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 […]
New Path, New Life
Psalm 32: 8 “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.” It has been approximately 6 years since the beginning of the youth group in Los bordos. We have witnessed many changes in the young people of the bordos community, […]
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 […]
Justice versus corruption.
After the national elections ten days ago, the people of Honduras live these days in moments of great social and political tension. The opposition, led by Salvador Nasralla, accuses the current president who is seeking to be re-elected illegally, Juan Orlando Hernandez of electoral fraud, which has unleashed massive protests in the streets asking for […]
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 […]
God is speaking.
God speaks to us in many ways God is talking to us every single day. Not just a day or a specific month on the year. And the main thing God taught me and spoke to me on this last summer was the importance of the testimonies. God speak through circumstances. You must be diligent […]
In humility, God does great things.
This summer in Honduras was beyond what I was even expecting. Throughout the summer God worked on my heart and definitely put me in uncomfortable circumstances to humble me but to also make His name greater. I honestly went down to Honduras thinking that nothing new or different was going to happen compared to the […]
Peace in the midst of chaos.
Another summer spent in Honduras, the same question asked “How was your summer?” It seems like a simple question but a question that brings up so many thoughts and emotions it’s hard to put in to words. I could talk about how the beginning of the summer a young boy from the Los Bordos community […]