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A major goal of the Agape Promises program in Quimistan is to help students afford to continue in school rather than needing to drop out for lack of funds. The program accommodates as many as fifty students, and each student … Read More

We all understand the importance of education. The need for education is understood in Honduras, too. But a major problem there is that most people simply can’t afford even the modest expenses of higher education. So the Honduras Agape Foundation … Read More

In an earlier posting, we mentioned that some of the men in the January team worked at the Jicaro School, building a new facility with three toilets and a shower. Here are some scenes from that work. The school is … Read More

Today as we were coming home from the grocery store with a car full of food, Melanie made a comment which I feel describes the way many of us feel. She said, “Quimistan is like a spa for the soul.” … Read More

From the joy of hot water to the rest from our own beds, we, who have just returned from Quimistan must grapple with many ambivalent emotions. I still remember the return from my first foreign mission trip to Bolivia in … Read More

As of Monday afternoon, everybody has returned home from Quimistan. Here is the assembled team before anyone returned home. Left to right: June, Richard, Allen, Vanna, Sam, Flora, Jerry, Kathy, Brittany, Michael, Melanie, Charles, Roxanne, Ken, Danny, and Shirley. Now … Read More

We shut down the eyeglass fitting clinic this morning, finished work on the new bathroom-shower building at Jicaro School, and completed some administrative details. After lunch, we did a Tour of Homes to see the three homes built during the … Read More

The bottom post is from Brittany!

Buenas tardes de Quimistan! Well our trip is wrapping up and God has definitely been at work through us as we have been here. I have worked in the clinic all week (along with Kathy, Vanna, Shirley, Flora, and the … Read More

It´s been gratifying to see that here, a teacher who loves her children is still allowed–even encouraged–to hug them. Do you think we´ve lost something in the U.S.? I think we face that danger. This is the teacher at Jicaro … Read More