Author: eharbison

Last evening, on our way home from a nearby city, we encountered a parade of vehicles, including 6 freezer trucks, with flashing lights and honking horns.  We discovered it was the arrival of vaccines from the President of El Salvador to specific Honduran municipalities.  It...

10 June, 2021 /

While COVID cases and deaths are dropping in the U.S., they are on the rise here in Honduras.  Our hospitals have been at the point of collapsing.  Most of the public schools were not fully in person, but rather they had one grade attend daily...

10 June, 2021 /

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. Kerlin is 24 years old and has spent most of his...

10 June, 2021 /

By:  Wayne Kellis, Chairman   As he approached his retirement from ministry, a good friend of mine, near the point of tears, wondered aloud; have I really made a difference? He wanted to know that his life had been meaningful and that his work had produced fruit...

10 June, 2021 /

By Phil Waldron   Last month we shared the awesome news that in addition to an original challenge fund of $40,000 that we announced earlier this Spring, three additional donors stepped up to add another $30,000 to the challenge for a total of $70,000 of matching funds. The...

10 June, 2021 /

There are so many creative ways to use your gifts to fundraise on behalf of Mission UpReach. Kim Hodgson from West Jefferson, North Carolina held a Pampered Chef virtual party and instead of taking the credits in products for herself, this mother and grandmother requested...

06 May, 2021 /

As mentioned in our previous newsletter, we are working with several public health clinics to help them with much needed basic medicines. We typically do this by providing village medical clinics (brigades).  In this way, we are attending many people and providing the necessary medications...

06 May, 2021 /

By Tim Heath Many years ago, I read the well-known book entitled Experiencing God, by Henry Blackaby. One of the main takeaways from the book is that Christians should look for where God is working and seek to join Him there. Too many times we ask...

06 May, 2021 /

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 /
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