Hello Family & Friends

Since our last update, quite a few things have occurred that we would like to share with you.

Trip to Toronto & St. Croix

Back in April, we went to Canada for a big missions conference called, the “Missionfest”. It was a great opportunity to share and promote missions and YWAM Barbados to the many that were interested. There were over 150 ministries represented and several big speakers. We were also able to see some friends that we haven’t seen in awhile, which is always great. All in all, this was a great trip even being Kezia’s first experience of North America and she liked it.

In May, I attended the YWAM Caribbean Strategy Conference in St. Croix. It was great to connect with the many leaders that make up YWAM Caribbean and to witness the launch of the new leadership structure for our region that has the potential for significant and positive changes in the years to come.

During this trip, we had the privileged opportunity to go to St. Thomas and visit the first Moravian Church in the Western Hemisphere. This was the place where the first Moravian missionaries sold themselves to slavery to bring the Gospel to the slaves in the Caribbean in the early 1700s. We spent some time in that island where many of these first missionaries were buried and spent time praying for the future of missions and for the young people of Caribbean to go into the Nations in the same passion as the first Moravian missionaries had.

Happenings at YWAM Barbados

Earlier this year we graduated our 2nd Justice DTS group after their outreach to India. It was a great yet challenging trip at times as some came back with lice and with fears of tuberculosis. They were all tested and they were all assured that they will be fine.

A new Youth Ministry initiative was also started where we have a weekly program in a local secondary school. We basically share devotionals and have a structured sports session. It has been going great to engage with mostly non-Christian and un-churched teen boys. We are hopeful that great relationships are being built and that we may able to have great impact in their lives as most of them have been labeled, “troubled youth”.

Baby on Board

If you haven’t already heard, we are overjoyed to share with you that Kezia is pregnant! As of now, she is close to 7 months and due early October. The first trimester was quite difficult with Kezia’s morning (sometimes all day) sickness, but now in her second trimester she is doing quite well and enjoying the pregnancy. The baby has also been kicking and punching and moving around a lot and it looks like we could have a potential kick boxer champion among us. We are very excited. So far it has been filled with wonderful experiences from the first ultrasound and hearing the baby’s heartbeat, to the first kick that we felt, to finding out that we are having a BOY! With the baby coming, we have been preparing and getting baby stuff, which is a very new and at times overwhelming experience, but overall we are having fun and are ecstatic.

Please pray for us as we are trying to bring everything together for the baby and leading our YWAM community/campus at the same time.

Prayer Points

• Thank God that the DTS team came back safe from their mission trip to India. Pray for the upcoming DTS in September that the students will be open to what God wants to do in and through them and that the staff would be able to truly work with the Holy Spirit’s doing. Also pray for the outreach to South America as they will be traveling to 5 different Latin countries in less than 3 months.

• Pray that God will keep on giving us and the Leadership of YWAM Barbados wisdom and humility as we continue to move the campus forward to the Call and Vision that God has given.

• Pray especially for Kezia and me as we will learn to balance family and leading YWAM Barbados. This will be a huge transition for us and we will need to be sensitive to God’s leading.

• Thank God that the baby has been healthy so far and pray that there won’t be any complications during labor and delivery.

• Thank God for His gracious provision as it seems He has been providing for all our needs in his good timing. Pray that God will continue to provide for us as we will need approximately $2,000 – $3,000 USD for labor, delivery and in preparation for the baby.

• Pray as we are also looking for a reasonably priced good used car as our family is growing.

Thank you for praying and thinking of us during these times. Without your prayer and support, it would be quite difficult to do what we do. We want to simply say we appreciate our family and friends who have supported us!

Thank you!

Hello Family & Friends

Since our last update, quite a few things have occurred that we would like to share with you.

Trip to Toronto & St. Croix
Back in April, we went to Canada for a big missions conference called, the “Missionfest”. It was a great opportunity to share and promote missions and YWAM Barbados to the many that were interested. There were over 150 ministries represented and several big speakers. We were also able to see some friends that we haven’t seen in awhile, which is always great. All in all, this was a great trip even being Kezia’s first experience of North America and she liked it.

In May, I attended the YWAM Caribbean Strategy Conference in St. Croix. It was great to connect with the many leaders that make up YWAM Caribbean and to witness the launch of the new leadership structure for our region that has the potential for significant and positive changes in the years to come.
During this trip, we had the privileged opportunity to go to St. Thomas and visit the first Moravian Church in the Western Hemisphere. This was the place where the first Moravian missionaries sold themselves to slavery to bring the Gospel to the slaves in the Caribbean in the early 1700s. We spent some time in that island where many of these first missionaries were buried and spent time praying for the future of missions and for the young people of Caribbean to go into the Nations in the same passion as the first Moravian missionaries had.

Happenings at YWAM Barbados
Earlier this year we graduated our 2nd Justice DTS group after their outreach to India. It was a great yet challenging trip at times as some came back with lice and with fears of tuberculosis. They were all tested and they were all assured that they will be fine.

A new Youth Ministry initiative was also started where we have a weekly program in a local secondary school. We basically share devotionals and have a structured sports session. It has been going great to engage with mostly non-Christian and un-churched teen boys. We are hopeful that great relationships are being built and that we may able to have great impact in their lives as most of them have been labeled, “troubled youth”.

Baby on Board
If you haven’t already heard, we are overjoyed to share with you that Kezia is pregnant! As of now, she is close to 7 months and due early October. The first trimester was quite difficult with Kezia’s morning (sometimes all day) sickness, but now in her second trimester she is doing quite well and enjoying the pregnancy. The baby has also been kicking and punching and moving around a lot and it looks like we could have a potential kick boxer champion among us. We are very excited. So far it has been filled with wonderful experiences from the first ultrasound and hearing the baby’s heartbeat, to the first kick that we felt, to finding out that we are having a BOY! With the baby coming, we have been preparing and getting baby stuff, which is a very new and at times overwhelming experience, but overall we are having fun and are ecstatic.

Please pray for us as we are trying to bring everything together for the baby and leading our YWAM community/campus at the same time.

Prayer Points

• Thank God that the DTS team came back safe from their mission trip to India. Pray for the upcoming DTS in September that the students will be open to what God wants to do in and through them and that the staff would be able to truly work with the Holy Spirit’s doing. Also pray for the outreach to South America as they will be traveling to 5 different Latin countries in less than 3 months.
• Pray that God will keep on giving us and the Leadership of YWAM Barbados wisdom and humility as we continue to move the campus forward to the Call and Vision that God has given.
• Pray especially for Kezia and me as we will learn to balance family and leading YWAM Barbados. This will be a huge transition for us and we will need to be sensitive to God’s leading.
• Thank God that the baby has been healthy so far and pray that there won’t be any complications during labor and delivery.
• Thank God for His gracious provision as it seems He has been providing for all our needs in his good timing. Pray that God will continue to provide for us as we will need approximately $2,000 – $3,000 USD for labor, delivery and in preparation for the baby.
• Pray as we are also looking for a reasonably priced good used car as our family is growing.

Thank you for praying and thinking of us during these times. Without your prayer and support, it would be quite difficult to do what we do. We want to simply say we appreciate our family and friends who have supported us!
THANK YOU!