Honduras Ministry Following multiple hurricanes that hit Honduras very hard, Hope Church sent disaster relief funds directly to Friends of Education/Honduras to help with recovery. Things were made even worse by the pandemic. We received emails from Damaris Sarmiento, who lives and works “on the ground” in the area where the Beno’s serve on their medical mission trips, detailing how our donation was able to help area families. She also described adjustments being made to keep as many Futures girls in school as possible. Here are some excerpts and pictures from those emails. “Thanks to the great support of all of you, we were able to help 33 families that were affected by hurricanes Eta and Iota in Cortes area. … Many families lost everything they had. With the help of Saira & her brother we were able to identify the needs of these people, all of them had been sleeping on the floor, every single family asked for a bed, many of them have children and folks who are 80 years old or older…. Of the 33 families, 2 of those have 8 members in the family. We all agreed that helping them with something that will last a long time …We found a store who had all the beds ready to get, as soon as we came to pay. Saira, her brother Jovel, and myself had everything arranged to make this plan possible today. And we did it. Every person that came to pick up their bed was absolutely grateful, seeing their eyes with some tears... of how happy they were it is priceless. “I am so grateful and feel lucky, to be able to work with all of you somehow. Helping others it’s one of the best feelings I have had in my life. Thank you again, for your love and care for others.”