Hey, my name is Sophia Zapata and i'm currently staffing the Fire and Fragrance DTS in Kona, Hawaii.

My life has never been the same since Jesus met me in a dream. I used to say I would not go into missions but Jesus, he showered me in his extravagant love, peace beyond understanding and such a deep compassion. I couldn’t have imagined a life as abundant and rich in love like the one I get to live right now with the Lord. It’s such a privilege to lead teams to the nations and, with love, share about God!

I felt called to staff DTS during my own DTS in January of 2024 and am so passionate about youth encountering the life changing, unconditional love of Jesus. I have a huge heart for South America. I am so honored to lead a team to the country I am originally from and where so much of my family lives. God is moving so much in Colombia and I can't wait to be apart of what he is already doing. This will be my second year staffing with Ywam Kona.

In Colombia we will be partnering with an organization called Rescue. My co leader and I plan to go to the Amazon jungle and tour around to different cities spread out across the country. We will focus on kids ministry, women’s ministry, health/ dental care, prison ministry, prostitution ministry, church ministry and a lot of evangelism and open air worship!! It's all in the Lord's hands and we are so so excited! Our whole team is learning Spanish and my co leader and I are fluent. 

Please pray that we won’t be hindered by fear for any reason and that there will be so much unity in our team. Please also pray about partnering with me financially. I am still raising the money I need to be able to go!

I need $2500 dollars to cover:

• Travel (flights)

• Housing

• Food

• Transportation

• Insurance/ medication (malaria pills)

• And other essentials.

Thank your so much for reading!

Love, Sophia

I also would love to share about how God transformed me in my DTS as a student and about my outreach to Peru! And how I went on to staff DTS last year. I was a mission trip leader for the first time and I lead a team to Madagascar. I’d love to share all about how God moved and how he sustained me through the most challenging season of my life. Feel free to email me at: soph0313zap@icloud.com.