Monthly Archives - June 2016

You're invited to the BIG Event!

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Experience God’s heart for His children around the world in our own backyard! Join us Friday, August 12th, for the 11th annual BIG Event, a Kansas City tradition celebrating caring for orphans around the world and right here […]

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Going out into the world

At 18, children become legal adults, and our church partners lose guardianship. With no viable job skills and a lack of education, the future looks bleak for children, “aging out.” Our local church partners seek to provide pathways for […]

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Photos from Koncko, Ethiopia

Koncko is a small, rural community off the main highway approximately 30 minutes south of Hossana. GO Project is partnering with the Koncko Kale Heywet Church and Zewudie Bachore to care for orphaned and abandoned children here. Below are […]

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Plenty and Few

Surrounded by Syria, Jordan, and Israel, Lebanon is a country a little larger than Delaware.  It protects the rights of its four million citizens comprised of 17 sects and serves as refuge to more than 2 million people who […]

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Home is where the heart is…

In the mountains of Southern Ethiopia, past paved road and power lines, beyond the washed-out bridge, you’ll find yourself on the back of “a motor” (cycle) driving past brown soil of humble farms cut into lush, green mountains. Beautiful […]

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Jimmy Starfish

Most of us have heard the story about the young boy walking the beach strewn with scores of washed-up starfish that he was throwing back into the water one at a time. An old man chastised the lad saying, […]

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Beyond the Buzzword

Servant Leadership has become a consultant buzzword.  Books have been written.  Courses taught, and speaking careers built on giving us the secrets of influencing others by giving ourselves for them.  It’s about enough to make the concept lose its […]

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CarePortal Connecting the Local Church to Local Community!

We at CarePortal are big fans of The Grand Canyon State.
The active churches in Tucson, Arizona, are doing wonderful work, meeting a high percentage of the needs posted by Department of Child Safety (DCS) workers.  If you’d like to […]

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Finding peace in obedience

By GO Fellow Sarah Herrera
In a recent visit to Cassamajor, Pastor Renaud shared his wisdom on orphan care and why it is important for believers to obey God’s call to serve.
“It is a blessing from God,” he said. “When […]

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CarePortal Implementation Depends on the 3Fs

As part of CarePortal’s first birthday celebration, we brought together CarePortal staff, volunteers, and interested parties from nine states. These representatives included delegates from states in which CarePortal is not currently operating. These individuals represent a wider community that […]

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