1MISSION Blog Amparo’s Story

Before I ever worked at 1MISSION, I had heard about Amparo through Brittany and Dustin Patrick, my sister and brother-in-law. They had gotten to know her while living in Puerto Peñasco in the early days, helping to get 1MISSION off the ground. Even now, all these years later, Amparo’s story remains one of my very favorites. I love it because it’s such a beautiful story of the power of community. Before I tell you more, I wanted to share something Dustin and Brittany wrote to friends and family back in 2011, which provides the backstory: Amparo is a single mom with eight kids. She has been volunteering with 1MISSION for over a year. We weren’t able to build for her because she had no legal ownership of the piece of land she was living on. Over the course of the...more ⟶ The post Amparo’s Story appeared first on 1MISSION Blog.