catching up with our boys

Because every child deserves a chance to live and lead a full life, we are involved in medical intervention of medically fragile children by bringing some of these children to the states for medical surgeries that are not available to them in Liberia. Once their treatments are complete, they return to their families in Liberia. Here is an update on the boys who are here.
Above is Brown who needed a double amputation. His host family is doing a wonderful job caring for his every need. He is currently working on walking with his new legs.

This is Barvor who needed help with his eye sight. Today he has glasses as he continues his treatments and is your typical boy- as seen here with the frog he caught. Barvor has several "brothers" to learn and play with in his host family. They love caring for him.

Little Nyenelleh was here a couple of years ago for a shunt placement. He has returned back to his host family for follow up care. A future doctor in the making? Perhaps. His awesome host family are in the medical field as well so I am sure the influence is there.

Our Melvin had a serious issue with his spleen and is also deaf. Today they have the spleen issue under control and he was just fitted for hearing aids in hopes that he will qualify for a cochlear implant down the road. In the mean time his host family takes him every where and he is loving every minute of it. Here he is learning to fish.

Baby Anthony had his shunt surgery is doing well we are told. We are still waiting for picture updates.

As you can see, our medical outreach program is an important aspect of what GOO does for children in Liberia and their desperate families. Should you be interested in hosting or helping in anyway with one of our child situations, feel free to contact us.

my how they have grown..

Remember the twins we put an S.O.S. out for this past spring? Their mamma passed away and they needed support fast. So many times we see one or both babies, when they are twins, die of malnourishment due to lack of milk. Thankfully a wonderful family came forward and is helping with the support and care of these children. The twins names: Harrison and Hattiley. They are so adorable and doing well. Thanks to their foster family as well who is doing a marvelous job caring for them.

I had opportunity in May to hold the both of them. What an armful! And to think I used to want twins being as I am a twin. This cured me fast!

And there they were as newborns.

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.