Supporting the Community

Hello again!

Today, I bring a different kind of blog. This is my way of reaching out to any and everyone who reads my blog and is maybe looking for a way to support me. It's not exactly me, per say, but more for my kids. A few of my students don't have the benefit of living at home with their parents. Instead, they stay at The Children's Home, which is a place for kids to go and live, much like an orphanage, except their parents still have guardianship of them. The home takes care of them and provides for the kids because their families cannot do it on their own. Many of these kids only get the see their family members in person just a handful of times per year, if that.

Since they struggle so much with finances, extra activities are really hard for them to be a part of. In a couple of weeks, our 7th and 8th grade students are getting to go on an educational trip to Copan, famous for the Copan Ruins, which are part of the Mayan Ruins. Not only this, but Copan also holds a lot of other really exciting, history filled places that is a really big deal for young kids to be able to see and experience about their home country. I would so love to be able to see all of my kids get to go, but the reality is, a couple of them just may not be able to afford it.

The trip itself costs around $150 per kid to go. Now, considering all that they will get to do on this trip, that's really a pretty cheap price. I'm writing this to ask you if you would like to be part of making this trip possible for some very deserving kiddos here. If you would like to give for this, there are a couple ways to do so. You can click on the link attached on this site and it will have you give through Paypal. It is super easy and only takes a couple of clicks! The second option, if you don't like giving through the internet, would be to send a check to my home address in Illinois and then my mom would be able to put it into my account and I can then give it to the school. If you cannot afford to give anything, I completely understand, but if you would keep this upcoming trip in your prayers, as it can get a little bit crazy with up to 40 high schoolers running around with only about 7 chaperones, me being one of them. This is an exciting opportunity for these kids to see history and culture, but it's also a great opportunity to be the hands and feet of Christ and to bond with my students outside of the classroom, which I always love because there is just such a difference in the way they act when we aren't in classroom mode.

If you have any questions or would like my address in Illinois to send a check to, please feel free to email me at brenna@ceehonduras.org

Thank you for reading this and supporting me through my time here, whether that has been financially or spiritually, or both. It is extremely appreciated and I am forever grateful for the love I've been shown while here. How cool it would be to be able to tell these students of mine how much THEY'RE loved, too, just by the simple act of helping to pay their way to go.

Until next time...

-Brenna B.