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...
by International Samaritan | Mar 20, 2026 | Weekend Reflections
At the El Buen Samaritano family life center here in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, we now have a soccer court! With that, a simple but powerful question arose: What if we formed a women’s soccer team? The women who brought this idea to life are Samaritan scholars,...
by International Samaritan | Mar 12, 2026 | Weekend Reflections
Just a short walk from where Danny grew up in Ethiopia, there is a place most people would never choose to enter: the Kore dumpsite. If you stand at a distance, it looks like smoke, dust, and piles of everything no one wants. For many, it represents dirt and a...
by International Samaritan | Mar 6, 2026 | Weekend Reflections
Hi, I’m Mihretu. Recently, I finished second at the Lok Sahaita Hope Marathon in Pakistan, competing alongside international athletes. As cameras flashed and national media gathered around me, I couldn’t help but think of how far I had come from a childhood...
by International Samaritan | Feb 19, 2026 | Weekend Reflections
My name is Atwine Elizabeth, an engineering student at Uganda Christian University, and the youngest of three children. I come from a family where resilience was not a choice but a necessity.My late father worked at the Kiteezi dumpsite, collecting plastic bottles...
by International Samaritan | Feb 13, 2026 | Weekend Reflections
My grandmother, Catherine Gill, died 93 years ago this week—one week after giving birth to my dad. She was 23. My grandparents couldn’t afford a doctor, so she gave birth to my dad in their home on the east side of Detroit. The midwife didn’t clean the placenta...
by International Samaritan | Feb 6, 2026 | Weekend Reflections
In the Bible, people pushed through crowds to see Jesus. They left their homes to follow Him. They prayed until their words failed, and they held on to God with everything they had, knowing that their faith and blessings could rewrite lives and shape generations to...
by International Samaritan | Jan 23, 2026 | Weekend Reflections
At my teacher’s college last fall, one of my professors lectured about what it means to be a good citizen. We talked about the importance of volunteering. Then on October 28, 2025, Hurricane Melissa made landfall, causing severe damage to western Jamaica....
