2017 Annual Report

2017 ANNUAL REPORT

This year, 2018, we will celebrate 10 years of continuous operation as Mission UpReach
(MUR). “Way back when” in August of 2008 when Donna and I signed the documents with
the Elders at the Campus View Church of Christ in Athens, Georgia; MUR consisted of Phil,
Donna, Harrison and Laura Waldron and very little else.
Today, Team Mission UpReach consists of many more people than the Waldron family. We
presently have more than 70 with the combination of both full-time employees and full-time
volunteers. More people means that we are doing more ministry. And we do it better because
the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Or put in other words, the collective efforts of our
outstanding team members result in a synergistic explosion of effective ministry. Over and
over again God has brought us just the right people, with just the right skills at just the right
time to create this outstanding team.
Here in this year’s annual report we will briefly summarize for you some selective, quantified
results that God has blessed us with through your support. We do not want to toot our own
horn but we believe that quantifying results are an important way of measuring how well we
rate in our stewardship. This report will highlight some of those results in a way that will help
you appreciate the impact of our ministries. One result in particular that is pretty exciting is
that in 2017 we received our first-ever $1 million donation. This money was earmarked for a
large part of the infrastructure investment in building the sustainability of the Moses Project.
We consider you and people like you a part of the team. When you pray for us or when you
volunteer with us or when you support us financially, you are making it possible for us to be
here doing what we do. So, as we review some of the highlights of what God has done and what
He is presently doing, we want to invite you to celebrate right along with us as an integral part
of our team. Our accomplishments are your accomplishments. None of us could do any of this
if it were not for God “building the house.” And none of us here in Santa Rosa on the front line
could do this if it weren’t for your support from back home in the United States.
Thank you for making us a part of your service in the Kingdom of our Lord. And
congratulations to you….as a partner and sponsor of all that God has done through MUR in
this year. May He give us many more years of fruitful service in this vital ministry to establish
One Church in Each Village in this Generation.
Sincerely,
Phil Waldron
CEO and Co-founder
Mission UpReach, Inc.

In 2017 we received
our first-ever $1 million
donation. This money
was earmarked for a large
part of the infrastructure
investment in building
the sustainability of
the Moses Project.

Autosostenible is the
Spanish word for “sustainable”

A Year of Investing
2017 was a year of investing. In construction terminology you would say that we were digging
our footings deep in order to build our building on a solid foundation.
The “building that we are building” is an infrastructure that will eventually lead to a grass
roots revival throughout Western Honduras. One Church in Each Village in this Generation is one
slogan that we use to keep us focused on the goal. We also talk about what it will be like once
we realize our dream of one church in each village by saying it will be a John 1010 Generation.
The John 1010 reference alludes to the abundant life in Christ and the 1010 represents 1,010
churches.
The Moses Project is one of the key programs that we are using to train leaders that will plant
churches in the surrounding region. Ostensibly, the project is a residential center for young
men, aged 13 to 19 years old, that permits them the opportunity to finish their high school
education while learning cutting-edge agricultural practices. While in our program each boy
will train for 5 hours a day in one of the three agribusiness areas that make up the Moses
Project. They will attend school at night to finish junior high and senior high school. They
also receive Bible courses appropriate for their level and age. During the year of 2017 we had
46 boys in residence.
The costs of housing, feeding, clothing and educating these young men at present is funded
by donations. God graciously provided $1,000,000 in donations and another $1,500,000 in
loans that is allowing us to invest so heavily in agribusinesses. In the future however, with
the investment that we made in 2017 combined with the investment that we are making
in 2018 we will one day, Lord willing, be able to generate enough revenue to sustain the
entire cost of feeding, housing, educating and discipling these young men. Autosostenible is
the Spanish word for “sustainable” meaning that at least for the operational costs that are
required to maintain the ongoing operations at the Moses Project we will not be dependent on
donors. Our projections show,
that if things go as planned,
by December 2020 the Moses
Project will be self-sustaining.
So, over the next several years
we will be investing with our
eye on that goal. This will allow
donations to expand ministry
in other areas.

Church Planting
The words “Church Planting” can mean many different things depending on
the experience and perspective of the person hearing you say those words.
Here at Mission UpReach when we talk about church planting we are really
talking about training men and women to plant churches and then supporting
them with training so that the people they bring to Christ will also be churchplanters.
The main equipping and training programs we operate in our thrust
to plant 1010 churches in this generation are CREO and CRESCO.
Following is a brief synopsis of how each of these programs is doing.

CRESCO/CREO —
At the beginning of 2017 MUR opened two
satellite schools using an intensive format
where the normal two years of curriculum were
taught in one year. The two locations where
the satellite schools are presently located
are San Pedro de Tutule, La Paz, Honduras
and Suchitoto, Cuscatlán, El Salvador. The
intensive format was chosen in order to ready
men who would serve as teachers in the
satellite schools in 2018, which would allow
our staff to open even more satellite schools
in 2018 while the existing satellite schools are
led by graduates from the program who are
conducting classes in the community where
they live. To date CRESCO has graduated 47
students and presently has 25 men and women
studying in the first-year level with another
20 studying in the second-year level. CREO
graduated 19 students in 2017 with seven
men from El Salvador, one from Nicaragua,
one from Guatemala and ten from Honduras.
Overall, since inception, CREO has graduated
89 men, and currently has 281 men enrolled in
the program.
In the large view we have been able to
assist the successful planting of 23 new
congregations that are self-directed, selfsustaining
and self-replicating. We are very
close to seeing the 24th congregation begun
with the work that Mike and Kris Bridges are
doing in Corquin, Copán, Honduras. At present
they meet in a rented house in Corquin during
the week and then ride to Santa Rosa (about
an hour trip) on Sundays for worship. Not
too far in the future they will begin meeting
exclusively in Corquin.
To us here in Santa Rosa it is very exciting to
hear the growth that is taking place in areas
like Corquin. We try to keep our partners back
in the US updated on these details as best we
can with monthly newsletters. If you are not
presently receiving our newsletters you can go
to our webpage at: missionupreach.org and look
for our newsletter archives. Or you can write
to: caleb.g@missionupreach.org and ask to be
put on the newsletter mailing list.
To date CRESCO has
graduated 47 students
and presently has 25 men
and women studying in
the first-year level with
another 20 studying in
the second-year level.
Since inception, CREO
has graduated 89 men,
and currently has 281 men
enrolled in the program.

DESEO —
In 2017 the DESEO team, made up of 9 employees and 3 volunteers, served 2500 students
weekly in 15 public schools. The focus of the morning public school program for 2017 was
teaching values through various Bible stories. This team prepared devotionals each week
for each of the 15 schools including dynamic songs and skits. The 45-minute lessons taught
in each classroom each week were prepared at each grade level. Teachers in the school did
a great job of supporting the program by reviewing weekly with the students. Each unit was
evaluated with a simple written test given to the students, showing that the children are
indeed retaining the lessons that were taught.
Additionally, over 200 different children were served with our afternoon programs including
basketball, tutoring and our new children’s chorus, CANTO. CANTO had two concerts this
year and ended the year by participating with the local church in a Christmas musical.
This year DESEO expanded its reach by work with a Kindergarten for the first time. The
results were amazing. The DESEO curriculum was adapted for the younger audience and the
response from parents and the community was overwhelming.
DESEO served 2500
students weekly in 15
public schools

In 2017 we opened our school,
ESPERO, for deaf adults
ESPERO —
In 2017 we opened our school, ESPERO, for deaf adults. We had 9 deaf adults who started
and completed their first-grade year. Material, provided and approved by the Honduran
Department of Education, was used and provides an official diploma to the students
who complete the sixth grade. ESPERO employed one certified teacher and two teaching
facilitators for 2017. There were many challenges, including the students’ lack of a common
language as well as learning how to teach deaf people. While church attendance is not a
requirement for receiving the free education we offer to the deaf adults in our community,
five of our students have accepted Jesus as their Lord and were baptized.

DULCE REFUGIO —
Dulce Refugio continued to serve the needs of four young women. Each of these young
women have shown incredible personal, spiritual, and emotional growth in 2017. The
stability the program offers has a huge impact on their lives, motivating them to continue
their education and having the confidence to seek employment opportunities. This ministry
expanded its reach this year by helping several young women (many who do not live in the
house) obtain psychological assistance by paying for their consultations and in some cases
their medications. Through our current program, we are developing a vision for how we
might more effectively assist more women and girls.

BRIGADES —
2017 was a very productive year as our brigades served
3000 students with VBS activities, attended 6500
patients in our medical clinics, performed 52 surgeries
in our first ever surgical brigade, and assisted us in
making progress in the construction of cabins at our
Moses Project. Thirteen different short-term mission
teams came to serve, involving some 325 individual
participants in 2017. The impact of these types of
outreaches is difficult to measure, but many doors, in
various communities have been opened to our church
planting team as a direct result of these activities.

NOTE FROM THE CFO
The past year was indeed a year of investing in our infrastructure and opportunities for
future sustainability. Seeking God’s guidance, the Board pursued debt financing to bridge the
gap in order to take advantage of opportunities for expanding and creating new operations
within the Moses Project. We expect several of these areas to come on line mid-2018 and will
contribute program income to help fund our areas of service.
The mission statement calls for us to Love HIS people, Equip and Train HIS followers, and
Nurture HIS churches. This year we’ve grouped our programmatic areas into these three pillars
to visually represent how funding is being applied to meet our overarching goals.
• Building the Kingdom includes the Church Planting team, Local church support,
and benevolent activities that reflect the light of Christ and work toward reaching
John1010.
• Building the Community is our social outreach to show the love of God to others
and strengthen the values within the communities. This area includes DESEO,
ESPERO, Dulce Refugio and the Brigades servicing the needs of people.
• Building Leaders through the Moses Project’s academic, technical and spiritual
training builds a foundation on which future generations can lift up Western
Honduras and beyond.
There is much work to be done. We look forward to refining our accounting and reporting
to provide transparent stewardship and continue to build your trust and enthusiasm for the
work we are doing. While we celebrate the successes of 2017, we acknowledge the need for
our infrastructure investments to come to fruition so that we can not only service the debt,
but eliminate it. Efficient and effective use of your financial support is our objective and we
are grateful for the opportunities it allows us in building leaders in the communities for HIS
Kingdom.

BALANCE SHEET
In $1,000s of dollars 2017 2016
ASSETS:
Cash 1,780 613
Receivables 2 30
Fixed Assets 2,756 2,422
Total Assets 4,538 3,065
LIABILITIES & EQUITY:
Payables 85 62
Loans 2,565 1,197
Equity 1,888 1,806
Total Liabilities & Equity 4,538 3,065
INCOME STATEMENT
In $1,000s of dollars 2017 2016
REVENUES:
Donations 2,139 2,248
Brigade Fees 288 465
Other Income 63 46
Exchange Rate Effect -219 -12
Total Revenue 2,271 2,747
EXPENSES:
Personnel
Salary & Benefits 597 568
Contract Labor 140 145
Facilities & Utilities
General Office Expense 781 96
Equipment 375 143
Rents 19 21
Travel
Fleet Maintenance 174 155
General Travel Expenses 18 22
Fundraising
Fundraising (non-salary) 122 96
Other
Benevolence 5 11
Interest 102 56
Total Expense 2,114 1,313
NET 157 1,434

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