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Border Buddies Ministries, Inc. 501(c)(3) , Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Web site: www.borderbuddiesministries.org E-mail: mjgm2004@yahoo.com

2016 School Sponsorship Updates

By: Michael J Miller Jr.
Our 2016 year has begun and it has been long days but the
effort is paying off in seeing a child, like Dulce Milagros in
the top photo receiving her uniform, schools supplies on
the 1st day of school. She, like the 260 plus sponsored
children are gearing up for a long studious year. We
however changed our mission house into a warehouse for
school supplies, shoes, and uniforms. The 2nd photo is our
dining room and kitchen eating areas that have been
changed into these work stations. We receive by grade and
by individual school a list of school supplies. We then make
a list of students by grade and school and start packing all
their school supplies. We then separate the bags by section
or grade and school as seen in the 3rd photo. We utilize all
the bedrooms to hold the quantity that we have. We even
used the hallway from the dining room to the laundry room
to hold shoes and sneakers for our sponsored children. Amy
our intern is learning so much in what goes into organizing,
purchasing, and packing for each individual child. She told
us she was blown away in how much we can get with the
amount we ask from our sponsors. Over the years God has
given us good businesses to work with and also ways to
stretch the $ as far as we can. We then pack up the van
and deliver the supplies to the children. Normally I drop off
Glenda, Amy and Aracely to each school and then I go back
a repack for the following school to keep the day moving
forward. We usually can deliver all 14 schools within the
week. Then the process of purchasing extras starts. The
teachers love to start the year with projects and or a ton of
homework which requires more materials.

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The top photo is our three ladies working in an elementary school.

The children try on the shoes to make sure everything fits and if
not we take them back and get a size that fits better. Also the
children review the school supplies and tell us if the teacher
added anything new to the list so we can purchase what they
need. Also on the far left bottom is Amy handing out text books to
our students who are in grades 7-12. It is another step in the
process in equipping our students for the school year. The
following weeks ahead is purchasing all the text books and paying
for the monthly payments, and making our packets to send back
to all of our sponsors. In the bottom photo far right is Glenda and I
talking to students who are in need. They were brought to our
attention by the School Counselors who work with us in helping
very poor students that have awards in excellence with their
grades and or winning competitions in Science fairs and Spelling
Bees. We have such a long list of students like these young men
who are achieving even though they dont have the materials.
They barrow books from other students, or borrow uniforms and or
receive support from the teachers or faculty just so they can
continue to study. Our passion is to reach 300 students this year.
We are only missing 33 more sponsorships. Will you pray with us
that our Lord will move in the hearts of many more people to
sponsor child/children. Youre seeing a small part of the process
but you will witness a huge change in a child by their graduation.