Agros Blog

Last week I was ambling across the beautiful land of the new Agros Nicaragua village “Luz del Mañana“, (Light of Tomorrow) with young José Adén ¡n Luna Dominguez, the community’s newly elected president. I was on this trip to share the work and vision of Agros with a remarkable group of supporters and potential supporters.

Vision Trip member, Bill LaMarche, asked me as we reached their new homesites, “David, please ask José Adén ¡n what his greatest challenges are as he leads this village?”

His humble reply stunned us both, exemplifying the heart & soul of Agros’ work among the extreme poor:

“I am only twenty-nine and this is very hard work for us all.  We’re a mixed age group, coming to a new place, new land, dreams now in sight, but full of many challenges. For that reason I think clear leadership on my part is critical right now, and for that I need two things. The first, is character. Character shown in both strength and sweetness. The second is patience, beginning with me, knowing I need the older members of our community to share their wisdom as we face each challenge together.”

This is the heart of future success, willing to lead by example, toiling, like a butterfly breaking from the cocoon, emerging from bondage to destiny.

What’s that got to do with the title of my blog post?

Why everything of course. It’s precisely this vision of transforming lives, one that is compelling, exciting and working that gives us confidence to ask you who read this to take up José Adén’s challenge, to lean into our strengths, sweetly and patiently, so that together we can continue to move Agros’ mission & vision forward to serve more families in need.

To that end we’re pleased to share the news of our anonymous challenge match! For the month of June, every new donation that you give to the Agros mission will be doubled, up to $100,000.

Three days into this last month we’re at $40,000 of that goal and are now looking to finish the remaining $60,000 so we can secure the full $100,000 matching amount.

Please consider this opportunity to double your gift, whether you send in a check, go online with your credit card, or make use of the Agros One Seed Gift Catalog.

Thank you for considering and acting as you’re able!