April prayer note

The wall of miracles

At our Regional leader training in Costa Rica a few weeks ago, we took some to stop and think and share about the miracles God has worked in Young Life Latin America. We thought we might share for an hour or so, but we went for more than double that as the stories of Grace flowed. God providing leaders were there were none, more kids to camp than seemed remotely possible, lives that were lost now fully transformed, local churches involved, relationships healed, funding provided —and the list goes on. There have been hard times and are real challenges still to come, but sharing together were we’ve been blessed was a great reminder of how God has been providing. And it was a reminder that this is really His ministry and we’re in His hands reaching out to teenagers that He loves.

 “A farmer planted seed. As he scattered the seed, some of it fell on the road, and birds ate it. Some fell in the gravel; it sprouted quickly but didn’t put down roots, so when the sun came up it withered just as quickly. Some fell in the weeds; as it came up, it was strangled by the weeds. Some fell on good earth, and produced a harvest beyond his wildest dreams.”           Matthew 13:2-9 (The Message)

Please be praying for us.

Scott travels to Argentina next week to lead training times with about 50 key leaders from there as well as a few key staff from Paraguay, Chile and Peru.  Argentina has been one of our fastest growing ministries over the last few years and it’s an amazing group of volunteers helping spur this work. Please pray this time would be an encouragement to them and help equip them for the growing challenges they face.  Pray for Jenn and the kids too while Scott is gone.

If you’d like to see a very short video that shows you what this growth has looked like in YL International over the past few years, click here Young Life International Video. Thanks for helping spread the seed.