A Note From Donna

This month we wrap up our “summer” season of short-term mission groups. It has been an amazingly successful season, for which we are so thankful. There are many moving parts when we host back to back groups and fortunately, we have an awesome support team...

The busiest time for brigades is June and July, although we also host several teams during other months of the year. While it is taxing on our staff, it is always a time of year full of positive experiences as we interact with our visitors...

This past month I have had the privilege of teaching a weekly workshop for our women on the topic, “Who Am I?” I have felt the weight of responsibility to combine my education, life experiences, and God’s word to bring a message that helps move...

Visiting a few of our DESEO schools this week exposed me once again to the reality of the suffering around us. So many families are torn apart by poverty and immigration. Hearing stories of children in our program who were “loaned” to other people as their...

As I write this note, I am sitting in our son Harrison’s room at the Shirley Ryan Ability Lab in Chicago, Illinois. Harrison has been here for 3 weeks with 2 additional weeks to go. The team of physicians and therapists have been working hard...

As many of you probably know, our family experienced a scare with Harrison recently. Due to some medication changes, he went into Status Epilepticus, which has a 20% mortality rate. Because of God’s care and mercy, Harrison came through that experience unharmed. In spite of...

As we focus this month on the fact that building a different future starts with children, I am reminded that we are truly privileged here in Honduras to be able to go into public schools and teach the Bible. Those days are long gone in...

August 14th is a difficult day for our family as it represents the day our lives changed forever. That was the day that our son, Harrison was involved in an accident that resulted in a Traumatic Brain Injury. None of us are the same, nor...

by Donna Waldron   While the summer months of June and July are our most intense brigade months, we are now enjoying brigades year-round. This summer we had 7 solid weeks of groups consisting of 250 individuals who served in various ways, such as medical brigades, VBS...

The months of June and July are filled with visiting short term mission teams. In addition to our usual busy schedules, our team often works overtime to insure a positive mission experience for our visitors in addition to making sure their time, energy and resources...

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