What were you doing in 1997?  I am guessing you had a better year than we just did in 2020.  Back in 1997, I said yes to the question, “Would you go to Liberia with us in April?”  Saying yes changed my life.

Ever since then I have been leading mission teams to Liberia and India. At the same time, I was helping raise my family, running a business and directing operations for Serve the Children.  After over 20 years, it is time for a transition. Our STC Program Manager Angela and I have been meeting regularly, preparing for this transition. She has been taking over more responsibilities and is now our new Executive Director. She is passionate and experienced, and along with our great board and staff, she will take Serve the Children to the next level.  

My focus will now be mission teams. What does this look like? I will help organize and handle the logistics of a mission team and will lead some of the teams.  I certainly missed going on mission trips in 2020! There is nothing like seeing how God is changing lives through the people of STC, and nothing like the changes that happen in our own lives. In 2021, we might have a team going to Zambia in October. We hope to have teams going to Zambia, India and Liberia in 2022. 

I am very grateful for your continued support for STC and look forward to many more years of helping give children hope and a future through STC. Please welcome Angela to her new role.

Doug Collier

Hi Everyone,

I am very excited about the direction Serve the Children is heading and passionate about our mission to provide education to underserved children across the world.  For the last 5 years I have been learning all the different roles within Serve the Children. I had a front row view of the needs of the families we serve when I was in Zambia and India in 2019.  I am also excited to take on this new role as Executive Director and to continue being a part of an amazing team of people to help the children we serve fulfill their dreams. 

I am a mom of 3 school aged children here in the US. My children have many opportunities and I want them to dream big. I will do anything I can to help them learn and grow as young people to fulfill those dreams. Being the mom of these 3 amazing children, having over 15 years of non-profit experience and over 20 years of working with young people helping them pursue education, and being a first-generation college graduate myself have all given me a passion to help educate others.  Education is a powerful tool but when you combine it with knowing that Jesus loves you and that you are not forgotten, you receive hope and a future that is eternal.  My heart is for the broken ones and the poor and hungry who have no access to education, and I feel called to help these children experience that hope and future.

Serve the Children is moving to a project-based approach and we are working on some great projects with our country partners. For example, in Zambia our pig project will provide sustainability, food security, life skills training and job creation. We are also setting up a Rachel Plus program with tablets and laptops in Zambia. This is essentially internet access through a computer based educational program with a faux-internet server loaded with information in the selected language. Our staff, children and parents will all benefit from internet access since it is typically spotty, nonexistent or unaffordable in this area. We also plan to expand this to program to Liberia and India. If you have any questions about these projects or any other questions, please feel free to email me at angela@servethechildren.com.

Also, if you would like to partner with us on any of our current projects, you can easily do this on our project page or mail a check to the address below.

I am so thankful for all of our donors and prayer support!

Angela McGovern