Author: eharbison

Carmen was born and raised in Santa Rosa de Copán. She is mother to 5 children--3 adults and two younger children. In spite of only finishing the 6th grade herself, Carmen has worked and supported her children alone, giving them all the opportunity to graduate...

06 May, 2021 /

By Phil Waldron   This month, due to a time sensitive topic, I am not going to be able to write very much about the ongoing flood of husbands, wives, and children that are leaving Honduras to immigrate illegally to the US. Suffice it to say that...

06 May, 2021 /

COVID seems to be increasing here in Santa Rosa. We have had a few of our employees test positive as well as family members of our deaf school students. We decided to close the school for a 10 day period to be sure the issue...

06 May, 2021 /

Wow, being back in country has been a very surreal experience for us. In one sense, it felt like we had never left, but then again, it all felt so foreign. Adapting again to power outages, scorpions in the kitchen, potholes, broken systems, and needs...

06 April, 2021 /

By Donna Waldron   As this new school year started, there was great uncertainty about whether there would be in-person classes or “online.” I put that in quotes because that means something totally different here in Honduras. There are very few children who have access to internet,...

06 April, 2021 /

The ESPERO school year actually ended in October of 2020, but with the precautions as well as Phil and Donna’s absence, it was decided to move the graduation and combine it with the opening ceremony for the 2021 school year. We are proud to announce...

06 April, 2021 /

By Bobby McVey Why would I do a birthday fundraiser for Mission UpReach? That was the gist of the question Donna asked me to address in this short article for the newsletter. I could "preach to the choir" and tell you about all the good things that...

06 April, 2021 /

Erik Fernando Estrada Zepeda was born in Tegucigalpa but raised in a small town known as Santa Cruz de Yojoa near Lake Yojoa. He lived there for 15 years. When he turned 16, he moved to Zamorano University Campus to acquire his bachelor’s degree in...

06 April, 2021 /

By Phil Waldron Kay C James, founder and President of The Gloucester Institute, a leadership training center for young African Americans, wrote the following on March 17th, 2021: “Recent open-borders immigration policy and talk of potential amnesty has predictably resulted in a dramatic rise in unaccompanied children...

06 April, 2021 /

Shout out to Martha Taylor and Karen Gage who collectively raised $1,625 through their Facebook Fundraisers for Mission UpReach in December!  Not only is the monetary contribution making a difference directly in Honduras, but each fundraiser is helping us expand our reach to others who could...

03 March, 2021 /
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