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Miracles Are Everywhere… What Do You See?
There is a sweet girl, Yahdeli, whose grandmother works at Mama Tara’s orphanage. Yahdeli and her sister are always at Mama Tara’s. Yahdeli has a beautiful smile and a wonderful disposition. We had not seen Yahdeli in a few weeks and began to ask around about her. Her grandmother said that she had broken her chin when a friend’s head hit her chin at full speed. The family was told the doctors here could do no more for her. It sounded very doom and gloom. The family had absolutely no idea what to do. This is a family who has never been out of La Moskitia. The grandmother, Rodillia, speaks...
Read MoreStuck in the Mud
by Alex Waits One thing that makes life interesting here is the amount of rain we can receive in just one day; sometimes up to 10 inches. A couple of weeks ago, we had a doozy of a rain day. It just also happened to be the day we needed butane for our stove. No big deal. I loaded up the youngest, the tanks, and headed out in our Rhino. After successfully filling the tanks, Aaron and I headed home. On our way, I got the Rhino stuck up to the floorboards in mud and water. Aaron, only being four, was of little help. Out of nowhere, a man appeared. He hobbled toward me to help without any prompting from me. Wading in the mud up to his knees, he began to push the Rhino from...
Read MoreOpportunities to Change a Life…
If you’ve been a friend of Reach Out Honduras for long, you have heard about the Alastero family. Today, we’d like to share more of their family story… Marina Alastero was an amazing woman of God. After receiving a scholarship to study in the US, Marina spent 5 years receiving a degree. She then returned to her home, here in Puerto Lempira, to help others. Marina had a vision and heart for children in need. She worked many jobs: a statistician at the hospital, taught business classes at night, taught English at her own school and was a mother to her own children. Within a very short period of time, 3 of her 11 siblings and...
Read MoreOne More…
Yesterday, we found out that one more young lady from La Moskitia will have an opportunity attend Leadership University in Zambrano, Honduras! Art for Humanity, in the US, started this pilot university in February of this year … free to poor young women who are diligent and eager students but have no way to achieve a future on their own. After 5 years of study, the result will be a bilingual student with a degree in Business Administration, plus the skills of running a coffee business from the ground up. Congratulations Yamileth! Last spring, Reach Out Honduras submitted 3 candidates for consideration in the inaugural class of Leadership University. Of...
Read MoreStorage
We received this photo today. To you, it probably looks like a really neat garage or even preparation for a garage sale. What you see here brought great encouragement to us. As we work away here, you see, our friends back home are working hand-in-hand with us. This is the fruit of their labor; the Reach Out Honduras storage unit! This little space holds hope; hope is packaged inside these brown boxes; hope lives in the sports equipment gathered by young friends in Wisconsin; hope will be boxed up, taped up and will travel all the way to the eastern coast of Honduras. Immediate Needs: We need school supplies (notebooks, pencils, backpacks, rules,...
Read MoreFirst Chicken House
This week, Alex and Dioris (great friend and partner in projects) finished the first of many chicken projects. Thanks to generous donors to our Christmas Projects, Reach Out Honduras will be able to provide chickens and coops for many needy families in Puerto Lempira and surrounding communities. For most families, ROH will build a chicken house or chicken tractor and then provide at least 2 chickens. However, for our first project, only a chicken house was needed. This project was for Leodonia, a single mom to 5 children. She already had several chickens, one who was brooding on eggs under Leodonia’s bed. Unfortunately, the other chickens...
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