Final week in Kenya!

Bwana Asifiwe! ('Praise the Lord' in Swahili) YES has finished our final week of ministry in Kenya! In Vihiga, we were blessed to share the life changing message of Jesus Christ in 28 schools with more than 11,000 precious souls. Thank you once again for your prayer as we completed a wonderful mission in Kenya!

Wonderful Second week in Kenya

Greetings from Vihiga, Kenya. Our Youth Education Strategies team has completed a wonderful week of ministry in Migori where we spoke in 28 schools with over 8,000 students and saw over 4,000 professions of faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior! We have already had a great church service on Sunday and a great Monday and Tuesday in schools. Please pray for God to move mightily in Vihiga during our final three days of ministry.

First week in Kenya

We have finished our first week of ministry in Kenya. We were able to speak in 20 schools with over 6,000 wonderful young people and see more than 3,000 professions of faith in Christ. I will be traveling tomorrow by bus to a city in southwest Kenya called Migori to begin another busy week of ministry. Please keep YES in your prayer!

First three days in Kenya

Three days done in schools! We have already spoken in 14 schools with over 3,500 students. This is looking like it will easily be our busiest project to date. So, please pray for God to renew our strength daily as we share the life changing message of Jesus Christ here in Kenya!

Kenya in two weeks!

Just confirmed tickets to fly to Kenya from February 26th through March 25th. That's less than two weeks away! Please join YES in prayer for our final preparations as we seek God's wisdom to finalize the details for this upcoming mission.

Merry Christmas!

Have you ever thought about the first groups of people who visited Jesus on the first Christmas? I believe that the simple fact of having shepherds and magi as the first guests at Jesus first birthday displays some awesome symbolism about who Jesus really is. I want to start by explaining a bit about these two groups of people.

Shepherds- Literally, people who watched after, fed, and lived with sheep. In Israel, shepherds were on the bottom rung of society. They were considered dirty, smelly, uneducated, immoral, irresponsible, untrustworthy alcoholics. In fact, they were so low in society that they weren’t even allowed to testify in a court of law!

Magi- The “wise men.” Possibly the most educated, respected, wealthy, and trusted people on Earth. They were representatives from various religions and parts of the world who got together to discuss philosophy, science, and other intellectual aspects of life. They were so respected, that many cultures wouldn't allow anyone to be king or any other type of leader unless they had approval of the local magi.

Why does this matter? I believe this shows that Jesus was truly born to save EVERYONE. From the highest of highs, to the lowest of lows; from the richest to the poorest; from the ends of the Earth, to those just down the road; from any type of foreign religion, to those whose families have followed God for generations; I believe that Jesus is for everyone.

God so LOVED the world, that He GAVE His only Son, so that WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM will not perish, but have EVERLASTING LIFE. John 3:16 (emphasis added)

Have you ever truly experienced Christmas? Has Jesus ever been born into your heart? There is no better time than NOW to give your life to Christ!

On behalf of the YES/DSEA team, I wish you a MERRY CHRISTMAS and a blessed New Year!

Fishing Lessons- Brother Yun

God wants all Christians to be fishers of men. The world is in a desperate, destructive mess. Nations wage war on each other, and every day people inflict unmentionable cruelty on one another. If we have Jesus in our hearts, we are called to be fishermen, regardless of our background, education or economic position. Some individuals may be more gifted at fishing than we are, but Jesus is looking for those like Peter, James, and John. They knew they were unworthy sinners, yet they were willing to trade their weakness for God’s strength and their stained garments for robes of righteousness.

The apostles were largely uneducated, rough young men, yet God used them to shake the world with the gospel. If God was able to use them in such a way, we can never excuse ourselves from the personal responsibility we have to reach out to the lost. We trick ourselves, and maybe even other people, but we can never deceive the Lord. Each Christian will one day give an account of the way they used, or didn’t use, the talents God gave them.

Now is the time for us to commit ourselves fully to the cause of God, without reservation. If you do this, you will not fail to experience the blessing and presence of God in a sweet and powerful way.

~Brother Yun, Living Water- Fishing Lessons