Nireekshana Clinic, our partner in Hyderabad, India, is saving lives and fostering hope within their community. Watch and listen as Jake Barreth, Director of International Ministry, takes you on a tour and explains the powerful orphan care and orphan […]
By GO Fellow Sarah Herrera
A common game played within the village of Darivager is the sort that looks like Ring Around the Rosie, but then quickly turns into a version of Little Sally Walker and then ends with an […]
The world of family collapse is messy.
The moments and circumstances that result in child placement in the foster care system are messy. These are known and understood. However, the complexities to emerge out of the system also pose significant […]
I first met Pastor Mongerard nearly ten years ago on one of my first trips to Haiti. He was a relative newlywed, no children, a young church with a fledgling orphan care ministry. By God’s grace, Pastor Mongerard and […]
It was the middle of another scorching summer’s day in Haiti. I had hitched a ride to Gonaives with one of our Vision Trips so that I could attend a meeting with our pastor partners. The excited chatter and […]
Nine years ago, Kristin and I were in China adopting our youngest, Elliese. It was the peak of the Chinese, international adoption boom. More than 20,000 Chinese children (mostly girls) were being placed with foreign parents each year. On […]
Remembering the first Christmas, we celebrate one child who changed the world. In His Spirit, this Christmas we give thanks for the opportunity to change the world, one child at a time. Recently GO Africa’s Executive Director, Alison Barfoot, […]
Orphan care is complex. Without a firm foundation, it can be easy to get discouraged and forget the biblical mandate to care for the fatherless, found in verses such as:
“Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the […]
Anthony starts his Wednesday mornings in a Parkville coffee shop loft with Mike Fox and some other men. Stemming from God’s Word, topics are real and free flowing: marriage, parenting, business, finances, and sometimes orphan care. It was here […]
I regularly borrow a prayer I learned from Mike Fox. It goes like this: “Lord, please let me live long enough to go to Haiti one more time.” Jesus answered that prayer for me and 23 others from 4 […]