The miracles we recognize begin with you, our community, and donors. Your faith and generosity are miracles that help enable a young adult to pursue an education and discipleship. We see God, the author of miracles, multiplying them so that the miracles extend beyond the lives of a student to influence their communities and those around them.
goodness, sacrifice,
forgiveness, love
involvement,
prayers
hard work, vision,
hope, faith
mission, student investment, faithfulness
employment, leadership,
character, giving back
Thesis for developing leaders & an examination of Matthew 28: 18-23 created – (Master’s Capstone Project for Scott Steele at Azusa Pacific while serving as the National Director of Young Life in the Dominican Republic and Haiti)
Scott Steele and Wes Perry visit Haiti for a week and form a plan to fund and start Milagros
First two students are selected, and programming is started (Dominican Republic – Young Life – Dioni and Aldo)
First Graduate of the program – students being selected annually (Aldo Felix – 2004 – Business Administration)
Milagros expands to partner with more ministries in Latin America and Africa
Milagros expands to Asia and supports over 100 students annually
Kingdom Expansion. Young Life leadership meets with Milagros to report the effectiveness that Milagros has had on their leadership pipeline and reports their desire to make an internal program like Milagros. Milagros co-pilots funding and development of Young Life’s own program called Developing Global Leaders (DGL). Milagros funds all students that started previous to the creation of DGL until 2014 while YL begins and improves on the model for their own purposes.
Milagros surpasses 100 graduates (150 graduates)
Milagros shifts from mostly partnering with Young Life, to partnering with a diverse number of missions in Latin America, Africa, Asia (SE Asia and the Middle East).
Milagros celebrates 200 graduates
Milagros begins working in Eastern Europe, adding 6 Ukrainian students. Working in this region eventually leads to having partners in Slovakia, Bolivia and Moldova.
Today there are 30 Ministry Partners working with 185 students in 30 countries.
Co-Founder & Executive Director
Director of Operations
Creative Director
Scholarship Coordinator
Associate
Co-Founder & Board Chair
Co-Founder & Executive Director
Board Member and First Milagros Graduate ('04)
Board Member
Board Member
Being a Milagros Student Partner makes a tremendous impact in the life of a young college student and their community. Your donations enable the funding of a college education for one student in a developing nation, and a stipend for their place of work with a local ministry partner. This combination of education plus discipleship is for one individual, but due to working in certain restricted access areas, we are not able to support some of the traditional “sponsorship” practices.
A one-on-one communication approach is especially challenging due to working in certain restricted access areas in the world. Thank you for your heart to impact a young adult in a developing nation, and trust that your generosity, partnership, and prayers are invaluable in helping shape individual students and communities.
Milagros works with over 30 ministry partners around the world, and is always cultivating new relationships for growing Kingdom impact. If you have a specific country where you would like to make a difference, please submit your interest and we will prayerfully consider how God may be opening doors for that place. Perhaps He already is on the move!?
As a monthly Milagros Student Partner, your donations enable the funding of a college education for one student in a developing nation, and a stipend for their place of work with a local ministry partner. This combination of education plus discipleship is for one individual, and will extend throughout the duration of their enrolled education, which is usually three years. Thank you for your partnership, generosity, and prayers!
Every Milagros student agrees to an arrangement and accountability with a local ministry partner. This includes completing their college studies, working for the ministryfor at least 10 hours a week, being engaged in one-on-one discipleship, pledging to lean into their spiritual growth, and committing to giving back to another what they’ve been given in their lifetime.
If you are a ministry or a church interested in exploring partnership with Milagros, please reach out with your interest. We would be honored to respond and learn more about what God may be orchestrating together.
