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“I thought we were coming for training but we got revival.”  Okorienta Sylvanus, Director Greatstory International

It was the final time of prayer and worship ending our week of Community Health Evangelism (CHE) training in Owerri, Nigeria.  As I looked over the scene, I was overwhelmed with what I was seeing. People passionately worshiping, praying, [...]

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What is Wholistic Mission?

On January 16, 2013 By

I recently attended the International Wholistic Missions Conference in Phoenix, AZ.  I was asked to give a breakout session in which I shared some ideas we have developed at GO InterNational about training short-term mission teams for cross-cultural ministry.  I was also able to interact with missionaries from many different agencies who are committed to [...]

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Nepal Medical Team Update

On October 12, 2012 By

We were in the village of Vijay Pur for the first medical camp of our time in Nepal.  I was especially excited to be here because I knew of the great need from a visit there last spring.  It is a very poor area where the Dalits, which is the lowest caste in Nepal live. [...]

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A Tale of Two Ladies

On October 6, 2012 By

Today during our clinic at the River Church in Samari, Nepal, I met two ladies who demonstrated very dramatically the different responses we can have to Christ’s love for us.  The first lady was Buahi.  She was about 25 years old and had been hospitalized for mental illness.  She was better now but still struggled [...]

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Sharing Christ in Nepal

On October 5, 2012 By

Our medical team is currently in Hetauda, Nepal serving with our partner Nepal Evangelical Mission.  We are doing medical camps reaching the poor.  In addition to the medical care, we are trying to have long-term impact through Community Health Evangelism.  In the spring, I came and taught CHE principles in the Bible School with Isaac [...]

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Measuring results

On September 28, 2012 By

My mom tells me that one of my grandfather’s favorite books was the biography of Adoniram Judson,  To the Golden Shore.  I have long known about Judson and have even had the privilege of visiting Burma and seeing first hand the impact that one man had on a nation.

I came across this excerpt recently [...]

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In June and July, GO InterNational partnered with the Erie City Mission to host a Sport’s and Art’s Camp for the inner city children in grades 1-5 in Erie, Pennsylvania. Groups from Ross County Christian Academy in Chillicothe, Ohio,  Grace Evangelical Church in St. Joseph, Missouri, The Community Missionary Church in Wilmore, Kentucky and a group [...]

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Medical Team to Peru

On July 31, 2012 By

In July a team of 11 people traveled to Peru on a medical team.  The team included seven students from the University of Kentucky Medical and Dental schools and is the result of the partnership between GO InterNational and the Christian Medical and Dental Associations chapter in Lexington.  We also had Gerson Grandez, [...]

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June 20-28 a team of ten people from GO InterNational traveled to Bogota, Colombia to minister with Children’s Vision International, Inc.  This was GO’s first team to partner with CVII.  CVII operates three homes and a school for at-risk children in Bogota.  In addition, they have hosted medical mission teams to reach out to the [...]

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