Hey hey, and thanks for checking out my page!
I am Mikayla, and I am going to be attending Circuit Riders YWAM in Huntington Beach, California! This opportunity is the culmination of God speaking over a year and a half. I felt God calling me to YWAM in California after fasting one day. Four months after reaching out to the two bases in Los Angeles and hearing there are no schools for me to attend, I heard about Circuit Riders. I stumbled across them through a local young adults conference, and knew this was the opportunity for me.
This school offers its students to pick a skill track, and one of the options is media! I am a photographer, and this made the school incredibly exciting for me. I went to write in my journal, and my last entry from a couple of months prior discussed how I felt God calling me to combine a number of things I was becoming drawn to - studying the Bible, photography, and having community with creative Christians. That’s when I knew that this school was where I needed to be.
I will be spending two and a half months in Huntington Beach, California, then two and a half months doing outreach. As of now, we don’t have the locations for outreach yet, but there are options in the U.S., Europe, and South Africa. My choice will depend on the amount of money I am able to raise, and of course where God calls me.
The school portion will generally be Biblical teaching and studies in morning, and photography/media projects in the afternoon. The outreach portion will be teams of students going on “tours” in school campuses all over the world putting on conferences and services to share Jesus with our generation using the skills we’ve learned at school.
To attend this school and travel on outreach, I have a lofty fundraising goal to reach.
- $700 USD housing deposit
- $3,500 USD lecture fee
- $2,000 USD outreach fee
- $5,800 USD flights, food, transportation, etc.
Total: $12,000 USD
I am currently at almost 20% of my goal, and need 50% by September 1st, and 100% by October 1st!
One-time donations are what’s needed the most right now, but if God is calling you to give monthly over the next 6 months to cover my food and transportation, this is also greatly appreciated!
I am so grateful to all of those who have and continue to support me. Your support sows seeds into hearts of teenagers and young adults around the world. Your generosity in time, prayer, and funds makes you a part of this movement!!
And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Colossians 3:17
Feel free to email me with any questions - heyhey@mikaylaleanne.com
Mikayla