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MISSIONARY Rylee & Kelly Brown DONATE Our mission is simple. We desire to share how Jesus has radically changed our lives. We want all people to know His love & truth! No matter what we do or where we live, our hearts are burdened for people to know Jesus’ goodness. He desires for people to walk in true rest, faith, freedom and love! Jesus accomplished it all! Whether we are in seasons of triumph or trial, we desire to make His name great! We are working with YWAM as Bible teachers, teaching the inductive study method as we go through the New and Old Testaments. We also are currently involved in Bethel Church attending their ministry school. This is where we are learning from the best leaders in the faith who are alive today and hoping to continue working alongside them throughout our lives. Thanks for following our journey and being a part of our team! Rylee & Kelly Brown Donate

Missionary Mikelley Baptiste DONATE Hi there! My name is Mikelley. I love Jesus! I want others to know Him too, because He is everything. I have been given the opportunity to attend the Circuit Riders One Week Training School in Orange County, California. This intensive program is designed to equip and empower leaders to confidently share the Gospel, reach others, and create impact in their communities. Through this experience, I will be trained to grow as a communicator, lead others into freedom and healing, and boldly live out my calling wherever I go. I’m currently raising support to make this opportunity possible. I’m asking you to partner with me through prayer and financial giving. While I am believing for gifts of at least $100, I am truly grateful for any amount you feel led to give. Your support is an investment not just in me, but in the lives that will be impacted through journey. Thank you for believing in what God is doing in my life! Mikelley "And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: 'How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!'" -Romans 10:15 (NIV) Donate

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Missionary Juan Diaz DONATE Dear Friend, If you are receiving this, it is because I wanted to take the time to share with you that I am moving to Japan as a missionary and wanted to invite and give you the opportunity to partner with me in prayer and financial support. My parents grew up Catholic and came to know the Lord during college. My mom gave her life to Jesus and soon after her whole family came to faith. My parents later joined Campus Crusade for Christ in Colombia and fell in love during a mission’s trip to the indigenous tribes there. They got married and came to America as missionaries. When I was 8, I remember kneeling by my bed, repenting, and asking the Lord to forgive me and come into my heart. Later in my teenage years the Lord really got a hold of my life and after high school I spent 8 months in Israel with my family volunteering in a Moshav. After that and just before starting college, I spent 5 months in ministry school together with my brothers where I grew more and became further equipped. Around 2013 my kidneys failed again, and my brother gave me his kidney just before launching into full time ministry with YWAM. After a successful and miraculous surgery I returned home with the rest of my family and joined the workforce. But before I did that I felt the Lord wanted me to do a Discipleship Training School with YWAM so that in the future if He led me to YWAM with my brother, I would be ready to do so. I have been in the workforce here in Orlando for roughly the past 10 years and now I feel a strong call to full time ministry. I have been part of this amazing local church for around five years and the pastor is at peace with me departing to serve the Lord in Japan. My church is called Mosaic, located in Winter Garden and my Pastor's name is Danny Conner. They have various ministries but have a very beautiful ministry that helps families adopt children. I will be heading to YWAM Oita. My brother Jose and Maegan have been with YWAM for a few years now. They were in YWAM for 3 years and now they are pioneering a base in Oita Prefecture. Oita is a smaller city compared to Tokyo but rich in Christian history from before the great persecution. The team there is amazing and are working in various ways to bring the Gospel there through partnering with the local church, through art and street evangelism, through various culture celebration gatherings, and through an academy they have opened. At the base I will help staff DTS's. Which are short term training and equipping schools for young people with a 2-month outreach in the end. I will also help with the social media department as well as teach weekly art classes at an academy they have just started for Elementary to Middle school students. In the future I want to also use my Animation degree to pioneer an arts and animation ministry within the base to reach Japanese students. Almost my entire Christian life I’ve felt a strong call to young people, I believe YWAM is an amazing place to walk to this calling out. The people of Japan are in great need of the Gospel and a generation who is passionately and uncompromisingly in love with their Savior. I ask that you pray and ask the Lord if He would lead you in supporting me financially. Thank you so much! Juan Donate

Missionary Ruby Tietz DONATE Hi I'm Ruby, thank you so much for your interest in my page. I am 19 years old and am currently a missionary in Australia. I serve for a mission organization called YWAM. I grew up in the US, more specifically Minnesota and just recently made the official move to Australia on September 14th, 2025. After I graduated high school, I decided I wanted to take some time away from school and pursue God and that is how I found YWAM. The moment I stepped foot in the Whitsundays God overwhelmed me with His peace and I knew I was exactly where I was meant to be. I decided that after my DTS (Discipleship Training School) that God was calling me back to YWAM Whitsunday to be a part of their staff team and lead the next DTS. So... Now that you are caught up a bit, let me tell you a bit about my passion and what God is calling me to specifically. My vision statement if you will. I long to see people know their identity in Christ. To know they are loved and oh so valuable in the eyes of God. I value people. I love to love people; it has been a part of who I am for as long as I can remember. Specifically, here in Airlie beach Australia, I have such amazing opportunities to meet so many people from so many places. Airlie beach is a backpacking hotspot for young people all over the world. Airlie is known for its party night life; to let loose, have fun, and drink away your problems. I believe God placed me here to spiritually impact this region. As a place known for brokenness and depression, to a place full of hope and firm identity in Christ, I pray to see a movement started here in the Whitsunday region. Ambitious, I know. But I serve a God of love, and I believe He is ready and desires to heal our broken generation. Like I said above, this may sound ambitious, but I know I'm not alone. Thank you all who continued to read this far and it is an honor to ask if you would partner with me. I am seeking people who are fervent in their prayer life as we know movements start with a prayer movement. Here are some more broad prayer points you can be praying for: • A revival in Aussie youth • God to be revealing himself and softening hearts in Aussie youth • Safety for my team as we do outreach • God's provision • For God to provide my needs as well as my campuses needs • For God's will to be fulfilled within our region As a missionary in YWAM I trust God for all my needs including my financial needs. I am not paid by YWAM but supported by people like you who would like to partner with me in this mission. Funds will go to my daily needs such as: • Rent • Food • Transportation • School fees I am currently in need of around 800 USD monthly. I will also be fundraising for our upcoming outreach phase, which is a 2-month mission trip to the nations that happens every DTS. This cost is about 4,000 USD for each school I staff. This is a one-time payment and not part of my monthly needs. Thank you again, your support is greatly appreciated. May the Lord bless you and Keep you. Ruby Donate

Missionary Cici Aveiro DONATE Many of you know that this season of my life has been centered around maternal health and birth work. What began through personal experience has grown into a clear calling: to support women through pregnancy and beyond — especially during birth and postpartum — with compassion, education, and Christ-centered encouragement. I am currently in training to become a birth doula, intentionally developing the skills and knowledge needed to advocate for mothers during one of the most vulnerable and transformative seasons of their lives. I believe pregnancy, birth, and postpartum are not just medical events, but deeply physical, emotional, and spiritual thresholds. My heart is to walk alongside women so they feel seen, informed, and strengthened — not dismissed or alone. I am especially passionate about serving mothers who may be navigating this season without strong support systems and helping them enter motherhood with confidence, dignity, and peace. After the lecture phase of this training ends, we will step into a 6–8 week outreach focused on serving vulnerable mothers and children here in Hawaiʻi. This will be a hands-on season of practical ministry — offering direct support, resources, and encouragement to families who need it most. It’s an opportunity to put what I am learning into action and serve women in tangible, meaningful ways. This season requires continued preparation and investment. There are costs associated with housing, food I can eat while suffering from Lyme, equipment and clothing for the births I will begin attending as a doula, books for my certification, and other miscellaneous expenses for me and An, including the hopes of getting a new car after mine has broken down just before leaving for YWAM. If you feel led to partner with my ministry through prayer or financial support, I would be deeply grateful. Your investment is not just in my training, but in my family, and the mothers and families who will be impacted through this work. I truly believe this calling carries generational significance, and I’m thankful for those who choose to stand with me in it. It’s not easy to choose to serve when I'm still working through so many issues in my own life, but I am assured that God has me right where he wants me to be and that my life and my daughters lives are in His hands. Cici Donate

Missionary Julia Shatswell DONATE Hi! My name is Julia Shatswell and I am a full time missionary with YWAM (Youth With A Mission) in Kona, Hawaii! I have decided that if ever there is a good time to devote time to ministry, now is the time in my life to take a break from my traditional school path to devote my 20’s to Jesus! (and the rest of my life of course!) I graduated from High School in 2020 and choose to stay home instead of immediately pursuing my university studies during a time when everyone else was doing remote learning in their dorms. This was a pivotal time because God was able to get ahold of my heart and I learned that my hopes and dreams are not based on anything I can do in my strength alone. My plans included getting a degree in Graphic Design from a school close to home and take baby steps in my faith walk. I never dreamed that the Lord would light a fire of surrender and give me a passion and desire to travel to the nations and share the Good News that Jesus brings!! The difference in who I was 3 years ago and who I am today is huge. God has given me a passion to be on the frontlines of my generation and in places and spaces that will allow me to speak to people of all ages in any country in the world. I did my Discipleship Training School (DTS) in Fall 2022 and went with a team of 14 to do an outreach in the Philippines. It was here that God marked me for this generation. Gen Z may look like a lost generation, but they are desperate for Truth and anything that is Real. I believe that Gen Z is going to be a generation rooted in Christ and they will run to the ends of the earth with the Gospel, and I want to be a part of it. My heart is especially moved toward the young women of my generation and how God has created each and every one of us uniquely beautiful. I want to speak love, life, and our true identity in Christ over everyone I come across. That is why I am excited for this next season where I will be doing leadership track, staffing, and leading a team to the nations. This consists of me being trained to be the best that I can be, then mentoring a group of up to 9 girls. Then I will co-lead a team of young adults to wherever God calls me. This is at least a 9-month journey and I need your help. Knowing that my friends and family from all over the world are covering me in prayer and contending for the work of the Lord to be completed is a tremendous blessing and the most valuable contribution that anyone can make on my behalf. Many of you have asked how you can financially support this effort. If you are interested in making a one-time donation or have the means to contribute to this work on a monthly basis, please follow the link below. All contributions are tax deductible. Because missions is a full time job, I am not able to work while I am staffing the DTS or while I am on the mission field. I need to raise $1,500 of monthly support This covers my food, transportation, housing, flights, leadership track, and outreach costs. Thank you for investing in the Kingdom. Your support will be a tremendous help and it will give me the freedom to focus on the variety of ministry opportunities as the Lord wills. Thank you for investing in the greatest commission: “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Matthew 28: 19-20 For His Glory, Julia LaRen Donate

MISSIONARY Jacob & Amy Smith DONATE Greetings in Christ from the Smith family. We hope you will consider partnering with us in pursuing the ministry that God has called us to. Please read on to familiarize yourself a little bit with our hearts and our journey. Grace and Peace. The Smiths Jacob desires to display God’s beauty before God’s people in word and deed. He hopes to do this in order to help position them to be compelled by the Holy Spirit to know God more and to treasure him above all things. Jacob aspires to do this through lifelong, gospel ministry in the local church, for this is God’s good design to make his manifold wisdom known (Eph 3:10). By heralding the gospel through Holy Spirit-empowered preaching, providing theologically rich teaching, and gentle, loving pastoral care, he hopes to help present others mature in Christ. In short, Jacob desires to shepherd the flock lovingly, gently, and patiently in order to lead them into a deeper knowledge of and greater affection for God and in order to pass on this gospel to future generations. To this end, the Smith family is moving to Kansas City! Jacob has completed his MDiv at Bethlehem Seminary in Minneapolis, MN, and now he, his wife Amy, and their brand new daughter, Evelyn LeeBeth, are joining Emmaus Church in Kansas City, MO, to continue Jacob’s pastoral training. Jacob has been accepted into a two-year pastoral residency program at Emmaus Church. While taking part in the Emmaus Pastoral Residency (EPR), he, along with others in his resident cohort, will aim to grow in preaching, teaching, pastoral counseling, and other areas of pastoral ministry under the direct training, shepherding, and oversight of the elders. While Jacob participates in the residency, Amy hopes to continue to grow in her singing and musical gifts. She desires to continue to minister to other Christians and serve the local church through worship leading, and has served in this capacity throughout her life. After the two-year residency, Jacob hopes to be affirmed by the elders in his calling to pastoral ministry and commissioned by Emmaus to accept a call to pastor a local church or to plant a church. Right now, the Smiths sense God calling them to pastoral ministry in a cross-cultural setting. They hope to be commissioned by Emmaus to minister in this capacity in order to help spread the gospel through the local church in a context with much gospel need. Would you consider partnering prayerfully and/or financially with Jacob and the Smith family in his journey to pastoral ministry and the family’s journey to serve the church in the future? Donate

Missionary Gabriel Kokins DONATE I’m currently serving with Circuit Riders, a movement of young missionaries empowered by Youth With A Mission, committed to reaching our generation with the gospel. As a tour leader, I have the privilege of helping lead teams across universities, cities, and nations—preaching the gospel, equipping believers, and calling the lost home. Every tour is marked by worship, evangelism, training, and bold faith, because we believe Jesus is worthy of an entire generation. Our mission is simple: save the lost, revive the saved, and train them all. Through this work, I also get to disciple and invest in young man—helping them grow deeply in their relationship with God, step into their calling, and use their gifts to impact the world around them. I genuinely burn to see my generation know God, walk in freedom, and live as bold messengers of the gospel. But I can’t do this alone. As a full-time missionary, I don’t receive a salary. Instead, I rely on a team of people who partner with me financially to make this mission possible—covering essentials like housing, food, and travel. Right now, I’m working toward building a team of monthly supporters totaling $2,000. If you feel stirred to be part of what God is doing through this mission, I would be incredibly grateful for your support—whether through giving, prayer, or simply sharing this. Thank you for believing in this vision and helping reach a generation. Gabriel Donate

Missionary Trajan Colter DONATE Hello there! My name is Trajan Colter and I am a missionary through an organization called YWAM. I am currently an intern with of one the ministries in YWAM called Respecting the Corners which uses fitness as an open door for the Gospel. RTC is a coaching development program where they equip and champion missionaries by using gyms and CrossFit as their main ministry. I am in need of your support to continue my training with the internship with RTC and getting my certifications to become a coach and being able to reach young people through fitness! Trajan Donate