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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 /

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 /
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