By: Phil Waldron, CEO “The Butterfly Effect, a concept from chaos theory, describes how small changes in initial conditions can lead to large differences in the outcome of a complex system. Essentially, a seemingly insignificant event can have significant consequences. This idea is often illustrated by the example of...
By Phil Waldron, CEO Recently Donna and I were invited to visit an incredible mission effort in San José Costa Rica. It is called Roblealto and has been in continuous operation for more than 90 years. I ran into the President of the non-profit and the...
By Phil Waldron, CEO It is with mixed emotions that I write the following words about the passing of my father Jimmy Eugene Waldron on July 15th of this year. He was eighty-eight years old and would have completed eighty-nine years on November 4th. He had...
By: Phil Waldron, CEO August 1st, 2008, we signed the papers that gave birth to Mission UpReach, a mission of the Campus View Church of Christ. Almost one year later, our family, minus Sarah our oldest daughter, arrived in Honduras on June 5th. The day we arrived,...
By Phil Waldron, CEO I Timothy 4:12 says, 12 Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.” It has been fifteen years since we as the Waldron family landed here in Santa...
Our annual board meeting is held in February. The last board meeting on the ground here in Honduras was February 2020, just before the pandemic hit. It was exciting to have them all here again and for them it was exciting to see the progress...
By Phil Waldron, CEO Recently, I was encouraged by a friend to go back and listen to C.S. Lewis' book, Mere Christianity, on audio, read by Geoffery Howard. He said, "Besides the Bible, this book has been the most influential book that I have ever read." He...
Just as we have for the past 10 years, we hosted Bible Camp for children the first 3 weeks of January. We break the weeks into age groups: 8-11 year olds, 12-14 year olds, and 15-18 year olds. Our camp is youth directed, meaning young...
In addition to the Christmas cheer brought to schools, our DESEO team challenged our Mission employees to do something similar in a remote village. Our team members gave generously and with that money our DESEO team purchased small gifts, goodies, cake, pinatas, and the traditional...
By Phil Waldron, CEO I just re-read Timothy Keller’s book entitled, Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God. In the book he tells a story that illustrates how much we should feel the need to be in prayerful conversation with God throughout the day. He says, “Imagine...
