Sam and Delores York are missionaries for the Southern Baptist International Missions Board and are serving in Haiti on the island of Hispaniola, which encompasses both Haiti and the Dominician Republic. For ten years they were assigned to the rural areas of central plateau of Haiti, then their work changed to the Dominican side of the island for a year and a half. They are currently working with earthquake relief in Port-au-Prince after the earthquake of Jan. 12, 2010.

Their current work involves working with volunteers coming to help with disaster relief, building small houses, working with the local Baptist convention, starting Bible studies, and developing leaders for church starts, in addition to whatever else comes up. They started as Missionary Associates and changed to Career Missionaries during their first stateside assignment. They previously served as Mission Service Corps Volunteers for twelve years along the Texas/Mexico border. Sam was camp manager at Cone Oasis Baptist Encampment and Delores (an R.N.) was health care coordinator for clinics along the border of Mexico for eight years, then assisted Sam with the camp for the last four years.

Sam and Delores have two grown children: Jeff York, his wife Heather, son Cameron, and daughter Kiley live in Pensacola, Florida, and Casandra (York) Lambert and husband Josh Lambert live in Dallas, TX. Anna Georges York is an adopted Haitian whom Sam and Delores have had since she was about two years old.