by International Samaritan | May 8, 2026 | Weekend Reflections
It’s another stifling hot day at the dumpsite in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, in 2021. Nayely, just 20 years old, carefully places her baby, Jasiel, in a cardboard box—the safest spot she can find for him while she searches through trash for anything she can find to...
by International Samaritan | May 1, 2026 | Weekend Reflections
I remember the first time I met Trudy Ann, the mother of two of our scholarship students, Kwase and Kalou. It was my first month as Director at International Samaritan Jamaica, and my first general meeting with our families. She spoke with the quiet certainty of a...
by International Samaritan | Apr 20, 2026 | Weekend Reflections
“After lunch, we should go climb that mountain,” Xavier said to me during our trip together to Honduras last week. “But why?” I protested. “We have so many other things to do.”“Because it’s a challenge, and I think it will be good for the kids to climb to the top and...
by International Samaritan | Apr 10, 2026 | Weekend Reflections
My name is Douglas, and I’m in my first year of medical school. Ever since I was a child, I’ve wanted to be a doctor, but my path hasn’t been easy. I grew up in the La Chureca landfill in Managua, Nicaragua. I lived in the landfill from birth until I...
by International Samaritan | Apr 2, 2026 | Weekend Reflections
How do you know if God really raised Jesus from the dead? Last year during Holy Week, I shared my story of weighing the historical evidence and concluding back in 1997 that the Resurrection must be true. But is historical evidence all that matters?Before coming to...
