A Note From Donna

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...

08 May, 2019 /

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...

01 May, 2019 /

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...

10 December, 2018 /

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...

15 October, 2018 /

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...

05 September, 2018 /

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...

13 August, 2018 /

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...

15 June, 2018 /

Many of you have read in past newsletters about a little girl named Iris that has been receiving Assistance from a couple of our young donors. We first encountered Iris when she came to a medical brigade. She  was suffering from a degenerative neurological disorder...

10 May, 2018 /

As we contemplate the Business as Mission model and attempt to implement those concepts into our efforts, it can seem to some that business has no place in missions. But as we look at our more missional and relational efforts such as DESEO and ESPERO,...

04 April, 2018 /

As our brigade season kicks off, I think about how many times a visiting team makes a difference in just one life. That might not seem like the best return on investment, until you hear the stories-like the 22-year-old man who thought he had a...

01 March, 2018 /
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