My name is Madalyn Miller and I am a full-time missionary from North Carolina!
Currently I am full-time with a ministry called "Lifebearers." Lifebearers is a year-round ministry with Youth With A Mission (YWAM) in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. YWAM is a global missionary organization that focuses on missionary training and sending.
The Lifebearers ministry focuses on family restoration, crisis intervention and maternal healthcare. We believe maternal healthcare creates one of the most powerful opportunities to build relationships with families and draw people into encounters that lead to salvation and transformation. Our vision is to see the truth about identity, motherhood, and God-given purpose meet the practical needs of pregnant and new moms—sparking revival and genuine heart change.
Before stepping into full-time ministry, I earned my Master of Social Work and spent over two years working as an Investigative Child Protective Services Social Worker. In that role, I found myself face-to-face with families caught in generational cycles of brokenness. Day after day, I witnessed the enemy’s attempts to distort and destroy God’s intention for family, and it grieved me deeply. I couldn’t shake the ache inside me that whispered, “There has to be more for families than this.”
This became the doorway to my calling. I said yes to God because I long to see transformation within the foster care system — and I believe I will see that happen through Lifebearers. We’ve already seen countless testimonies of families here in Kona who, through intentional support and intervention, have been stabilized and strengthened before crises led to removal. Together, we’re watching God rewrite stories and preserve families from the inside out.
Kona carries significant needs when it comes to family care. Some of the biggest injustices we see on the island include trafficking, abortion, substance use, and neglect within the foster care system. Our team believes these cycles can be broken when families are supported, strengthened, and rooted in God’s design. As Lifebearers staff, we work toward this by:
- Operating a local pregnancy center
- Providing maternal healthcare training and support
- Training and sending missionaries into nations to serve mothers and families
- Leading identity- and value-based workshops for girls and young women
- Offering wraparound support to vulnerable local women and families
How to Partner With Me
- Join my prayer team
- Become a monthly financial supporter
- Contribute a one-time financial gift
Your partnership helps me serve women and families in Kona and beyond. I’m deeply grateful for my global church family—for your prayers, your generosity, and your willingness to go with me through your support.
I carry this promise from Malachi 4:6 as a banner over my calling:
“And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers..”
This is His heart—that those who are hurting, overlooked, or fighting alone would be gathered, strengthened, and restored. And I believe we are seeing that unfold here, one family at a time.
Madalyn