Letters from the Field – The Slow, Holy Work of Discipleship || Alishia Weeks
Letters from the Field – The Slow, Holy Work of Discipleship || Alishia Weeks Dear Sparrow Family, One of the greatest gifts of long-term mission work is getting to witness not just beginnings, but becoming. On Monday, February 2, something deeply meaningful happened at Sparrow Academy. Two of our former students, young women who first […]
Letters from the Field – The Unlikely Story of Sparrow Academy || Justin Ross
Letters from the Field – The Unlikely Story of Sparrow Academy || Justin Ross Dear Friends, We recently celebrated another graduation at Sparrow Academy, and again I watched (online from Thailand) these students, future college freshmen, professionals, leaders, and world-changers graduate with hope written all over their faces. At Sparrow Missions, we work to see […]
Letters from the Field – Meeting Cristian Lopez || Justin Ross
Letters from the Field – Meeting Cristian Lopez || Justin Ross Dear Friends and Supporters, In late 2009, Ashley and I began serving in a small Honduran community in inner-city San Pedro Sula. Back then, Sparrow Missions was just a dream taking shape. We were just two people following God’s call, joined by short-term teams […]
Sparrow Academy: Year 3
I Hope everyone is doing great and that this 2018 has brought new beginnings and opportunities to grow and seek The Lord in new and exciting ways. As you all know, another Sparrow Academy school year about to start and lots of new and exiting things are happening here at the Academy. This is our […]
Principal for the Day
On occasion our Sparrow Academy director Elena Faulkner will need to be out of the office at the Academy and I get to fill in as the “Principal for the day”. As I type this I can hear a collective laugh of all of the teachers who sent me to “the office” over the years. […]
A call to love, not to judge
As we are getting reading to wrap up the school year and getting close to Thanksgiving, we had our own little celebration at the Sparrow Academy. This year was a little different; last year all the kids, staff and some extra visitors sat together in one big table and ate chicken(Honduran style for Thanksgiving) and […]