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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 /

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 /

Erik Fernando Estrada Zepeda was born in Tegucigalpa but raised in a small town known as Santa Cruz de Yojoa near Lake Yojoa. He lived there for 15 years. When he turned 16, he moved to Zamorano University Campus to acquire his bachelor’s degree in...

06 April, 2021 /

By Phil Waldron Kay C James, founder and President of The Gloucester Institute, a leadership training center for young African Americans, wrote the following on March 17th, 2021: “Recent open-borders immigration policy and talk of potential amnesty has predictably resulted in a dramatic rise in unaccompanied children...

06 April, 2021 /

For 2021, we have decided to spotlight a different Mission UpReach employee each month. Currently there are 125 employees, so unfortunately you will only get to meet 12 of them this year. Our goal is to give you a look at the various roles individuals...

03 March, 2021 /

This month’s employee spotlight is on Ever Alexander Sánchez Caballero.  Ever was born and raised in Santa Rosa de Copán.  In High School he studied accounting. Ever has a wife, Clarissa, and a six year old son, Ever.  Ever came to work for Mission UpReach...

07 February, 2021 /

In this new year, we have decided to spotlight a different Mission UpReach employee each month.  Currently there are 125 employees, so unfortunately you will only get to meet 12 of them this year.  Our goal is to give you a look at the various...

07 January, 2021 /

November has brought levels of devastation to Honduras that we have never seen before. We were astounded by the destruction wrought by Hurricane Eta, and then just 2 weeks later Hurricane Iota came through even WORSE than Eta. Recently Honduran Foreign Minister said that hurricanes...

11 December, 2020 /

If we can be credited for nothing else in our 11 years in Honduras, we can at least take some credit for a few marriages between U.S. interns and Honduran nationals.  This October, one of those couples got married in Honduras.  Landon Anderson married our...

03 November, 2020 /

As a family, especially over the past 5 years, we have learned just how important hope is to sustaining us.  In the first days, weeks, and months after our son’s tragic accident, we hoped against all odds for his survival and full recovery.  I often...

07 October, 2020 /
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