Miguel & Angela Alvarado Petrongelli
Angela is from Jacksonville, North Carolina and joined Family Missions Company in the fall of 2017 shortly after she graduated from NC State University with a Bachelors of Social Work in 2016. Her call to mission was led by the Lord as she asked Him what He wanted for her life and He led her to the Great Commission in Matthew 28: 19-20.
From Misahualli, Ecuador, Miguel joined FMC as a missionary associate in the fall of 2015 after having a deep conversion and encounter with Christ due to FMC’s missionary presence in Ecuador. His call emerged through a simple comment, somewhat shocking to him. When asked by another missionary what he wanted to do when he graduated high school, his answer was, “I want to be a missionary.” He lived and worked with the men’s team in Perú until he was able to complete his Intake training in Spanish as a full-time FMC missionary in the summer of 2018.
The two met when Angela was sent to Perú for her first year, and during that time, their friendship—rooted in their shared love of Jesus, quickly grew. They became husband and wife on August 23, 2019 in Pucacaca, Perú surrounded by their beloved family and friends. The Lord moved in miraculous ways in the testimony of their lives separately and together so they could serve and fall in love in Perú. He brought together a girl from a military town in the USA and a guy from the jungles of Ecuador with hearts on fire for foreign mission. You can read more on their blog: https://madelittleinlove.
Their collective experience as singles (2-4 years) and a family (4 years) on mission in Perú offers a unique level of support for our missionaries on the field. Miguel’s preaching and musical talent mixed with Angela’s hospitality and love for deep conversation have inspired their ministries with the Hispanic community such as bible studies, praise and worship, home visits, and young adult groups. Their daughters Violeta and Liliana were born along their missionary journey.
In their desire to serve the poor and share the Gospel to the ends of the earth, they are working towards Miguel’s citizenship in the USA. They moved stateside in 2023, have helped on the FMC Formation Team the past two years to train new missionaries, and, most recently, have followed the call to continue their missionary work on the Field Support Team, by providing support, resources, continuing formation and training to missionaries in their ministries and community life.
Their role on the Field Support Team is as Regional Leaders to our missionaries in Latin America. They do this remotely in North Carolina, where they have regular calls to our missionaries in this region to support them in their ministries and community life as well as travel to these communities to offer strategic guidance, encouragement, and various trainings. The missionary communities they serve are in Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica, Perú, Ecuador, and Trinidad and Tobago.
The scripture God used in both of their calls to mission is Jeremiah 1:5, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I dedicated you, a prophet to the nations I appointed you.”
