Blogs & Podcasts
Stories, conversations and voices from Amigos
Field stories from the people who live the work, and longer conversations about why Amigos stays long enough to build trust.
New episode · October 31, 2026
Michael Ryer – Amigos Internacionales
Mission Chats, Season 4, Episode 6 · 37 minutes · Host Jon Crowe
Michael Ryer talks with Jon Crowe on the Mission Chats podcast about the moment at age eight when his understanding of God changed, and how it set him on a lifelong path in missions. He explains the MissionPoint approach, now focused on East Africa, where Amigos works alongside local pastors and professionals to provide medical care, education, churches and skills training.
Featured episode · September 10, 2026
Practical Compassion: From Thirst to Thriving
Unconventional Ministry Podcast, Episode 217 · 24 minutes · Host Dennis Wiens, SAT-7 USA
Michael Ryer joins Dennis Wiens on the Unconventional Ministry Podcast from SAT-7 USA to talk about how the first step toward sharing the Gospel can begin with something as simple as a glass of clean water. They talk about how practical compassion opens doors to relationships, trust, and lasting change across northern Uganda and Tanzania.
You will hear how wells improve children’s health and school attendance, how skills like sewing, soap-making, gardening and livestock help families stand on their own, and why the MissionPoint model stays long enough to build trust.
“Don’t just ask, ‘What can I give someone?’ Ask, ‘How can I build the kind of relationship that creates lasting change?’”
Dennis Wiens, host of the Unconventional Ministry Podcast
More conversations with Michael
Imagining Bridges to Better Leadership · Episode 88
Planting Seeds of Hope: A Leader’s Mission to Transform Lives Globally
October 2026 · Host Kevin Neal
Michael Ryer sits down with Kevin Neal on the Imagining Bridges to Better Leadership podcast to talk about planting seeds of hope: why Amigos does what it does, and what it looks like when a community takes a project and makes it its own.
The Lion Within Us · Episode 405
Impactful Mission Point With Michael Ryer
July 31, 2024 · 58 minutes · Host Chris Grainger
Michael shares his 43-year ministry journey with Amigos on The Lion Within Us podcast, from mobile medical clinics along the Rio Grande to MissionPoint projects in Uganda and Tanzania. The conversation covers wells that serve thousands, training local pastors, schools for refugee children, and life skills like sewing and soap-making.
Blogs
Stories & Field Reports
Field reports, medical updates, MissionPoint news, clean water, schools, and the history of Amigos, written from the places where the work happens.
Would your church, civic group or podcast like to hear the story?
Michael brings the field into the room. Not a lecture. A conversation that opens the world.