In 1983, Nelson Amador left San Ramón, Nicaragua, the last of nine siblings sent to safety in the US during a dangerous post-revolution time. After ten years, he returned home in 1993 and introduced his American wife, Tanya, and their children to his hometown and a way of life that he still longs for. Together they dreamed of how they could someday help rebuild San Ramón and nourish people both physically and spiritually. In the year 2000, they began working to make this dream a reality in Nicaragua. Almost twenty years of ministry followed building churches, schools, drilling wells, and bringing doctors and dentists to rural villages throughout the country until Corner of Love had to leave because the Sandinista Government criminalized humanitarian aid in 2018.
When that transpired, Corner of Love moved all operations to Costa Rica (August 2018). Two Relief Centers for Refugees were opened in Costa Rica and Corner of Love branched out to help displaced families throughout numerous nations in Latin America.
Today Corner of Love hosts teams of volunteers from all over the world in Costa Rica and Colombia and serves needy people at border areas throughout Central and South America. Groups that serve with Corner of Love arrive at LIR (Liberia, Costa Rica) or CUC (Cucuta, Colombia) airports and serve in La Cruz, Costa Rica and right at the Venezuela-Colombia border. Through medical, dental, and optical clinics, service and water improvement projects, educational aid, and church development, the mission has grown into a major source of help for people living on less than $2US per day throughout the hemisphere.
A Word From The Mission Founders
Dear Friends,
For more than twenty years now we have been serving with our family in a place that needs our help so desperately. This area of the world is where our hearts are, even when we travel elsewhere or work in Washington State. We consider it our joy and privilege to do this work and often wonder how it is that God brought us together, from two very different societies and cultures to do His work. To us, that was the first miracle, in a long line of divine happenings that helped create Corner of Love.
While we may have been instrumental in beginning this labor, God is the one who created it. He gave the seed money through sacrificial gifts. He spoke to us in times of trouble. He provides the people to serve impoverished villages year after year. For us it is not important who started what or when. It is more important to teach of how He works when one has faith.
We do find it essential, however, to communicate our belief that Corner of Love’s beginning takes it roots in these three things:
- The need of God’s people in Latin America
- Love of God and
- Love of Family
For these reasons, we will always be a mission that:
- Hopes you see the great need of displaced families migrating through the region, instead of human accomplishment.
- Holds the idea that when one loves God, one serves Him.
- Advocates for parents and children serving together on mission trips where all family members are welcome.
-Nelson and Tanya Amador
Corner of Love Founders