your prayers are needed..

Is it fair that some people are born into extreme wealth and freedom while others must live and often die in dire poverty or under severe oppression? No, life is not fair; unfairness is inherent in the human condition. But life can and should be just. When human acts or omissions are at the heart of these inequities and suffering, then social injustices have occurred. Unfortunately, these injustices shame and scar our world every day…john wheaton

We are asking all our GOO supporters and friends to pray specifically for our organization on Wednesday of this week. For we are just volunteers called to serve. We are under serious spiritual attack as we defend an injustice taking place. Please pray for protection, provision, and for God to prevail.

let the weak know I am strong in the strength of the Lord…

FMSC Partnership

Blessed are those who are generous because they feed the poor.. Proverbs 22:9

Thank you volunteers who helped make this day possible!!!

Global Orphan Outreach is proud to announce their partnership with Feed My Starving Children. GOO will be feeding 400 foster children and their foster parents and school children- 1 meal a day for the next 14months. From there we intend to expand our program.

Feed My Starving Children is a non-profit Christian organization committed to feeding God’s children hungry in body and spirit. The approach is simple: children and adults hand-pack meals specifically formulated for malnourished children, and through partnerships like Global Orphan Outreach, ship the meals to nearly 70 countries around the world.

FMSC and GOO hold similar views that people can become involved in the world around them especially with helping the hungry. You need not travel to Africa to help those who are hungry there. FMSC is looking for volunteers to help pack the foods that are shipped. Go to their website and contact them- www.fmsc.org

GOO is also looking for volunteers to help us send the food to Liberia, Africa. We have half of the funds raised and still need your help to raise the other $2700. We are storing the food here and sending it 3 large barrels at a time. Our first shipment is being sent next week. For more information on how you can help, contact Denise Wagner-#651-491-4847. Or email us at globalorphanoutreach@yahoo.com We will be posting updates on our blog of the families who have benefited from your generosity.

Busy busy busy are the volunteers as they pack meals.

One palate of food ready to go.

And its off to Denise and Joe's house for storage. A huge THANK YOU goes out to the Haege's for helping us get it there with their trucks.

Is it going to fit in there Joe?

It takes a good women- Denise supervising the unloading and stacking of the food in her garage for safe keeping until it is all shipped.

Your doing great Joe! Way to handle that skid steer!

True Compassion is Love in Action!

And they are off..

In June we had a walkathon to raise funds for school scholarships for children in Liberia. This was an awesome and inspiring day organized by Julie Redman our Liberian Literacy Coordinator.







Here is our guest speaker- Frank Glenn Traub speaking to us about his experiences during the war in Liberia and the importance for education for all children. Something many take for granted here in the states. Frank wrote a book called It Shall Come to Pass.. Everyone needs to buy this book. It shares through poetry and readings, the war in Liberia and what people were thinking and feeling living through it.

Julie, Frank, and I

Where can you buy this book? I am glad you asked... contact us at Global Orphan Outreach. The books are $15.00 and part of the proceeds go to Global's work in Liberia!





Here is part of our walking crew. Thank you everyone who walked, participated, donated, and prayed over this event. Many children will be going to school because of you. Look for updates on our school blog- http://walkalongsideliberiaskids.blogspot.com/

A Global Appeal for Anthony- Online Silent Auction

Baby Anthony is a one year old baby from Liberia, West Africa. He has a mother and father that love him dearly, however Anthony was born with hydrocephalus.

Sadly, the life saving treatment he requires cannot be gotten in Liberia. Global Orphan Outreach has brought Anthony to the US on a medical mission and once the treatments are finished and he is physically stable enough to travel he will return home to his family.

A group of surgeons and hospital in the US have donated their services in order that Anthony may have the surgery. We need to raise funds to continue with his ongoing care.

We are putting on this silent auction and everyone, and their friends, are invited to participate.

Please make your bid in the comments section for the item in which you would like to bid. And make sure you attach your name to your bid.


The dates for the bidding are between July 26th- 31st. Bids will end on the evening of the 31st of July and payment can be made through paypal button on the blog listed below.

http://aglobalappealforanthony.blogspot.com/

Survivor

Every day I am amazed how God works in all our lives. Last week has been a particularly challenging time for us. It was at that time, God brought a needy child into our lives whose conditions are so bad and her needs so high that one cannot walk away and say “I am too busy or I don’t have the funds”. This time it was baby girl that was abandoned and left in the arms of one of our FMN foster moms. Her birth mom is a prostitute, had not been caring for the child, and passed her off to the grandparents who cannot take care of her either. They heard about our FMN program, brought her to one of our foster homes, and left. You can see from these pictures that her special need is severe malnourishment. We don't know her exact age, we are estimating 6 months. Here name? - SURVIVOR (interesting how God works in our lives and redirects our focus)

Please consider joining our FMN family as a child sponsor and watch a child be transformed..

Here she is one week later...

See how little she is compared to her foster mamas hand? So small....Watch what God can do through the work of his hands using all of us to advocate for her.

News article in Liberia

(you will need to click twice on it to be able to read it clearly)

As many of you may know... much can be bought in Liberia for a price. Including so called-news paper reporters who write false articles about our organization. A year ago several such slanderous articles came out in news papers in Liberia that were not true.

There was much slanderous info written that I wont get into here. I never talked about it a year ago due to standing on this one thing- (besides it being adamantly false) Our outreach work speaks for itself. It is the living Gospel in Action. And anyone who feels need to defame it or speak falsely against the many caring people involved both on this side and in Liberia, have nothing better to do.

However there are individuals out there who seem to feel the need to circulate these old articles yet again to try to discredit our outreach ministry. So I will post the statement that was published by us year ago addressing this. This was a follow up news article that was ran in the Liberia newspaper about a month or so after the first slanderous articles ran. It was even endorsed by the MOH who were falsely accused of some things by these same so called reporters as well.

We at Global Orphan Outreach realize that where good is at work, evil works to resist what is good. We all knew when we committed to this that there would be times of trial.

We continue to be committed to the advocating and reaching out of many needy families and orphans in crisis.

Who can help Samuel?

This Samuel and his son...Samuel. They have an amazing story of survival. When Samuel was 4 years old, his dad and him were running from gun fire shooting at the people in his village who were scattering everywhere. Samuel said he picked up little Samuel and started running through a field. Sadly both he and his son were shot. And sadly both lost a leg to bullet wounds. Dad Samuel lost his right leg and his son lost his left. Little Samuel was also shot in the arm that did tendon damage.

Somehow they were able to obtain medical help along the way for amputations. However as young Samuel's leg bones continue to grow, they are pushing out through the end of his skin and causing infections. Samuel needs surgery to shave his bone down. He also needs help with his tendon so that he can use his hand again. Right now the tendon is pulling on his hand, cramping it in a position that he can hardly use.

I cant begin to tell you what an amazing and inspirational story shared with us in May and how heroic his father was and how much he loves his son.

So we have been asked to get involved and find medical help for Samuel.

If you know of a doctor or hospital that would be interested in this story and helping Samuel, contact us immediately. Also if you can help financially towards his trip here and the medical visa process costs, let us know.

Let us help Samuel heal. War should not rob a child of his health and well being.

Samuel is 12 years old.