Overholt Overview Family Adventures

The mission of the Choluteca 4-S program is to assist youth, and adults working with those youth, to gain additional knowledge, life skills, and attitudes that will further their development as self-directing, contributing, and productive members of society. 

I pledge my head (saber) to clearer thinking,

my heart (sentimientos) to greater loyalty,

my hands (servicio) to larger service, and

my health (salud) to better living,

for my club, my community, my country and my world.

Learning by doing.

 As a result of the 4-H program in Choluteca, youth can participate in after-school activities that lead to life-changing worldview outcomes (changes in their behavior, knowledge, attitudes, skills, or situations). One of these young people, Juan, recently explained to Pati, one of the Choluteca 4-H coordinators, that before coming to the club activities, he had suffered from a severe attitude problem resulting in negative relationship issues with others. He didn’t care what other people thought of him.   

 Juan told Pati that he had always kept his distance from the 4-H activities and wondered what everyone was doing. Finally, a friend encouraged Juan to attend one of the meetings where he observed everything from the back of the room. After his first time attending, Juan told Pati, “Right now, since I’ve been here, I don’t know what happened, but I felt something. I felt peace in my heart and throughout my body. And when you were talking, it was interesting that you were talking about the topic of ‘attitude’ and our personality. I think the topic was meant just for me.” Juan then told Pati that he wanted to change his life. He had dropped out of school. However, after getting involved in 4-H, in April, along with his mother, Juan went to talk to his teachers and asked if they would accept him back. We thank God that Juan is now back in school. He has learned to set new priorities. Juan testified to Pati, “My mom is very surprised at the change that has taken place in me. I’ve been like a transformed person, and I think that wouldn’t have been possible without your help.” 

The 4-H program was started in Choluteca in 2018 out of the conviction that providing an after-school program would help encourage young people to learn new life skills through participating in hands-on projects,  

collaborating with others in the community, and being inspired by adult mentors. With church participation and a scholarship program that covers basic school costs, we believe the participation rate in the formal classroom will increase.

 To Make the Best Better.

Chicken pens for rotational grazing.

Container gardening for urban youth. 

Sewing projects and crafts. 

Building wooden tables and benches.

To build a shed where the youth can meet. 

White marker boards are needed.

Our vision is for a world where children, youth and adults learn, grow and work together in an integral way for a positive change. Topics and skills are used each week to help the students learn life skills.

Young people who belong to the Choluteca  4-H Club, alongside their adult supervisors, felt the desire to take 4-month virtual courses in  Painting, and Vegetable Gardening through the CEVTI vocational school. Despite how difficult this year was, they learned the necessary technology and got online with cell 

phones to take the classes. 

The course in Vegetable Gardening allowed students to gain valuable knowledge that helps positively impact their diet. They also learn to collaborate in their community and care for their neighbors.

The 4-H clubs made gowns, caps, bed sheets, and face coverings for the local hospital and health department. These items have been scarce during the Covid-19 pandemic.  The students told the personnel that these were given in Jesus' name. 

Preparing nutritious meals for the family. The students also learned the importance of having a variety of food. They learned how to use readily available ingredients to make new products, such as making soy milk from soybeans, or using eggplant (easily grown) to make homemade lasagna. 

The youth are learning to care for chickens and other small animals. Being able to raise animals can help contribute to the diet of their family, too, with meat, eggs, and milk produced by the animals. 

The program's regional supervisors, Pati, Diana, and Esmilda often have to cross the rivers to get to the youth in rural areas. Pray for them as they travel to visit students in the scholarship program, as well as the 4-H program.