Monthly Archives - March 2014

Dora and Gloria

By Alison L. Barfoot (The Rev. Canon Dr.), Executive Director of GO Africa in Kampala, Uganda 
In the beginning, the Gulu Father’s House was supposed to accommodate 100 children. But, then the government guidelines suggested smaller villages, so the GO […]

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Emancipation Proclamations

Stories of those who have been emancipated from the Foster Care System seem to reverberate, like the narratives told in this video Life After Foster Care.
Abuse, neglect, drugs, and death. These stories are told over and over by the […]

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Abierto la puerta (Open the door)

Last night at Brisas Del Este, church leaders from Restoracion gathered to pray. One was a lawyer who has donated her time to file paperwork on behalf of the ministry. Others were house mammas to be, pastors, ladies with […]

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The End of the Line

Joe Knittig asks an interesting question. “If you back a food truck into a tent city and fling open the doors, what does the crowd that forms look like?”
The strongest men will push their way to the front. After […]

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Worth Singing About

I’ve told my daughters, “Someday when you bring boys home, don’t bring any boys that don’t sing. I don’t want them in the family.”
I don’t care if they sing well. I simply think we have too many good reasons […]

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Reflections from Haiti

We love hearing stories from Trip Goers about how the experience ruins them for the average. The Kullberg family of Overland Park, Kansas is no exception. “We were rewarded with an eye opening, gut wrenching, normal wrecking experience that […]

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The Redeemed 13

Recently, Sports Illustrated ran an article about a group of high schoolers nicknamed The Renegade 13. A basketball coach, frustrated by a pattern of poor attitude and effort, asked his starting five to turn in their jerseys. To get […]

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