EXCLUSIVE: Franklin Graham visits emergency hospital treating Venezuela earthquake victims
Franklin Graham visited a Samaritan's Purse emergency field hospital in Venezuela, where doctors and nurses are performing life-saving surgeries and praying with earthquake survivors who have endured unimaginable loss.Graham, president and CEO of Samaritan's Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, traveled with his daughter, Cissie Graham Lynch, to encourage relief teams and comfort people who lost loved ones, homes and nearly everything they owned.Lynch, senior advisor and spokesperson for Samaritan's Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, said one encounter with a local pastor stayed with her throughout the visit.ARGENTINE SOCCER PLAYER LUCAS TREJO LOSES WIFE, TWO CHILDREN IN VENEZUELA EARTHQUAKE BUILDING COLLAPSE: REPORT"Today, I saw both the immense suffering and the incredible strength of the Venezuelan people," Lynch told Fox News Digital. "I was deeply impacted by the story of a pastor who lost several members of his congregation in the earthquakes and is still serving his community.
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Franklin Graham visited a Samaritan's Purse emergency field hospital in Venezuela, where doctors and nurses are performing life-saving surgeries and praying with earthquake survivors who have endured unimaginable loss.Graham, president and CEO of Samaritan's Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, traveled with his daughter, Cissie Graham Lynch, to encourage relief teams and comfort people who lost loved ones, homes and nearly everything they owned.Lynch, senior advisor and spokesperson for Samaritan's Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, said one encounter with a local pastor stayed with her throughout the visit.ARGENTINE SOCCER PLAYER LUCAS TREJO LOSES WIFE, TWO CHILDREN IN VENEZUELA EARTHQUAKE BUILDING COLLAPSE: REPORT"Today, I saw both the immense suffering and the incredible strength of the Venezuelan people," Lynch told Fox News Digital. "I was deeply impacted by the story of a pastor who lost several members of his congregation in the earthquakes and is still serving his community. He said it all when he told us, 'I am here to serve and win souls for Christ.' I thank God for that faithful pastor and for the opportunity that we have to encourage and support him as he shares the hope of Jesus Christ in Venezuela.""These people are surrounded by so much death and destruction. We want to bring the light of Jesus Christ into these places of pain," Franklin Graham told Fox News Digital."I'm thankful for our incredible teams who are doing just that.
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- Franklin Graham visited a Samaritan's Purse emergency field hospital in Venezuela, where doctors and nurses are performing life-saving surgeries and praying with earthquake survivors who have endured unimaginable loss.Graham, president and CEO of Samaritan's Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, traveled with his daughter, Cissie Graham Lynch, to encourage relief teams and comfort people who lost loved ones, homes and nearly everything they owned.Lynch, senior advisor and spokesperson for Samaritan's Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, said one encounter with a local pastor stayed with her throughout the visit.ARGENTINE SOCCER PLAYER LUCAS TREJO LOSES WIFE, TWO CHILDREN IN VENEZUELA EARTHQUAKE BUILDING COLLAPSE: REPORT"Today, I saw both the immense suffering and the incredible strength of the Venezuelan people," Lynch told Fox News Digital. "I was deeply impacted by the story of a pastor who lost several members of his congregation in the earthquakes and is still serving his community.
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