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GoServ Global leaders Paul van Gorkom and Dennis Anderson are meeting with the Uganda leaders this week to discuss the details of building the Safe T Homes for South Sudan refugee orphans. Twenty Safe T Homes should be shipped in the next couple of weeks. Altogether 50 Safe T Homes are set for the project.

Below – John Pipes, a missionary in Uganda with International Messengers, shares a video of the Uganda Safe T Home project that will be used to house refugee orphan children who’ve escaped South Sudan.

Thanks to the generosity of our donors, we are nearly three-fourths the way to our goal of $56,000 for the Safe T Home Matching Challenge!!

It’s not too late to give!! Donations of any amount toward the Safe T Home will be accepted through March 31, 2018.

To give, visit https://goservglobal.org/give/ & choose Safe T Home in the dropdown. Or mail your gift to GoServ Global, PO Box 193, Eagle Grove, IA 50533.

Thanks to the generosity of our donors, we are more than halfway to our goal of $56,000 for the Safe T Home Matching Challenge!!

It’s not too late to give!! Donations of any amount toward the Safe T Home will be accepted through March 31, 2018.

To give, visit https://goservglobal.org/give/ & choose Safe T Home in the dropdown. Or mail your gift to GoServ Global, PO Box 193, Eagle Grove, IA 50533.

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What does it truly mean to trust God?

Today was a good day in Haiti. Corn got planted, electrical systems got fixed, supplies got purchased, and most importantly – boys and girls were loved on by guys whose hearts were expanded. It was a good day in Haiti.

Then at the end of the day I was asked to go for a ride to look at homes in the neighborhood. The definition of a home is hard to pin down in Haiti. And after Hurricane Matthew in 2016 that definition got a lot broader because almost everything was leveled. Houses blown away, possessions blown away, crops blown away, livestock blown away. Lives changed drastically for the second time in 6 years.

To help GoServ Global offered Safe T Homes to families in the neighborhood. And so far about 40 homes have been placed – with those with the most need getting helped first. So the ride around the neighborhood was to visit with people who had recently gotten the homes.

The photos below are from the first place we stopped. The first photo shows the home that the family lived in. And she shared her story of that night with us. She was in her home when the storm started -125 to 150 mph winds for 12 hours. And when she realized that her home was not safe she took her daughter and son and they went to the neighbors. That sounds easy enough until you realize that meant crawling hundreds of yards, clutching your children, dodging flying debris that was hitting them at 150 mph. And they made it only to have the roof torn off of that house. But the walls kept them safe – not dry but safe.

In the morning she looked out to see all of her possessions and her house gone. What you see in the photo is all that was left. So she took her children and went to a friend’s house. But after 2 days that family told her their house was too crowded and she had to leave. So she went back to her house, found a few boards to put on the roof, not to stay dry but to have brief periods of shade during the day. And they lived that way for a year.

The second photo shows the new Safe T Home she recently moved into. And then she told us the most amazing thing. When we asked her about the new home she said, “I knew my God would save me and supply my needs. I would rather die than to stop trusting Him and believing in Him”. Day after day living in that house with her children and she knew her God would save her. She trusted Him.

And I realized that trusting God is easy when life is easy. When my problems are being stuck in traffic, or getting the flu, or not always getting what I want. But when I have gone through unimaginable trials can I still say, “I knew my God would save me and supply my needs”? Haiti shows me over and over what it means to trust in a God who will never leave me or forsake me.

Gene Petersen, GoServ Global Board Member

The 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti 8 years ago today. Three days after the earthquake, GoServ Global Co-Founder Ken DeYoung answered the call to fly in medical supplies. After 40 trips, Ken met Eddy who was starting a girls orphanage.

This is how GoServ Global got its start – simply to sponsor orphan children. God had much bigger plans!

Soon thereafter GoServ Global met with Sukup Manufacturing who had turned a grain bin into safe housing for those affected by the Haiti earthquake. 60 of these first “Safe T Homes” became the Village of Hope for those displaced by the earthquake.

This is the place to go! Check out GoServ Global’s projects around the world.

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We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family, got some deals on Cyber Monday, now would like to share another tradition, #GivingTuesday.

We are blessed to be able to work with a local organization that is making a difference around the world, GoServ Global. By sponsoring a child in Haiti, we not only change the life of that girl, but by giving her a future with hope, she can help bring the change that is needed in her country.

I was at a large chain store last night, grabbed a few small gifts for the grandkids, things that they surely could live without. I also wanted to get a few things for Islande, our girl in Haiti. I left the toy department and picked up things she would appreciate, toothbrushes and toothpaste, shampoo, washcloths and soap. I got extras because I have seen her at the orphanage and I know she will probably give her gifts away to the younger girls she helps take care of. She knows what it feels like to have nothing. I love her caring heart.

There are more children that need sponsorship, check it out at goservglobal.org/sponsor-a-child-2/. 

There are many ways you can help, pick what works best for you. For us, the best part is visiting Islande in person! —Ambassadors Joel & Linda Zwiefel

To make a general donation, https://goservglobal.org/give/

We urge you to pray for the final paperwork to be completed TOMORROW (Wednesday, Nov. 8th) in Uganda, so GoServ Global will be able to move forward to send 50 Safe T Homes to be used as a refugee camp for orphan children.

The 1st phase of this project is fully funded & we expect to begin building after the first of the year! The full project will Include a church, school, clinic and orphanage. GoServ Global is working together with International Messengers on the project. 

GoServ Global and Service International helped Willie and his three daughters during the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in Houston. Willie is a Vietnam Veteran, and when we arrived as his house, nothing had been done except a few things had been thrown away. Mold was growing rapidly on his walls and their carpet was still in throughout the house. Even though the house had been flooded with 3 feet of water, he said it was better living there than in the shelters.

Without moving the family out, we delicately removed the carpeting and tore out the drywall 48 1/2 inches high. Next, we cleaned and treated the house for mold. The water and electricity are still on so the family can continue to live there.  The house is a much healthier environment now, but we are waiting for the wood to dry before we hang the drywall and help them get back on their feet.

To give to help more families like Willie’s, visit https://goservglobal.org/give/  and Choose Hurricane Harvey in the dropdown. To volunteer, call Dennis Anderson at (712)887-0862. Another GoServ Global team will be leaving November 7th to serve in Houston!