Our Little Roses Film chronicles the making of a film about an American-born Episcopal priest who travels to Honduras, the poorest Spanish-speaking country in the Western Hemisphere and, in that, the murder capital of the world - San Pedro Sula - to teach poetry to a score of orphaned teenage girls at Our Little Roses orphanage, at the edge of one of the city's ram shackle barrios.



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In December 2012, a documentary film crew led by Director Brad Coley began filming at an all-girls orphanage in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.

Our Little Roses Ministries houses, feeds and educates more than 60 girls at a time, creating a model exception within its 10-foot walls against the backdrop of extreme poverty, violence and lawlessness surrounding the home - "a children's holocaust," a local priest says.

Drawn by a girl who lives at Our Little Roses

San Pedro Sula is a broken promise. Everyday, the metropolitan bus terminal fills with new faces of campesinos who have left tight-knit, barter-and-trade communities to find work in the nation's bustling industrial capital. But here, even low-paying jobs are hard to come by. Empty church pews suggest a breakdown in religious faith. Gangs are community. The harshest sign of that undelivered promise: a city churning with abandoned children - most of them girls.

And that's usually how girls find their way into Our Little Roses.

Each girl who comes through Our Little Roses must confront the same paradox: she must lose everything to get here. But once here, she stands to gain far more than she, or her parents, ever had. Read more...

A Year of Giving

Over a year ago, Dr. Jensy Maldonado, who grew up at Our Little Roses, flew to Charlotte, N.C., to help The Charlotte Padrinos raise funds for the new OLR Dental Clinic in San Pedro Sula. While in Charlotte, Dr. Jensy as many call her, spent a day "shadowing" a local oral surgeon and his staff. Her visit sparked a desire and compassion within them to do something to support the work of Our Little Roses.

On Dec. 13, the entire staff of the Oral Facial & Implant Surgery Center, Charlotte, N.C., and oral surgeon Dr. Priveer Sharma presented a check for $1,150 for Our Little Roses to our Charlotte volunteers. Much to the surprise of the Charlotte team, immediately following Dr. Jensy's visit with Dr. Sharma and his staff in 2011, all of the employees began donating to a "pot" for Our Little Roses through different office events.

Their surprise gift was donated to the Beverley Allison Memorial Fund so that with the generous 2 to 1 challenge gift from an OLRFMS advisory board member is actually worth $3,450. According to Dr. Sharma and his staff, they have already begun filling the pot again for another year of giving. Their generosity and commitment are a blessing for our girls. Dr. Jensy's visit to Dr. Sharma's office was made possible by one of his patients, who asked if she could shadow him for a day.

Dr. Jensy was supported from childhood through completion of her doctorate in dentistry with annual sponsorship gifts through Our Little Roses Foreign Mission Society's Sponsor Program. For the past year she has run the OLR Dental Clinic in San Pedro Sula, which provides the OLR girls and neighbors in the community with dental care.

Sharing the story of Our Little Roses provides opportunities for others to get involved with and support this vital, life-changing ministry. Please share your OLR story with others by sending your story and photos to:  Kristen@ourlittleroses.org.

PROTECTED INNOCENCE CHALLENGE

To bring awareness to the worldwide challenge of Human Trafficking

Sponsored by:

OUR LITTLE ROSES MINISTRIES

Chairwoman: Diana Frade

EACH YEAR IN THE UNITED STATES APPROXIMATELY 100,000 GIRLS AND BOYS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 12-14 ARE ENSLAVED BY HUMAN TRAFFICKERS

On September 26, 2012 President Barack Obama issued an executive order aimed at strengthening his administration's efforts to combat human trafficking. He praised the work of Christian groups, noting that they are "answering the Bible's call. Referring to it as "modern slavery," Obama spoke about "the injustice, the outrage, of human trafficking."

As a Faith Community we are called to raise awareness in our community about the issue of modern day slavery, and to participate in the challenge of ensuring the PROTECTED INNOCENCE of our children.

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Read Sarah’s story

Sarah Graves looks straight ahead as she calmly recalled the night a man paid $200 on a Boston street to have sex with her. She was 16, homeless, and desperate for food, shelter and stability. He was the first of dozens of men who would buy her thin, frail body from a human trafficker who exploited her vulnerabilities and made her a prisoner for years. "If I didn't call him daddy, he would slap me, beat me choke me," said Graves, 24, of the man who organized the deals. "It's about love and thinking you're part of a family and a team. I couldn't leave because I thought he would kill me."

JOIN US ON FEB 16 FROM 9:00am TO 1:30pm TO VIEW THE DOCUMENTARY SEX+ MONEY, AND LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW THIS HAPPENED TO SARAH AND SO MANY OTHERS LIKE HER.

Sex+Money: A National Search for Human Worth is a documentary about domestic minor sex trafficking and the modern-day abolitionist movement fighting to stop it. Since September 2009, the crew has traveled to over 30 states and conducted more than 75 interviews with federal agents, victims, politicians, activists, psychologists, porn-stars, among others.

Hosted by: St Paul’s Episcopal Church, 188 So. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach, FL.

Saturday, February 16, 2013 – 9:00AM – 1:30PM – Parish Hall

Continental Breakfast and Coffee  --  RSVP Deacon Clelia: 561-276-4541

Producer Assistant

Producer Assistant is the title that was given to Heather Hertz after she joined the editor and filming crew that are doing a documentary film about Our Little Roses Ministries. 

Heather a 22 year old from the Transition Program showed her happiness and willingness to help the crew to get the information needed to make the documentary as successful as possible. Her knowledge as an Electrical Engineer student at the Autonomous Universal University makes her the perfect PA. Thanks Heather for your support!

25 YEARS!

This year Our Little Roses marks 25 years of transforming the lives of the girl child in Honduras. Help us reach 1000 LIKES -- or what if we reached 2500 LIKES -- by the end of 2013! Help us share the good news of OUR LITTLE ROSES by sharing this with your FB friends -- and asking them to LIKE Our Little Roses -- and share with their FB friends. 25 YEARS OF CHANGING LIVES!
You can find us on Facebook here - Our Little Roses on Facebook

It is with tremendous sadness that I share with you the passing of Beverley Allison

Dear Friends,

It is with tremendous sadness that I share with you the passing of Beverley Allison, executive director of Our Little Roses Foreign Mission Society (OLRFMS). Beverley died in her sleep in her home in Gordonsville, Va., some time late Monday evening/early Tuesday morning.  

 

Prior to her work with OLRFMS, Beverley worked in the news industry, including for ABC News Bureau in Washington D.C. She began her foreign mission work in the mid-70s, helping to create a new branch of the South American Mission Society (SAMS), where she stayed from 1976 to 1985, working mostly in the southern region of the continent, namely Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay. This would eventually lead to her work with me as Bishop of Honduras, establishing the Committee to Assist the Episcopal Diocese of Honduras in the mid-1980s and later OLRFMS, where she has served as executive director since its founding.

We have established a special fund in her honor, the Beverley Allison Memorial Fund, to support the ongoing work and needs of OLRFMS and Our Little Roses Ministry in Honduras.

More information will follow at a later date on how we will honor Beverley and her service and ministry to OLRFMS. In the meantime, I ask you to keep the staff and ministry of OLRFMS in your prayers as we continue our work to support Our Little Roses Ministry in providing a safe, secure and nurturing home for abandoned, abused and at-risk girls in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.

Blessings,

+ Leo Frade

Chair-OLRFMS