Student Home

   The apartments that we are building are getting close to being finished! Our goal behind building three apartments was to have a space for visitors or volunteers, but most importantly to allow us to invite students to live with us while they study. We were not planning on having anyone live with us this year, but after talking with some students, we felt like it was something that we were ready to do. There are several reasons that we might invite a student to live with us, like economic resources of the family, living far into the mountain, or coming from a single-parent household. Pray for God to bring the right students to us this year and next year to live with us.

     This year, Franklin is living with us while he studies in the 8th grade at the public middle school. We are excited to see what this year brings for Franklin. He is a fun, 13 year old young man, who loves to play soccer. He is already learning lots of things with us, like being more responsible and independent, and he is practicing his English a lot.
     Please pray for us as we guide and parent Franklin during the week (he visits his family on the week-ends), and especially for Kaitlen as she spends most of the day with Franklin. Pray also for his salvation and interest in a personal relationship with our heavenly father.  

Dejando Huellas Ministry

       A short summary of the Dejando Huellas Ministry, what we have been doing 

the past 3 years, and what we are doing this year. 

English and Computer Classes

    Three years ago, we started our middle school in Toncontin because their was no higher education in any of the surrounding communities. This year, that need has been met by the public elementary school as they have extended to become a middle school. For us this means that this year we have a different set up. We are working alongside the public school, which is now a middle school, to help them teach the English and Computer classes while they teach the general classes. These classes are a blessing for the public school, because the government does not provide the schools with computers or English teachers, and we are able to cover those needs for them!
     We are excited about teaching these classes and the students that we get to work with. We love this set up in so many ways, and most of all because it allows us to do more of what we love without having to worry about teaching the general classes. We are also able to serve and love-on more students because more than 70 students are benefiting from our classes this year. This set up also allows us to continue our trade school and discipleship groups. Please pray for us and all of the students we have this year.

10th Grade Program

Our 10th (the start of high school) graders are loving their classes! This year, we are taking 10 students to a public high school in La Ceiba. They receive their classes on the weekend, and we cover the cost of transportation, and school fees for them. Two times a week in Toncontin, we are giving them reinforcement for their classes as well as extra classes like English, computer, Bible, and trade school classes. We are excited to see about this new dynamic, and how God will work in these students!

We made the decision to work with the 10th graders in this way for different reasons. Our hope was to open the high school grades at our school, starting this year but it was impossible. During the last few months there were many changes within the program we use, and their personnel. With all the changes it was nearly impossible to open the high school grades this year.

This year, our goal is to work with the 10th graders in this way, while we work on the legal process to open the high school for the next school year. This gives us time we need to prepare well for the coming year, find good teachers, and raise the money we need. The following year, the 10th graders will be able to transfer to our school as 11th graders, and finish up their studies with us. 

If you would like to sponsor one of our students you can follow this link.

Check out our facebook posts about the 10th graders.