Tuesday, August 27, 2013

University bound

It's getting to be that time of year. If we were in the states it would be about March of a senior in high school's last year. The dreaded questions start popping up: Where are you going to school? What do you want to study? What is it that you want to do for the rest of your life? Like that's not a daunting question. As I learned in the States... what you study is not really important. The fact that you have a college degree is what matters. Therefore, majoring in sociology because you find the material interesting is perfectly acceptable. If it doesn't lead to a job, you can always go to graduate school. Unfortunately, my girls are not able to have that same point of view. Going to college is not an easy thing to do down here. Although most universities don't cost much in our eyes, students still have to find a way to pay for a living situations, food and transportation. In a country where loans are impossible to come by, this is not an easy feat. The few that do get to make it that far go in with a vision and a purpose. "I will study business because it will provide me with money so that I can eat and live." Thoughts that never crossed my mind before entering college, but probably should have!

I had the pleasure this year of living with three brilliant, funny, sarcastic, angelic and completely different girls. Each one of them has a dream of continuing their education, and after living with them, I know that they have the desire and ability to make that dream come true. They need our help though! The Farm has a College Scholarship fund that helps all kids pay the fees they need to for the University as long as they are in good standing. This year that fund will be running out. The cost of attending the University is about $1500 per year per child.
To donate to these girls' college fund please click here:
https://co.clickandpledge.com/?wid=70696
Or you can make checks payable to Farm of the Child with "University Scholarship fund" in the memo box and can send them to:
Farm of the Child
1616 Nottingham Knoll Drive
Jacksonville, FL 32225

Meet my girls:


This is Nolvia. She's a 17 year old studying Arts and Letters at Maria Regina Institute. She is an outgoing, funny girl that will give you the pretense that she is shy before surprising you by busting out the sarcasm. The most important thing to her in her life is her family. She wishes more than most things that she could spend more time with them. Because of this, she hopes to go to the Universidad Catolica de Honduras in La Ceiba so that she can stay close to the people she loves. She is planning on studying business management when she goes to College. She is the most motivated young person I have ever met. As soon as she gets back from her 7-4 classes, she is studying and doing homework until it is time for bed. She has the heart of an angel and loves more deeply than most. She hopes one day to find a good man and have a family of her own.
Nolvia (far right) with some of her siblings. 




This beautiful girl is named Marina. She is in her third year of studying computers at the local San Isidro Institute. Marina originally told us that she wanted to be a detective (she LOVES reading mystery novels) but after finding out that to do that in Honduras she would have to be a policeman first... she quickly changed her mind. She is currently wanting to study graphic design or computers to further the education that she has already received. Marina is also an excellent writer and has been concocting stories for years now. She is a brilliant girl that works very hard and is very active in her school's religious ministry program. She was recently able to give her testimony in front of hundreds of people at the celebration of St.Isidore, the cities patron Saint!

Marina with her three younger sisters who are still at the Farm



This little ball of fire is Nelly. This was taken in some of her younger days at the Farm. She has been here since she was two. More so than any of our kids, Nelly is on her way to being bilingual. She decided at a young age that she didn't like not knowing what the missionaries were saying and made it her personal goal to learn English. After helping translate for brigades that come to Honduras, she has decided that she wants to studying the language in hopes of being a translator. Being the teenage girl that she is her mind changes like the wind. She has also talked about being a psychologist, dentist, biologist, and sociologist. (I think the last one might have been said sarcastically while making fun of my own career path) The one thing she does know is that she wants to continue studying so that she can get a good job and provide for a family one day. 
Nelly (far right) with former missionary Laura and Nolvia



Once again... please consider donating to these kids future and to a great cause... If you feel called to donate to a specific girl, you can also specify that in your donation.

To donate to these girls' college fund please click here:
 Or you can make checks payable to Farm of the Child with "University Scholarship fund" in the memo box and can send them to:
Farm of the Child
1616 Nottingham Knoll Drive
Jacksonville, FL 32225

Thank you so much for your prayer and help in this time of need for all of this. Another update will be coming soon with what has been going on here recently!

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