Behind every good man is a remarkable woman and that is certainly true for the Rickon family, our hosts here in Ciudad Dario. Patrick is the Co-Founder of Seeds of Learning, which has recently had its 25th anniversary. His wife Isa is a force to be reckoned with, who along with Patrick, have been the visionaries and driving forces behind getting SOL off the ground in the earlier years. Patrick is an American ex-pat from the Mendocino area and Isa is from the local area. Along with the two of them, they've raised two great kids, Wendell and Ryan, who are also involved with SOL.
Earlier this week Isa and Patrick shared the story of founding SOL and how it all started with a caja pequena (small box) of books to help local children with learning to read. As I thought about how that box became SOL along the way over 25 years, I started to think about the story in Matthew's gospel about the loaves of bread, fish and feeding the masses of five thousand. Although we're often starting with little and are facing enormous challenges, God provides and greatly multiplies what we've started with.
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