Model Organization

Bright Spots
Anna Walker

What Even is a Bright Spot?

Working at Amigos for Christ, I have the privilege of being inspired by incredible people on a regular basis. I hear my fellow team members say, “Oh they are total Bright Spots!” or, “Oh yes, that family is definitely a Bright Spot in their community.” As a new missionary at Amigos, at times I wondered, “What even is a Bright Spot?” Well, that is until I met Luis Enrique Sanchez Rodriquez and his beautiful wife Efejinia Epifania Altamiro. The moment I met them, saw their welcoming and generous smiles, and felt the genuine embrace of their hugs, I knew without a doubt: They are Bright Spots.

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Amigos Story
Morgan Coil

A Transformation Story: Meet Yader

From swinging machetes on the farm to providing technical assistance, training, and vision for community members—Yader Espinales perfectly embodies our belief that transformed people transform

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Amigos Team
Guest Author

A Summer in Nicaragua

Author: Caroline Kavanaugh Caroline first came to Nicaragua in 2015 with Academy of the Sacred Heart in New Orleans, Louisiana, and she has been coming

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Mission Trips 
Guest Author

Transformed People, Transform People

Whatever she had, she gave up for me. Whatever love she felt, she felt it for us. Her words “mi amor,” my love, every time she hugged my shoulders provided peace and assurance in my purpose there.

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Leadership
Morgan Coil

Waterlogged

Alan Perez Lopez, water system treasurer, heads out on his monthly journey to visit every family in his community of Rincon de Garcia. A journey

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