by Brooke McKinstry | Dec 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
In his book “Just Mercy,” Bryan Stevenson talks about how his grandmother would hug him for a long time and then say, “You can’t understand most of the important things from a distance, Bryan. You have to get close.” Did you catch that? It’s about proximity. To be...
by Brooke McKinstry | Nov 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
A recent spiritual growth retreat with leaders and pre-leaders from El Limonal had one theme: a life devoted to Jesus. Anielka Sánchez was one of those students on this retreat dedicated to creating habits of spending time with Jesus and knowing him more deeply. The...
by Brooke McKinstry | Oct 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
“My name is Byron, I’m 19 years old and I live in El Limonal. I’m a volunteer leader in the mentorship program at SuNica. I have 9 siblings, 3 girls and 6 boys. I was born here, and as long as I can remember I started working here in the trash dump. I would work...
by Brooke McKinstry | Sep 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
Yunior is a gentle giant. The guy we all want on our team in football. He’s also the guy you want on your team for life! Two years ago, our good friends at Water + Light (another nonprofit that works in Salinas Grande) reached out and asked if they could hire Yunior....
by Brooke McKinstry | Sep 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
We have some exciting news about our Discipleship & Education programming in Nicaragua. We’re expanding our program to reach even more kids! And we’re bringing back the legacy name… THRIVE! It was originally what we called this work, so it only felt...
by Brooke McKinstry | Aug 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
Every year we take the time to celebrate mothers in our communities. Because the culture of each community is unique, we celebrate moms in various ways across communities. Some staff and children in our program put on shows including singing, dancing, and skits! In...
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