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 About
Us
Our History
Ruth Singh received God's vision of
Guyanese Outreach (GO) twenty years ago.
Her plans were to continue teaching industrial sewing methods at the
Minneapolis Technical College and to start the mission when she
retired. However, this was not the Lord's plan. Ruth was involved in
a car accident
which resulted in much physical pain and in 1992 she could no longer
continue with her teaching career.
In 1994 Ruth and two of her sons went to
Guyana to make an assessment for the mission. Ruth was not sure if
she would live in the U.S. or sell her house and live in Guyana. Six
weeks later the Lord clearly showed her she would travel back and
forth but needed to live in the U.S. to receive the humanitarian aid
needed for the mission.
GO operates two different community
outreach programs.
Immediate relief
from poverty and systematic
elimination of the underlining causes of poverty.
GO believes that if a man is hungry he
should be fed but also, that if you teach a man to fish, you feed
him for a lifetime. Ruth and her sons knew they were not only going
to bring the Gospel, but also to teach the people how to "fish".
Starting in 1994 and every year
thereafter, GO has sent humanitarian aid to Guyana. Individual
distributions have consisted of clothing, toys, schoolbooks and
supplies. Community aid has consisted of medical examining tables,
electric beds, dental chairs, wheel chairs, EKG machines, infant
warmers and an infant incubator. GO has also sent educational aid
such as computers, printers, books, typewriters, sewing machines and
sewing materials. GO also partnered with the St. Paul Rotary to
provide a portable water supply to the upper bluff of Orealla.
Since 1998 GO has sent several teams to
Guyana to evangelize, teach computer skills, sewing skills,
distribute humanitarian aid and share the love of Jesus with the
people of Guyana.
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