2016 Spring - Philippines Outreach
My first outreach - marked by the gospel.
12,675 ministered to / 3,364 responses to gospel / 115 healed
Up until this point, I had been passionate about ministry, but now I was launched into it. During this outreach, I learned how to clearly communicate the gospel, preaching daily. I remember on this outreach us ministering in dozens of schools, being able to sharing the message of the cross and love of Jesus with sometimes a thousand people at a time.
We also ministered in the streets and markets. I remember one day when we were out, a deaf man came to us. Our team prayed, and this man’s ears opened! This was wild, but it was all a door to preach the gospel and invite people to the greatest miracle - salvation.
By the end of this outreach, I felt incredibly equipped in preaching, whether to Christians or the gospel to the unbeliever. All in all, over 12,000 people were ministered to and heard the gospel.
2016 Fall - Philippines Outreach
My second outreach, and the first outreach I staffed.
13,500 ministered to / 6,500 responding to gospel / 400 healed
The transition to staffing was awesome because now the focus was less on me, and more on the interns we were raising up. I also began being put in leadership positions within outreach context here. Many times we split our team of 16 in two with myself leading a group. This outreach we saw many people ministered to because of the ability to split up into two teams. We went to many prisons, many schools, neighbourhoods, cities. On this outreach, we also spent a week in the house of prayer there. God moved powerfully everywhere, and we saw hundreds and thousands reached through our dramas, our testimonies, and our teams boldness in stepping out to reach people.
2017 Spring - Guatemala Outreach
Ministered in Guatemala City and Atitlan.
8,697 ministered to / 1,454 salvations / 115 healed
Like the outreaches before, our team would practice for weeks before outreach, preparing dramas and skits with meaningful messages to use as tools on the mission field. In Guatemala we presented those dramas and shared testimonies and gospel in schools. We also ministered on the street in city squares, to the homeless at night, and in drug rehab centers, as well as churches and in people homes. This was one of the first outreaches I felt like I saw God moving through me to heal the sick that we would encounter. Pictured here, the man with the green shirt had been injured and unable to work for years. Barely being able to walk, we prayed for him. By the end of praying, he was walking up and down a ramp easily, and his wife to our right was weeping and saying “Glory a Dios!” (Glory to God). This man was healed by Jesus, and hope for his future was restored. I loved ministering to the Guatemalan people. All in all, during this outreach 8,697 were ministered to; 1,454 responded to the gospel; and 115 people were healed physically.
2017 Fall - Philippines Outreach
First time solo leading a team!
9,944 ministered to / 2,394 salvations / 495 healings / 80 people delivered
This outreach was marked by the fact that this was the first one I lead. It was a stretching time for me. I had to overcome fears that hindered me from walking in leadership. By the end of this outreach, I had so much confidence walking in a place of authority and influence, and looking back it was a monumental time for me to grow in this way. We spent much time again in schools, neighbourhoods, churches. We went to new cities like Oslob and Bacolod, forming amazing connections with pastors like Reynald and Jason. This outreach was also marked by a huge highlight for “follow up.” Getting those who responded, connected to the pastors in their area so they could continue growing. All in all over 9,000 people were ministered, hearing the gospel, with over 2,000 responding. giving their lives to Jesus.
2018 Fall - Philippines Outreach
Reached Cebu, Manilla, Bacolod
9,355 ministered to / 3,314 salvation / 79 healed
This was the second outreach I lead. This one had some unique markings. First, we partnered and came alongside hundreds of other missionaries halfway through and joined up with YWAM missionaries from Kona’s Fire and Fragrance. We all spent weeks ministering in a region of manilla, flooding it with the gospel.
Another marking moment happened during that time in Manilla. While running alongside Fire and Fragrance, while in schools, we would break up the whole school into small groups and have each individual team member have 15-45 min total with one set group of students. We later took this, and added it to our existing program and found AMAZING fruit.
This enhanced the school ministry forever. We would later mix dramas, testimony, with small groups and saw students in schools open up as trust was built in such a short time. Kids were opening up about deep struggles and we ministered straight to the heart, bringing the hope and message of Jesus. We have since kept this model and continued to see amazing fruit.
2019 Fall - Philippines Outreach
9,947 ministered to / 2,526 salvations / 135 healings
This outreach we went to the cities of Davao (in the south), Cebu, and Camotes. I remember, one thing that marked this school was the hunger of the students on my team. God used them powerfully. One marking testimony was in a school in Cebu. God opened a door last minute for us to minister. We presented our dramas, testimony, and gospel and broke into small groups. This school I guess was dealing with much suicide and kids would jump from the high part of the school, throwing themselves to their death. We were able to minister the hope of Jesus to much of this school, seeing the kids weep as they heard the love of Jesus. That school is pictured to the left. We went to many schools in this outreach and saw God reach many young people,
2020 & 2021 - Canadian Outreaches
All over western and central Canada
At the height of Covid, we continued to run our DTS program, though traveling was very limited. I did not go with the team on outreach but I did have a heavy role in planning the first outreach in 2020. The team went to Vancouver island as well as Red Deer area in Alberta. The following year I took a sabbatical in the fall of 2021. This was a time of refreshing and refiring for me. The team ran a school and did outreach in the province of Saskatchewan.
Fall 2022 - Belize Outreach
Pioneering of a new nation
2485 ministered to / 141 salvations
With Covid now in the rear view mirror, we felt the release to go overseas again. God lead us to Belize. Never before had we gone here but God spoke to me saying we would connect us with the right people. We took the risk by faith. This outreach was amazing. This for me was significant in the fact that the Lord used me for the first time to pioneer an outreach location. Starting with only one connection on the ground, we left with 6 to 7 solid hosting and ministry connections in 4 different cities, all asking our team to return one day. Doors opened with schools and principals asking for us to return as well after seeing the impact God was able to have on the students lives.