Check out the latest newsletter from Breaking Chains Honduras!

Originally posted March 24, 2015

Things continue to move forward on the ground here in Honduras, and we are once again praising God for his continual love and faithfulness.

Please check out the latest newsletter from Breaking Chains here. In this issue, please take note of our praises for new house parents, our youth minister, and our first college student! Please also note our child and teen education updates as well as our prayer requests for teenagers currently involved in or considering rehab programs.

In this issue, you will notice several opportunities for financial giving. As you read, please prayerfully consider if you would be willing to support one of the available needs, and please do not hesitate to contact us with questions or request for more information.

As always, thank you for your continued prayer and support. Breaking Chains runs on the encouragement and financial contributions of people like you, and we cannot thank you enough for keeping us in mind.

Bendiciones,

Breaking Chains Honduras

Help us fulfill school supply lists for families in need!

Originally posted February 5, 2015

As we’ve mentioned before, we strongly believe that a solid education is a huge key to breaking the cycle of poverty for families living in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. We aren’t able to help every child with private education, so we are also seeking to help some other families succeed right where they are in public education.

Public education in Honduras is typically free, but the high cost of school supplies and uniforms often keeps families from being able to send their children to school. This year, we would like to help with some of that burden by covering the school supply costs for 30 to 50 families who worship with us at Breaking Chains.

The cost per school supply list is around $50, and many families have more than one child. We are currently collecting lists from our church members and will purchase as many supplies as we receive funds for.

If you are interested in giving toward education but are unable to make a sustained commitment, this is a great opportunity to give a one-time contribution of $25, $50, $100, etc. Every little bit helps, and every penny you donate will go right toward purchasing school supplies for a family in need.

You may make a quick online donation here or send a check to Breaking Chains Honduras, P.O. Box 20454 Oklahoma City, OK 73156.

Thank you for your support in giving these kids a shot at an education! Below are a few faces who have already been helped with your generous donations, and we cannot wait to help more.

Help give a child a hopeful future through education!

Originally posted February 5, 2015

It’s that time of year again! It’s back to school time in Honduras. In a country where 60 percent of people live below the poverty line and most students don’t make it past fifth grade, a solid education is key to breaking the cycle of poverty. For the past few years, Breaking Chains has been lucky to receive the support of U.S. donors to sponsor Honduran children for a private education. And each year, we have seen just how much a positive educational environment can impact a child’s self-confidence, intelligence, social skills and outlook on life.

This year, we are sponsoring 15 students (including 5 new this year) for private education in area schools in Tegucigalpa. The students are all from families that have previously lived with us at Breaking Chains or who are a part of our church family. Thanks to generous donors, nine of the children are already sponsored. However, we still have six students who are in need of full or partial sponsorship. We need your help!

The cost to sponsor a child for private school is $100 per month for tuition and transportation. Each child also requires a one-time payment of $600 to help with books, school supplies, uniforms, and incidentals throughout the year (such as field trips and projects).

Some of the students have portions of their needs already covered, while others are still in need of the full amount. Below is a listing of children still needing full or partial sponsorship. If you are interested in sponsoring the full needs of a child or donating part of a sponsorship (just the monthly costs, just the upfront costs, etc.) please email courtney@bchonduras.org. Donations may be made online here or by sending a check to: Breaking Chains Honduras, P.O. Box 20454 Oklahoma City, OK 73156.

Thank you for your interest in our Breaking Chains kids! Our education program has been one of the most rewarding parts of ministry for us, and we are so excited to see what these young lives do in the future with your help!

It’s back to school time: Help us break chains through education!

Originally posted January 20, 2015

The new school year is about to begin in Honduras and we need your help! For the past few years, Breaking Chains has been blessed to have generous friends sponsor local children for both private and public education. This year, we would like to do that again and, in addition, provide for the school supply costs of various families who worship with us at Breaking Chains.

If you are interested in helping support a child’s education, check out how in the flyer below. There are three different avenues to give (monthly private education support, one-time private education support, and one-time donations for school supplies).

Profiles of available children still seeking partial or full support for private education will be made available in the next few days. In the meantime, please prayerfully consider if you would be willing and able to give. You may also make a one-time donation for a family’s school supply costs at any time.

If you wish to donate, you may do so online here or by sending a check to:
Breaking Chains Honduras
PO Box 20454
Oklahoma City, OK 73156

Thank you for your support in helping break us break chains through education!

2015 is almost here! Please keep Breaking Chains in mind for year-end giving

December 11, 2014

Dear friends of Breaking Chains,

As 2014 draws to a close and we reflect on all that has happened this past year, we cannot help but be reminded of God’s continual grace and faithfulness. We are grateful for the way the Lord continues to watch over the ministry in Tegucigalpa, and we are humbled to have friends like you stand alongside us.

This year, thanks to God’s provision and your support, Breaking Chains enrolled 13 children in different school opportunities and cheered as seven teenagers and young adults completed another level of their respective educations. We watched as our church congregation began forming leaders and growing into a Spirit-led family, and we rejoiced at the hiring of a BC youth minister to focus on our teens and street outreach. Additionally, we again witnessed the body of Christ in motion as our Honduran family and our visiting U.S. volunteers formed meaningful relationships and ministered to one another.

As we look toward 2015, we hope that God guides our steps to continue being ambassadors of His love, hope and grace. With your support, our goals include finding higher education opportunities for our eligible teenagers and helping the young adults and families our ministry serves connect to stable work and living avenues. We also aim to continue fostering spiritual growth among our church family and street outreach efforts.

As you seek to bless others through your year-end giving, we ask that you please keep Breaking Chains in mind. Your tax-deductible donations will be instrumental in supporting our ministry’s mission and continuing to create more opportunities like those mentioned above.

If you wish to contribute, you may do so online here. You may also send check donations to our U.S. mailing address at P.O. Box 20454 Oklahoma City, OK 73156.

We cannot say thank you enough for your continued support of Breaking Chains. We pray God’s richest blessings on you this holiday season, and we look forward to sharing another year of ministry with you.

Bendiciones,

The Breaking Chains Honduras team

Another way to give this Christmas! Please consider sponsoring items from our new teen room wish list.

Originally posted December 11, 2014

By John Carson

We are grateful and amazed to have received such an amazing response to our Beach Christmas event this year, and we would like to open up yet another opportunity to include BC in your holiday giving! An exciting project that we are currently undertaking at the Breaking Chains building is creating a teen room for both Sunday Bible classes and to serve as an educational room.

Our teenagers enrolled in school programs often have the need to use the Internet and to print whatever they may need for homework. Because we don’t have the necessary resources on site, we typically have to send the teens elsewhere in the market to complete their tasks. That method quickly becomes inconvenient and expensive. We are also continually seeking ways to better engage our teens spiritually. With computer access in the building, we will be able to:

1. Save money (by not having to continually pay for outside Internet use and printing costs)
2. Have the educational tools necessary to help the students maintain their grades or catch up in school
3. Provide more teaching methods (video, audio) for both Bible and educational classes

We would like to install two computers along with a video projector to provide the desired access. Our youth minister, Wualter, is very excited about being able to use video materials in his lessons with the teens. I personally think this addition to the building will be a wonderful tool for us to grow our teens educationally, and most of all, spiritually.

If you would like to help with this project, the total cost has been broken down below into items that can be “sponsored” to complete the room. So feel free to buy a keyboard, a month of internet, or half a computer!

If you see an item that you would like to sponsor (in part or in whole) please leave a reply on the teen room wish list page or email mail@bchonduras.org with the desired item and the amount you would like to contribute.

You may contribute online via the “donate” section of this blog or send check donations to “Breaking Chains Honduras” at P.O. Box 20454 Oklahoma City, OK 73156.

Thank you for helping us open up new opportunities to our children and teens in the coming year!