Thank you for being part of the Mission Lazarus story over the past 25 years. Because of your faithful partnership, lives are being transformed through Christ-centered education, healthcare, orphan care, economic development, and spiritual outreach across Honduras and Haiti. As we celebrate all God has done, we are also looking ahead toward the next 25 years of ministry and transformation. We invite you to take a few moments to review our 2025 Stakeholder Report and see the impact your generosity and prayers continue to make possible.

Andrea stood in front of the mirror, hardly recognizing the little girl looking back at her.

Just months earlier, the reflection would have told a very different story.

When Andrea arrived at The Refuge children’s home at Mission Lazarus, she was six years old but carried burdens no child should. She came with her two-year-old brother, both of them weak from severe malnutrition and their bodies showing the effects of long neglect. Andrea had never set foot in a classroom and had never been given the simple, steady care every child needs to grow.

For nine years, Candida Rosa Benítez walked the paths of Finca San Lázaro with quiet faithfulness. What may have looked like ordinary work was, in reality, the steady unfolding of something much greater. When Rosa first arrived, seven members of her family depended on her. She carried the weight of providing each day—showing up with perseverance, sacrifice, and deep love. There were challenges, but she remained determined to build a different future for her family.

Grace is easiest to admire from a distance. It is harder—and holier—to recognize when it wears dust on its feet and hunger in its stomach.

In Fort-Liberté, Haiti, I saw despair and dignity standing side by side. Poverty that constricts opportunity. Hunger that lingers longer than it should. Uncertainty that presses on families daily. And yet, in the middle of it all, I witnessed something the world often misses: not mere endurance, but life being lived with intention and faith.

At San Lázaro Coffee, coffee is a tool for transformation. While we are committed to quality, sustainability, and responsible farming, our deeper purpose is in people.

This week marks the first day of school at Lazarus Academy. With the new school year comes fresh notebooks, new pencils, nervous smiles, and the kind of hope that only comes with a new beginning.