Author: eharbison

For 2021, we have decided to spotlight a different Mission UpReach employee each month. Our goal is to give you a look at the various roles individuals play in the day-to-day operations of Mission UpReach. Meet Luis. Luis Emanuel Hernández Flores is from Tegucigalpa, Honduras. He graduated...

By Phil Waldron   In Joshua 3:5 we read these words, “Then Joshua said to the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.”   Due to a long series of events over the last two years, the local church that we helped plant in...

Phil and I spent the month of July stateside.  We spent the first several days helping Hayley with Harrison while her parents took a much-needed vacation.  Spending one on one time with them is such a blessing. Their faith and perseverance are an honor to...

Bethany, age 22, became a part of the Mission UpReach team as a missionary intern with AIM (Adventures in Missions) in 2019.  When her time with AIM was complete, we invited her to stay on as a part of our DESEO team.  Bethany will transition...

The Pandemic challenges continue to plague us as we strive to keep our deaf students in school.  We had begun the school year with an altered schedule that would safely have less than 10 students at school each evening.  That was going well until the...

By Anny Tabora, DESEO Team Leader A few months after the pandemic began, the word ‘intentionality’ began to echo within me and since then I have realized how many things require intentionality. Even though the Bible doesn’t mention the word ‘intentionality’ specifically, there are many verses...

By Phil Waldron   The most heart wrenching pictures I’ve seen in regard to the border crisis are photos of children. Although we have noted the effects of families left behind as parents make the trek to the United States, we haven’t discussed what happens when children...

Here we are at the beginning of July when we would have normally already hosted 7-8 groups (with another 5-7 remaining for the year).  It seems so bizarre not having U.S. visitors.  The absence of visiting groups has certainly given me more time personally to...

Meet Katya Vanessa Lagos. She’s 23 years old and was born and raised in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Katya graduated from Zamorano University in 2019 with a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Sciences and Production. Katya interned with Alltech®️ testing their nutritional technology in dairy cattle, which helped...

As we mentioned in previous newsletters, we decided to use the remaining donated funds for hurricane relief to assist as many as possible with much needed medications, especially because we haven’t been able to conduct our usual village medical clinics.  We spent $25,000 and because...

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