SINCERELY, CARO By Caroline Bybee, Senior Project Supervisor – Paraguay August 21, 2014 As we liked to say back at Staff House in Carapeguá, “Ay qué wow.” Another summer with … Read More

By Flora Pirquet Current International Board of Director 1974 Participant – Nicaragua This past April while on the International Board Retreat, I had the unexpected opportunity to return briefly to … Read More

By Krista Boscoe 1982 Participant – Mexico 1983 Participant – Ecuador 1985 Project Supervisor – Ecuador 1987 Project Director – Mexico Current West Coast Development Director – San Francisco     The … Read More

By Joe Crownover 50 Stories Contest Submission 1990 Participant – Ecuador 1991 Project Supervisor – Costa Rica 1992 Project Director – Ecuador National Office Staff – Houston, TX Thinking about … Read More

NEVER BORED WITH THE BOARD* April 12, 2015 The first stamp in my passport is from June 10, 2009. I got it when, at sixteen, I landed in Managua, Nicaragua, … Read More

By Elizabeth Bonilla, 2015 American Youth Leadership Host Family Reflection My experience as a host mom has been very rewarding and although it was just for a short time, the … Read More

By Bryn Siegel, 1996 Participant, Dominican Republic 50 Stories Contest , 4th Place I recently returned to my Amigos town in the Dominican Republic for the first time in 10 … Read More

By Macala Elliott, 2014 Houston Chapter Participant – Madriz, Nicaragua There is a corner of my mind that is always living in the past. What once was the present unravels … Read More

By Jarrod Ford, 2015 Project Director – Madriz, Nicaragua Eleven to one. That is the ratio of awe-inspiring, intelligent, passionate young women in this group… to me. As the only male … Read More