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Missionary Ethan Islas DONATE Hi All! My name is Ethan and I am serving as a missionary with a non-profit organization called Youth With A Mission (Ywam for short). I am originally from Washington State and right after I graduated high school I decided to take my next steps in growing my faith and relationship with the Lord. I did that here on the YWAM Kona campus by doing a first level school called a Discipleship Training School. Since then I have been on staff discipling young missionaries as well as myself, to be well trained to serve in global missions. I am a part of the Fire and Fragrance DTS Least Reached school. We focus on reaching the nations that are closed off to Christians but by full faith and training go out and preach the name of Jesus to these hungry nations. I cannot do this alone. I invite you all to join me in prayer on this journey as well as partnering with me financially! Prayerfully if you feel led to invest in my journey to continue discipling young missionaries and take more mission trips out to the nations please join my monthly support team or one time donations! Ethan Donate

Missionary Kaley Donnelly DONATE Hi I’m Kaley! I am a full time missionary with Respect The Corners (RTC), a non-profit organization headquartered in Kona, Hawaii. Our purpose is to see communities discipled through fitness, send coaches into hard to reach nations, and use our personal fitness to take bibles to every remote village in high mountain ranges - by foot. We like to do hard things. Within the ministry, I help lead our Coaching Development Program: a 3 month program where we teach the basics of fitness and nutrition, provide a hands on coaching experience, and give tools to use coaching positions to disciple athletes of all levels and ages, and meet the needs of a community. I also coach community fitness classes, and am currently training for a trip into the Himalayas, where I will be trekking bibles to remote, unreached villages. In the future I hope to move longterm to war torn nations in the Middle East to aid oppressed women and empower them through training and discipleship. After having traveled to multiple nations in the Middle East and seeing firsthand how war has deeply affected the people, I feel a personal calling to bring a light of hope to those who desperately need it. Rebuild communities from the ground up. Please partner with me prayerfully and financially as I serve the Kona fitness community, raise up coaches to serve their respective communities, and aim to empower women across the world. Thank you, Kaley Donate

Missionary Sam Portaccio DONATE God has completely transformed my life in the past year and given me incredible opportunities to serve. I just graduated from a training program at YWAM (Youth With A Mission) and recently came back from a 3 month mission trip to Malawi, Africa. In this next season, I have been called to join an incredible team that is pioneering a Safehouse for single mothers in Kona, Hawaii. Our goal is to provide a safe home for the mothers and their children while we help the mothers heal, teach them sustainable life skills, empower them and teach them about God and who He created them to be. My role in this ministry will mainly be focused on developing businesses, training the women, and creating workshops/popup event opportunities so that the vulnerable moms we support can make an income for their family. Our heart is to build this home and businesses to benefit the vulnerable women and mothers in the community. Therefore during my time in Kona, I will not be making an income - as the profits are purely to fund the events and provide income for the women we support. I am beyond excited to join this team and help pioneer these businesses! As I will still be living as a missionary in Kona during this time, I am asking for financial support to help me pay for living. My monthly support goal is $1800USD, which will help me pay for rent, food, car insurance, and other bills. Thank you so much for taking the time to read this. If you have any questions about the work I’ll be doing or what the donations will go towards, please feel free to reach out! Sam Donate

Missionary Christa Koch DONATE Hi Friends! My name is Christa Koch and I'm working as a YWAM staffer in Harpenden, UK! I grew up in the church in America and have always had a hunger to go to the nations and serve people. I did DTS in the UK and the Middle East. There God awakened a love for Muslims and the people in the UK. Now, I'm going to serve and love these people for the next two years! At YWAM Harpenden, I work with a bilingual DTS school that sends missionaries to Latin America and the Middle East. We train young people to share the Gospel with others while nurturing their relationship with God and instilling them a passion to fulfill the great commission! When not staffing a DTS, I will be working on the Harpenden base, trying to reach out to the local community, especially the surrounding Muslim population. My heart is to share the beauty of the Gospel in meaningful and intentional friendships. However, to do this I need to raise monthly support to cover my living costs and missionary fees. Any support would mean the world as I serve the nations! Christa Donate

Missionary Sara Butt DONATE Hi! My name is Sara Butt and I will be a full time missionary in Tete, Mozambique with Pioneer61, a partner of Iris Global. Pioneer 61’s mission is based on the commissioning in Isaiah 61. Their main goal is to rescue, equip, and send the people in Mozambique into their God given identity and purpose. They build healing homes to rescue orphans and disciple widows in the truth of the gospel. They also help rescue women in brothels while discipling them to walk out their God given identity. Pioneer61 is focused on preaching the good news of the gospel of Christ to anyone and everyone they meet across the way. I was with Pioneer61 in 2022 and I’m excited to go back as a full time missionary for one year. I will be involved with teaching at their school, Shekinah Academy. This is a Christ centered school, that focuses on raising up the next generation. I have been a teacher for a few years, and I am excited to be able to continue with this passion in Mozambique. I will also be involved in the widow’s program that runs weekly. Many women have been abandoned by their families or have lost family members and have no one to care for them. Through the widow’s program, these ladies are placed into community where we love on them with the love of Jesus to help them have a space to belong, to heal, and to be cared for both spiritually and physically. I will be distributing food and household necessities to the ladies in the widow’s program. There is nothing like sitting with these ladies who have so much joy and wisdom to share. With Pioneer61, I will also be going into some dark places such as brothels and bars and help rescue women from these living circumstances. We will have a weekly bible study in the bars and brothels with these women while empowering them to walk out in their freedom and identity as daughters of God. I will also be involved with a street ministry that Pioneer61 runs. We spend time in the streets sharing the gospel of Jesus while worshiping with the people and providing a meal for them. We have seen many give their lives to Jesus through this ministry and I am excited to see many more come to Jesus by going out into the streets and sharing his love with the people in Mozambique who are so hungry for truth and hope. I will be so honored if you would prayerfully consider partnering with me financially and in prayer as I follow the leading of Jesus in my life. I believe Jesus has given me a calling and a heart to see the homeless and broken restored, to see abandoned children belong and have a home, to feed the hungry, pray for the sick, and love on people with the love of Christ. As I will be fully volunteering my time in Mozambique, I would appreciate financial support to assist me with my flights and daily expenses to fulfill my duties in the ministry. In Isaiah 61:1-3 it is written, “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, Because the Lord has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor; He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, And the day of vengeance of our God; To comfort all who mourn, To console those who mourn in Zion, To give them beauty for ashes, The oil of joy for mourning, The garment of praise for the sprit of heaviness; That they may be called oaks of righteousness, The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.” Sara Donate

MISSIONARY Leah & Elliot Chase DONATE We are Leah & Elliot Chase, full-time missionary staff with YWAM (Youth With A Mission) in Kona, Hawaii! We are a missions organization committed to fulfilling The Great Commission and taking the love of Jesus to the ends of the earth. We are specifically on staff with Fire & Fragrance, a school that carries God’s heart for worship, prayer, and celebration! This will be our fourth year in YWAM and have had the opportunity to go all over Europe and Africa together, using tools of evangelism and discipleship to spread the Gospel and make Jesus known in the nations! Jesus has changed our lives forever through these opportunities and we love being part of a staff team that gets to daily lay down our lives for the sake of the Gospel! We are in charge of facilitating the mobilization of Fire & Fragrance, seeing youth across the world introduced to the Great Commission and getting them plugged in with the right missions experience for them and their gifting! We plan gatherings and outreaches around America and the rest of the world and lead the people we meet into the nations! We are so excited about our jobs and love watching people’s lives get transformed by the love of Jesus. We come alive discipling students and taking the breakthroughs and grace we’ve received to the people of the world! We were made for this! As full-time missionaries, we raise our own support and trust God for it monthly. We praise him daily for people like you – the ones who support us not only financially, but through prayer and love! You mean the world to us and people’s lives (and destinies) are being changed forever because of you! If you have any questions or would like to be a part of our monthly updates, you can email us at leahdaychase@gmail.com. So much love, Leah & Elliot Chase Donate

Missionary Grace Nowland DONATE Hello! I am Grace Nowland, an 18-year-old missionary from Massachusetts! I have been doing ministry in my high school through prayer, preaching the gospel, and glorifying God through art for two years, and am now moving to Circuit Riders in October in preparation to do full time ministry! God first called me to missions when I was 13, while I was in ‘boot camp’ for a missions trip. I had never been introduced to missions but someone spoke over little 13-year-old me that God has highlighted me for missions! Shortly after, I did evangelism for the first time and got to know one of the greatest joys, seeing people come to Christ through the sharing of the Gospel! When I was 16, a Junior in High School, I was praying steadfastly for clarity on what God’s plan for my life looked like. I had a very intentional prayer time where I asked the Lord where he wanted me to go. In an instant, he gave me a vision of a sign with big letters that said ‘Circuit Riders’. Two days later, with no previous connection to Circuit Riders at all, YWAM Boston called me and told me that Circuit Riders was coming to Boston and asked for a youth to host a worship night with them. While YWAM Boston was praying, God highlighted me to them! It was such an answer to prayer, as I had asked the Lord for God to send people to preach the Gospel in my home town! At Circuit Riders, I will be doing the music/worship track and the brave-love track for reaching women with the gospel! God has given me such a heart for girls in my life to know their identity in Christ and walk boldly in their calling. I have both lead and hosted many girls bible studies, small groups, and women’s worship nights, so this feels like such a culmination of my calling and dreams! In order to go to Circuit Riders, I have to raise about $12,000 in funds! $6,000 of that will be on the Circuit Riders website for tuition, and the other $6,000 will be on here! This $6,000 will go towards food, flights, personal needs, transportation, etc. for the 6 months I’m on mission with Circuit Riders! “Your Father who sees in secret will reward you.” Matthew‬ ‭6‬:‭4‬. God is El Roi, the Father who sees you!!! Your giving does not go unnoticed by our Father in Heaven. Thank you for your prayers and support as I go. I would not be able to fully obey this call the way I am if not for the encouragement and generosity of the body of Christ! I see the generosity of the Lord through you. Please email me if you have any questions or prayer requests! Sincerely, Grace Nowland grace.nowland@gmail.com Donate

Missionary Charlize Terletter DONATE Hi! My name is Charlize Terletter and God has called me to be a full time missionary with Circuit Riders! This January I will be leaving for their Discipleship Training School. Circuit Riders is a movement of young people seeking revival for their generation. They are empowered by YWAM (Youth With A Mission) with the goal of bringing the lost home, reviving the saved, and lighting a generation on fire for God. They not only want to see young people step into their God given calling, but equip them to fulfill the Great Commission. In 2021 God called me to lay my life, desires, and burdens at his feet. He told me I was made to do more than live my life day to day . He began to put a burden on my heart to see my generation not only saved, but on fire for Him. I want to see those who feel like they don’t belong; find belonging in Christ. I want to see those dead in sin; awaken to the heart of God. I want to see the lost found , prodigals home, and dry bones alive. 40% of the world has yet to hear of the gospel. Gen Z is the most Biblically illiterate generation. Suicide, anxiety, and depression rates are rising. How can I not go? How can I let people die lost when they are begging for the answer. I can’t do this alone. The lost can’t be reached if we are a divided body. I am asking you to pray fully consider partnering with me finically as I try to fulfill the Great Commission. Thank you again for taking interest in my calling. In case I don’t see you, good morning, good afternoon, good evening, and good night. Charlize Donate

Missionary Jonathan Hernandez Luna DONATE Hello! My name is Jonathan! I am currently serving God in missions through YWAM. I have been to 8 countries with one mission. To preach the good news of Jesus that he came to bring salvation to everyone who accepts Him in his heart. Currently I am doing a 9 month Bible school to equip myself and increase my knowledge is His Word to preach His character and His story to humanity. These funds will help me, as I am currently in the nation of Taiwan doing this school. It will support me in food/housing and school funds! Jonathan Donate

Missionary Rebekah Witmer DONATE Hi! I am Bekah Witmer, a full time missionary with YWAM (Youth With A Mission) Circuit Riders in Huntington Beach, California! I am a part of a collaborative non-profit missions organization called Circuit Riders empowered by Youth With A Mission. The heart of the Circuit Riders is to save the lost, revive the saved and train them all. We want to inspire a generation to love like Jesus! I did my DTS (Discipleship Training School) with Circuit Riders October 2022-March 2023 and my heart has been burning to see the lost know Jesus since!!! My life was completely transformed by the love of Jesus and I live to see young people get radically encountered by His love and RUN with the gospel! After the outreach portion of the DTS, where I traveled the West side of the USA to different High School campuses, God revealed to me the call upon my life to see the youth across America reached with the gospel. I was given the opportunity as a student to preach the gospel during the tour and our team saw many young students SAVED! This is only the beginning! I have committed the next two years to serve our Circuit Rider Youth movement that focuses on middle schools and high schools across America and Europe. We believe that through the power of the gospel, it will empower a generation to see youth reach youth, on and off their campuses. Would you prayerfully consider partnering with me in prayer and financially to see a generation saved across the nations?! With Love, 

 Bekah Donate