missionary couple from California working with Operation Mobilization in Bosnia. They blogged about how shoe box gifts from Operation Christmas Child helped in their mission to show God’s love to children in a gypsy community. Back on the 4th of January we had an event here in Sarajevo to distribute…
Our Ministry
Legal Permissions
PERMISSIONS OF USE Registered Marks, Copyrights, and Web Material Samaritan’s Purse holds U.S. and international trademark registrations in SAMARITAN’S PURSE, the cross and arc logo, OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD, the Operation Christmas Child flying shoebox logo, WORLD MEDICAL MISSION, the globe and caduceus logo, OPERATION HEAL OUR PATRIOTS, THE GREATEST JOURNEY, and others. Samaritan’s Purse…
Discipleship, Education & Training
God Answers Prayers to Save a Military Couple’s Marriage
Sean and Brandy Karpf’s teenage romance began one summer as they both worked the late shift at their local McDonald’s. They spent until the early hours of the morning breaking down equipment, cleaning, and closing the store. Some fleeting high school crushes are quickly forgotten, but this one lasted three years and culminated in an…
