Medical Brigades

As has been the case for several years, the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) returned for another week of service. This year we will have the privilege of hosting them 3 times. When they come, they bring between 30-40 students, along with their...

09 June, 2025 /

During the first week of September, we were able to host our first surgical team since the Fall of 2019. There were 10 participants who were able to perform 22 much needed surgeries. There were numerous challenges we haven’t faced before such as resistance from...

09 October, 2022 /

During the months of June and July, we have hosted three short term mission teams (we call them brigades here in Honduras).  The first group came from Pine Tree Church of Christ in Longview, TX and brought much needed medical attention along with dental care....

05 August, 2022 /

We are so excited to announce our first medical team since the beginning of 2020.  It has been a long two years and we have missed the collaborative work our visiting teams do in helping us meet the needs of the people we serve.  The...

07 March, 2022 /

By Phil Waldron, CEO Mission UpReach, Inc.   Health care in Honduras is free!   However, like so many other socialist programs in the history of socialism, there are enormous flaws with the system and the result is that the poor do not have easy access to quality health...

07 March, 2022 /

As we began cancelling groups for 2020, our sadness mounted, and we comforted ourselves with believing that 2021 would see us restored to normalcy.  It appears that was just a dream, and now we are faced with the harsh reality that 2021 will likely be...

03 March, 2021 /

Again this year the Tusculum Church of Christ from Nashville, TN came to Santa Rosa de Copán in order to conduct a medical clinic. Last year for the first time, this group helped Mission UpReach open doors to the Gospel in Lucerna, Ocotepeque. They returned...

03 March, 2020 /

Orthopedic Surgical Team Performs 46 Surgeries Once again, a team of surgeons and staff came to Honduras to perform surgeries on people who otherwise would not be able to receive help. This time the team was orthopedic, performing knee scopes, repairing ACL’s, and some shoulder repairs....

23 November, 2019 /

This month the Lexington Church of Crist (Lexington, SC) returned to Corquín where our team members, Kris and Mike Bridges, lives and work. This time the group traveled up into the mountains to a community by the name Potrerillos. This community has become one of the...

20 August, 2019 /

The Pine Tree Church of Christ has been a vital part of Mission UpReach’s success since our beginning in 2008. Their financial support as well as sending multiple teams of short-term workers has been consistent. This month the Pine Tree Church of Christ (Longview, TX) joined...

06 August, 2019 /
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