Category: On the Ground Podcast Episodes

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– Is God calling you to be a part of disaster relief with Samaritan’s Purse? Take a look at our volunteer opportunities.

– Read more stories from each of our U.S. Disaster Relief sites here.

– Do you want to know more about having a personal relationship with Jesus Christ? Learn more about having peace with God.

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Samaritan’s Purse is deployed to seven disaster response sites across the U.S. to bring help in Jesus’ Name. From sifting through ashes in California to mudding out homes in Louisiana, volunteers are serving as the hands and feet of Christ.

Continue reading “Hearts to Serve: Volunteers Deploy Across the Country”

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– Check out our website to see photos and insider details for every episode.

– Read more about the work of Samaritan’s Purse.

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Thank you for supporting and listening to the On the Ground with Samaritan’s Purse podcast for one year! In this bonus episode, Kristy Graham sits down with Melissa Strickland, a podcast team member, to reflect on God’s faithfulness through the past year of the podcast.

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– Read more about how Samaritan’s Purse is Supporting Bolivian Families During the Pandemic. Check out our website for more information.

– One of our podcast guests, Grace Wright, gives a video tour– showing a new church that Samaritan’s Purse helped build in the country.

– Take a look at our Instagram to get a behind-the-scenes look of the making of On the Ground with Samaritan’s Purse.

Show Notes

Since the end of 2019, Bolivians have faced compounding turmoil and hardship. From civil unrest to devastating coronavirus difficulties, the country is desperate for hope. Today’s episode begins with a reminder that God is present in every time of need. While Bolivia is going through enormous hardship, Samaritan’s Purse is striving to bring spiritual and physical healing.

Continue reading “Meeting Physical and Spiritual Needs in Bolivia”

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– Learn more about opportunities for medical professionals to serve overseas with World Medical Mission.

– Is God calling you to a career in medical missions? Find out more about the Post-Residency Program.

– Read how Samaritan’s Purse is ‘Sending New Doctors to the Mission Field.‘

– What’s it like to experience day in the life of a Post-Residency doctor? Watch ‘Answering God’s Call to Medical Missions.‘

Show Notes

In this episode of On the Ground with Samaritan’s Purse, Kristy Graham dives deeper into the Post-Residency Program through World Medical Mission. This fully funded two-year program is for Christian physicians who have been called to a career in medical missions.

Continue reading “From Nepal to Togo: Doctors Prepare for Remote Mission Hospitals”

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– Visit our website to learn how people are being helped in Lebanon.

– Go to ‘Jesus Saved My Life‘ to read a testimony of how God is working through our teams on the ground.

– Go to ‘Hope Shatters Fear‘ to read about a family who survived the deadly Beirut explosion.

Show Notes

A few minutes after 6:00 P.M. on August 4, an explosion rocked the city of Beirut, Lebanon. The blast caused an estimated 170 deaths, and left over 300,000 families homeless. Samaritan’s Purse mobilized emergency relief supplies and a disaster assistance response team (DART) to assess the needs and provide critical care to the hurting Lebanese people.

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– Stay updated on information related to our international response to the coronavirus outbreak.

– Listen and learn more about our response to the COVID-19 outbreak from previous podcast episodes: Hope in Cremona, Italy, Central Park Emergency Field Hospital, and Fighting Fear; Devotions with Edward Graham.

– Follow us on Instagram for more behind the scenes content.

Show Notes

Kristy Graham takes listeners inside the Samaritan’s Purse affiliate offices as she interviews Darren Tosh of Samaritan’s Purse United Kingdom and Sylke Busenbender of Samaritan’s Purse Germany. Samaritan’s Purse currently has four international affiliate offices—Canada, Germany, Australia, and the UK—with a 5th office opening in South Korea this year.

Continue reading “COVID-19 Updates: Equipping Churches to Respond Around the World”

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– Stay updated on current information from our Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child Landing Page, including specific COVID-19 updates.

– Another great option to share God’s love is to build a shoebox online. It’s a convenient and personal way to give shoebox gifts directly from home.

– Listen and learn more about Operation Christmas Child from previous On the Ground with Samaritan’s Purse podcast episodes “Operation Christmas Child in Ecuador” and “Processing Center for Operation Christmas Child”.

– Want to know more about our work in Sudan? Read how Samaritan’s Purse Joins Fight Against COVID-19 in Sudan.

Show Notes

Although COVID-19 has disrupted many things, it has not stopped Operation Christmas Child. Samaritan’s Purse has shifted its processes to continue sending gift-filled shoeboxes to kids around the world. In this informative episode, Kristy Graham takes you behind the scenes to hear how leadership, staff, and volunteers are praying over the 2020 season and preparing to send millions of shoeboxes to children around the world.

Continue reading “Operation Christmas Child: COVID-19 Updates”

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– Visit our Children’s Heart Project landing page to learn more information.

– Read about how these Children Take Special Flight Home to Mongolia After Life-Changing Heart Surgeries.

Show Notes

On July 2, Samaritan’s Purse safely returned nine children to Mongolia after they received life-changing heart surgery through Children’s Heart Project. These children and their mothers came to the United States in early February, but their visits were drastically altered because of the introduction of COVID-19. In this episode, Kristy Graham joins these mothers, children, host families and translators to learn how these additional months in the U.S. changed their lives.

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– Are you or your spouse a service member from a U.S. military branch who has been injured or wounded in active duty after September 11, 2001? Apply to participate in Operation Heal Our Patriots.

– Discover more about how Operation Heal Our Patriots is working to strengthen the relationships and faith of our wounded veterans here.

– Be encouraged by the latest updates from Alaska.

Show Notes

In honor of the Fourth of July, Kristy Graham is taking you on the ground to hear from wounded veterans and their spouses that recently participated in Operation Heal Our Patriots, commonly referred to in the ministry as “OHOP.” Each summer, Samaritan’s Purse offers this marriage retreat to give couples the opportunity for spiritual refreshment, physical renewal, and marriage enrichment. This Alaskan mountaintop experience allows these men and women to truly be refreshed through God’s word and like-minded community, but the real work happens when they return back home.

Continue reading “The Lifelong Impact of Operation Heal Our Patriots”

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To honor World Refugee Day on June 20, Kristy Graham is taking you on the ground to the desert of northern Iraq where the Grace Community Center is located. In 2014, Yazidi families fled from ISIS—abandoning their homes in Sinjar to find dwelling in Khanke Camp. The camp, originally a short term solution, is now home to more than 30,000 internally displaced persons living in tents and desperate for hope.

Continue reading “World Refugee Day: Supporting Families in Iraq”