Quito: For more than two decades, young missionaries in Ecuador have been walking side by side with Andean and Amazonian communities, carrying not only the Gospel but also a message of presence, empathy, and transformation. What began as a humble initiative in 2004 has grown into Misión Idente Ecuador (MIE) a movement that continues to inspire both those who serve and those they accompany.

“It’s not we who change the communities; it’s they who change us,” says Mónica Calva, an Idente missionary and Director of University Missions at the Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja. Her words reflect the spirit of the Idente Mission one rooted in mutual transformation, where encounter, rather than assistance, becomes the true path to evangelization.

The story of MIE began when a group of miss

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