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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Our financial controller, Debbie McMullin, likes to say that, “Any day we wire funds to the field is a good day at GO.” We had such a day this week, as $167,000 was sent to GO Haiti. The number […]
Whether you like NPR or not, this eight-minute story about the life of Izidor Ruckor, a Romanian orphan, contains two great truths. The first is that parents matter. In an instant and outsourcing society, there is no substitute for […]
Jimmy Dodd, is the President of Pastor Serve, a KC-based ministry that seeks to ensure that “every pastor has a pastor.” He’s also a valued friend of GO Project who loves Jesus and His children.
On Superbowl Sunday, Jimmy delivered […]