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I sincerely hope that each of you enjoyed a wonderful holiday season with those you love.  Phil and I stayed in Honduras this year due to concerns about potential protests resulting from the presidential election.  We are happy to report that all has gone remarkably...

05 January, 2022 /

Once again, this year we successfully raised funds for the children of our DESEO Project in order to give them a special Christmas celebration.  We gathered the children in the program at their respective schools and had skits, songs, cakes, and even Santa, who delivered...

05 January, 2022 /

Each year, just before Christmas, a wonderful non-profit organization founded and funded in Honduras has its annual fund-raiser. This organization provides occupational, physical and speech therapy to members of the community. So many people cannot afford such services and this organization provides them for free...

05 January, 2022 /

We decided to show our appreciation for each of our employees by hosting a year-end lunch out at the Moses Project.  We served chicken (from our farm of course) and other delicious sides and invited everyone to come.  We also honored several of our employees...

05 January, 2022 /

By Phil Waldron   As the old saying goes, "we've got some good news and some bad news," which do you want to hear first? The bad news first, then! We ended our 2021 Year End Annual Campaign with a good effort but fell short of reaching our goal...

05 January, 2022 /

I write this note the morning after the Honduran presidential elections.  Unless something dramatic happens, it appears we will have our first ever female president here in Honduras.  Most Hondurans are hopeful that she and her administration will move the country towards economic growth and...

08 December, 2021 /

The lady standing in the center of the photo with two of her eight siblings, one on either side, is Jean Mangrum. She recently turned ninety, and a small group of her family and friends celebrated this momentous occasion with her.   In lieu of buying “Aunt...

08 December, 2021 /

This month we would like to introduce you to our newest Mission UpReach employees, Digna Mejia and Blanca Giron.  These two beautiful women are deaf.  They first came to us as students in our deaf school for adults, ESPERO.  They both completed the 7th grade...

08 December, 2021 /

ESPERO Deaf School Celebrates Year End and Graduation This month we celebrated the 6th grade graduation of 5 of our deaf adults. Here in Honduras, graduating from the 6th grade is a huge milestone.  The graduation celebration also served as the closing ceremony of the school,...

08 December, 2021 /

By Phil Waldron   Giving your charity dollars to Mission UpReach has never been more important than now. We depend on our Year End Campaign to generate about 40 to 50 percent of our overall annual budget for our ministry programs. Right now, as I’m writing to...

08 December, 2021 /
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