Monthly Archives - June 2012

Leaders caring for children

I’m in Uganda for a “sustainability summit.” I’ll be meeting with a wide array of entrepreneurs about potential economic and agricultural development investments for GO Fund. These entrepreneurs range from Americans doing business in Uganda, to Ugandan developers in […]

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Prayer request from half a world away

Excerpts from a recent e-mail from Brother Felipe Castro and his wife, Joy, our “Solid Rock” partners in Cambodia:

“Last month, a newborn baby girl (which according to our Khmer doctor friend is about 3 weeks old) was added to […]

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Local Churches Collaborate to Serve Kansas City Orphans

A growing network of local churches has started an intriguing movement.  It’s called Adopt | KC.  The aim of the Adopt | KC network is to get our nation’s most vulnerable orphans adopted into families within local churches, beginning […]

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Expanding Into a New Country: Our Own

Hello, GO Family!
Though you may have heard murmurings to this effect, we want to make it official. The Global Orphan Project is expanding into a new country: our own!
At the BIG Event on August 10th, we’ll celebrate all that […]

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Today we see in part. Someday we will see in full.

In his first letter to the Corinthians, Paul talks about the reality that today we know only a part of the story, but someday we will know in full. Recently, my daughter, Carolyn, asked,“What we are going to do […]

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Scouting Notes from Haiti: Finding the Run

Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti—For two days in May, the GO Adventures team combed the back roads outside Croix-des-Bouquets near The GO Project’s Jumecourt Inn. We were in search of the route for the first organized trail run in Haiti planned for […]

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Scouting Notes from Haiti: Baggage Claim

Port-au-Prince, Haiti—Landing in Port-au-Prince for the first time is a powerful experience. The heat, sights, sounds and smells are distinct and unmistakable. Neither good nor bad, this is, simply and beautifully, Haiti.
Within 30 minutes of stepping off of the […]

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Barrett's Adventures from Atlanta to Nashville

From Barrett’s blog…
Barrett Keene, a PhD Student at Cornell University, is walking the 3,475 miles between Miami and San Francisco to raise awareness about the realities 145 million orphaned and abandoned children face and present opportunities for people to […]

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How's your normal?

It’s beautiful today in Haiti. Our team is taking a break from the midday heat after visiting children at one village and preparing to see another this afternoon – just another “normal” Vision Trip…
That is if it’s normal for […]

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