<![CDATA[extra blog (maybe for a second category)]]> https://www.gpartners.org Sat, 16 May 2026 03:00:02 CDT en-us perpetuatech.com - Perpetua Technologies <![CDATA[Volunteers bamboo]]> https://www.gpartners.org/blog/volunteers-bamboo https://www.gpartners.org/blog/volunteers-bamboo Wed, 31 Jan 2024 06:38:07 CDT https://www.gpartners.org/blog/volunteers-bamboo A group of volunteers from St. John Lutheran Church got "bamboozled" into completing a helpful project for the GO Center! Volunteers Rick, Rich, Tom and Les worked tirelessly...Read more

]]> <![CDATA[Advent Week 2 2023]]> https://www.gpartners.org/blog/advent-week-2-2023 https://www.gpartners.org/blog/advent-week-2-2023 Sat, 09 Dec 2023 11:02:47 CDT https://www.gpartners.org/blog/advent-week-2-2023 In the classic Christmas movie Home Alone, eight-year-old Kevin McCallister is left behind by his family a few days before Christmas...Read More

]]> <![CDATA[Uganda trip recap]]> https://www.gpartners.org/blog-20-years-staff-1-copy https://www.gpartners.org/blog-20-years-staff-1-copy Fri, 16 Jun 2023 13:49:01 CDT https://www.gpartners.org/blog-20-years-staff-1-copy This post is a compilation of highlights from the daily prayer updates sent out by GPPD team leader Steph during an amazing and spirit-filled trip to Uganda. ...Read More

]]> <![CDATA[20 years staff]]> https://www.gpartners.org/blog-20-years-staff-1 https://www.gpartners.org/blog-20-years-staff-1 Wed, 24 May 2023 11:34:26 CDT https://www.gpartners.org/blog-20-years-staff-1 As we prepare to celebrate 20 years as an organization on May 3, we asked our staff, associates and board to share how being a part of the GPPD team has impacted their lives and hearts. ...Read More

]]> <![CDATA[advent 4]]> https://www.gpartners.org/blog/-4 https://www.gpartners.org/blog/-4 Sun, 18 Dec 2022 05:19:47 CDT https://www.gpartners.org/blog/-4 "Being overcome by God’s love for us is the only way we will have anything left to share with those around us...Read More

]]> <![CDATA[Advent Wk 2]]> https://www.gpartners.org/blog/advent-wk-2 https://www.gpartners.org/blog/advent-wk-2 Sun, 04 Dec 2022 06:58:57 CDT https://www.gpartners.org/blog/advent-wk-2 True joy and peace cannot be found outside of the vine. Abiding is a choice, but the peace we receive is a free gift and we cannot find it on our own.   Read More

]]> <![CDATA[vicki ref]]> https://www.gpartners.org/blog/-2 https://www.gpartners.org/blog/-2 Tue, 06 Sep 2022 11:23:03 CDT https://www.gpartners.org/blog/-2

My friends and I stood scrunched together at our small, city-airport, arrival’s gate. We anticipated with wonder that perhaps some new life change would be soon walking toward us. Just two days prior, I had been contacted by a local resettlement office... Read More

]]> <![CDATA[Lessons Water]]> https://www.gpartners.org/blog-ukraine-1-copy https://www.gpartners.org/blog-ukraine-1-copy Wed, 18 May 2022 16:17:09 CDT https://www.gpartners.org/blog-ukraine-1-copy

It was a seemingly insignificant hiccup in my day, but it changed my perspective on access to clean water. The water main in my neighborhood was turned off for...Read More

]]> <![CDATA[Ukraine]]> https://www.gpartners.org/blog-ukraine-1 https://www.gpartners.org/blog-ukraine-1 Wed, 23 Mar 2022 16:34:33 CDT https://www.gpartners.org/blog-ukraine-1

The crisis in Ukraine has touched the hearts of many. We want you to be encouraged in knowing that even in this dark time, the light of hope shines on...Read More

]]> <![CDATA[light of world]]> https://www.gpartners.org/blog-light-of-world-1 https://www.gpartners.org/blog-light-of-world-1 Thu, 16 Dec 2021 06:07:39 CDT https://www.gpartners.org/blog-light-of-world-1

The end of the familiar Nativity story is joyful, but the beginning of this story is a mess. The journey to the joy was through chaos, uncertainty, and darkness. But the Light was on the way...Read More

]]> <![CDATA[nikola's story]]> https://www.gpartners.org/blog/nikolas-story https://www.gpartners.org/blog/nikolas-story Thu, 12 Aug 2021 07:17:42 CDT https://www.gpartners.org/blog/nikolas-story

I grew up in a small village in Slovakia. I am a Roma woman who grew up with three brothers and a mom and dad. I wasn’t a typical girl, who was very feminine. I was more of a tomboy who liked to play football with the boys...Read More

]]> <![CDATA[Mothers day Amber]]> https://www.gpartners.org/blog/mothers-day-amber https://www.gpartners.org/blog/mothers-day-amber Sat, 08 May 2021 07:23:56 CDT https://www.gpartners.org/blog/mothers-day-amber

I am about to pass onto you a glimmer of hope  because many of us need a reminder that God sees us, He knows, and He is faithful. If you do not have time to make it to the end of this blog, here is the spoiler...

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]]> <![CDATA[heavenly treasures]]> https://www.gpartners.org/blog/heavenly-treasures https://www.gpartners.org/blog/heavenly-treasures Thu, 22 Apr 2021 08:27:47 CDT https://www.gpartners.org/blog/heavenly-treasures

The creative side of me blossoms when I can envision multiple purposes for something deemed useless. Broken pallet pieces and metal rods? Looks like a spice rack to me. A frame with a warped canvas...

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]]> <![CDATA[Saint Patrick]]> https://www.gpartners.org/blog/saint-patrick https://www.gpartners.org/blog/saint-patrick Tue, 16 Mar 2021 04:57:52 CDT https://www.gpartners.org/blog/saint-patrick

On Saint Patrick’s Day, some celebrate together, some make recipes or crafts, and others simply wear green. But most never consider the real person behind the holiday. As a captive, refugee, and later missionary to Ireland...

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]]> <![CDATA[For Sahar]]> https://www.gpartners.org/blog/for-sahar https://www.gpartners.org/blog/for-sahar Sat, 06 Feb 2021 06:56:38 CDT https://www.gpartners.org/blog/for-sahar

Sahar* has faced unthinkable challenges in the 6 years since 2014. She had to flee her home city and say goodbye to family members for...Read More

]]> <![CDATA[Nawal and Sahar]]> https://www.gpartners.org/blog/nawal-and-sahar https://www.gpartners.org/blog/nawal-and-sahar Thu, 04 Feb 2021 09:14:47 CDT https://www.gpartners.org/blog/nawal-and-sahar

Nawal* and Sahar* are sisters from Homs, Syria. While both were pregnant with their first children, they had to flee because of a 4-year siege of...Read More

]]> <![CDATA[Group Takes Action]]> https://www.gpartners.org/blog/group-takes-action https://www.gpartners.org/blog/group-takes-action Wed, 03 Feb 2021 11:13:24 CDT https://www.gpartners.org/blog/group-takes-action

In January of 2016, Jonathan joined a Gpartners team and traveled to India. His 10 day trip was only the beginning of a ripple effect that would matter...

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In January of 2016, Jonathan joined a Gpartners team and traveled to India. His 10 day trip was only the beginning of a ripple effect that would matter eternally for people on both sides of the globe. 
 
On his third night in India, He was able to experience a water well dedication. Jonathan shares, "I knew about the clean water well program, but I didn't know anything about 'dedicating’ them. I didn’t know what was going to happen.” The group huddled around the well and were asked to start singing. “People started coming out of their homes to look at us. One of our team members started telling the story of creation, the fall of man, the provision from God for our sin, the redemption plan, the whole nine yards. They now know God’s love for them!”
 
“When I came home, I told Lisa, my wife, 'a dedication is an opportunity for the Good News to be shared with people who had never heard it before. It’s a tangible reminder that someone came and told them God loves them and has a plan for their lives.' It’s an opportunity. It’s convicting. To realize that something that seems so effortless can change the lives of so many."
 
“I came home and told my community group for our local church about it and they wanted to be involved. We decided to do a garage sale and we raised the funds for a clean water well in India. When people learned of what we were doing, an item that cost 2 dollars, they gave $20 for it and said 'keep the change, it's for a good cause’."
 
"I know that a lot of intentions for short term mission trips are that we can go and do something to help change others lives, but it always seems to change our own as well, and for the better."
 
*This post is from our archive.
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