MISSIONARY Nicole Smit DONATE Friends, first of all, thank you so much for partnering with me on this wild journey! I am so beyond thankful. This past year as a student with Circuit Riders has been absolutely amazing. This year I have the opportunity of joining as staff! When I first joined Circuit Riders in October of 2018 I wasn’t entirely sure what I was doing. I had just heard the Lord say, “go.” I couldn’t be happier I did… I’ve wanted to be a missionary since I was 5 and honestly my whole life had no idea what that looked like. This past year I finally had that opportunity to go and do exactly the dream on my heart. Not only that- I was able to take photos and document what the Lord was doing in our very own nation which was the other dream of my heart! Somehow, my blind ‘yes’ became me walking with Jesus and my best friends and walking out every dream I’ve ever had. This season of life has been so sweet with the Lord. I know many wonder why I do what I do and my answer is simply this: I’ve seen the heart of the Father for this generation and my heart is broken. I’ve seen lives completely set free and turned around. I’ve seen miracles and followed blind words of the Lord where people ended up encountering His love for the first time and giving their all to Him. I’ve seen hundreds of college aged students pack into small houses because they are hungry to encounter Jesus. I’ve seen too much to ever go back. The brokenness is so great- but my God is so much greater. So the question of why do I do it turns into, How could I not do what I do? How could I not go? And all that I’ve seen makes me even more excited for this year and all that I know God will do! I am excited to see Jesus made great in our generation again. And I’m so thankful to you for partnering with me to do it! (update emails are sent out about every two months) If you have any questions at all please feel free to contact me: nicoleclazien@gmail.com. Donate

Missionary Cat Bradley DONATE Hello friends and family, It is time for me to share the amazing news that the Lord has led me to a life of mission! These past few years it’s felt like my whole life was falling apart, life for everyone else around me was flying by and progressing while I was going through the darkest time of my life. I was so lost for so long, caught in an endless cycle of depression, ptsd, panic attacks, and recovery. And then I met Jesus again. I ran to Him like the prodigal son, and He came to me like a first responder. Like a parent, like a father. He gave me all of the love I didn’t allow myself to believe I deserved. And now all I want is to be like Him, and share His love with those who don’t know Him. Volunteering in YWAM Kona’s Kokua crew program has completely changed, and saved my life. So, I thought today being world mental health day would be a perfect time to announce that I have decided to continue my journey with YWAM!! I am going back to YWAM Kona this January to participate in a program called a DTS! This stands for “Discipleship Training School”. For the first three months I will be partaking in training, and then the next three months I will be sent on mission to a location I will not know until about a month into the program. I am going to be completely transparent with you when I say I was not expecting this. My plan was to wait a year so that I could have some time to work and save the money I need for my DTS myself. But God had other plans for me, and I was called to not wait. The whole program is $10,000 in total. And now I only have 3 months to pay all my fees in full, to be able to go on mission. If you don’t know me, please hear me when I say all I have ever wanted to do with my life is help people. This is my dream, and my purpose. and I believe an opportunity for me to use the second chance the Lord has gifted me with. I know that God will provide for me, but if you feel called to support me on this journey it would mean the absolute world to me. Cat Donate

GDB DONATE Thank you for your partnership! It means so much to me! Ways to give are below! Donate

Missionaries The Kuehne Family DONATE Hello! We are the Kuehne family. We have been missionaries in Japan since 2011. We moved to Oita in 2023, which is on the southern island of Kyushu, Japan. We’re working alongside a YWAM team to establish a new Christian International School: Hinoki Academy. Hinoki Academy is a K-9 nature school. We spend two days a week in English, two in Japanese, and one day outside in nature. It’s a lovely, healthy place with passionate teachers and a small growing number of energetic kids! Japanese public schools are healthy places for many children. But there can be struggles such as: -Higher rates of mental illness and suicide than other developed nations -Hikikomori, where some children or people choose to stop leaving their homes because of the pressures to succeed or fit in -Bullying, where other students may turn against or exclude a child who doesn’t conform Our students spend time in nature, hear about God, read lots of good books, grow as artists, dig into mathematical problem solving, and learn science and history through living books and hands on activities. We aim to stretch them and challenge them just the right amount to blossom and grow. Some come needing time to heal, and we teach them gently. Our growing student body is a blend of different nationalities, ages, academic abilities, language abilities, and needs. We want to be “good soil” for Japanese and international children (Matthew 13:8). This includes the students who are struggling and need a different system to thrive. It also includes students who are not struggling but whose families have a God-given longing for something different. Some will recognize that longing as a longing for the Kingdom of God and some will not have even heard of the Kingdom of God when they come to us. But we pray that all the children who come to our school will experience the King and learn that the longing for life that is inside them is truly a longing for Him. Hinoki Academy is committed to keeping costs low enough to be accessible to a wide number of students. They will provide us with a living wage once we have at least 15 students. As of May, 2025, our school’s financial needs are:- My family needs 35,000 yen per month ($240) to reach the basic financial stability to allow us to continue on beyond August, 2025. You can donate to that via this Equipnet page. -The tuition at our school of 40,000 per month ($275 per month) is too much for some of our students and some have requested scholarships. We receive these students even if they cannot pay and even if we do not yet have scholarship supporters. If you would like more information about scholarship needs and to support a student who needs an alternative education, please contact: hinokiacademy@gmail.com -Our school is currently fundraising to purchase a school building. There is a truly amazing building that was introduced to us. It was being built to be a special needs school with farming, and then the owner unfortunately passed away. It is beautiful and has lots of land around it. The way it came to us made it feel like it was God’s idea—it’s something only He can make happen. If you would like to contribute to our school being able to own this building, please contact: hinokiacademy@gmail.com Would you consider helping us meet any of these gaps? We are growing and excited by how close we are to stability. Whether you can contribute financially or not, if our ministry is on your heart, we would love you on our prayer team! Our successes are also the successes of our supporters. We can’t do it alone. Thank you for reading this and for standing with us! The Kuehne Family Donate

A M DONATE Working in the Middle East Would really appreciate your support :) Donate

MISSIONARY Davis Crouch DONATE As a YWAM Kona alumni, I continue to live a life of missions. Right now, that looks like living in South Africa with Fire and Fragrance YWAM. Fire & Fragrance, South Africa, is a community located in Potchefstroom, dedicated to training and equipping individuals with a diversity of skill sets to bring revival & reformation in all nations and spheres of society. I am joining this community to invest in worship culture, and training up worshiping missionaries. These worshipers will be sent out, saturated in the Word of God and equipped to engage in spiritual warfare, able to lead any group of people into the presence of Jesus. I am also looking forward to growing in this time in areas of leadership, teaching, and discipline. There is far more for me to learn in South Africa than I have to give, and I can not wait to see how I learn and grow through walking with the Lord and discipleship. It is evident that the Lord is moving in South Africa, and I am excited to be a part of that move firsthand. We will see Him pour out of people living a missional lifestyle in their jobs, schools, and daily life. I believe that this will be through supporting and encouraging and becoming part of the local body of believers. I am excited to be a part of a community that bridges the gap between equipping lifestyle missionaries and valuing the local church. Thank you for praying and joining what God is doing through your support! Davis Donate

A B DONATE Stories have always fascinated me – not simply because they entertain, but because they can reveal truth in ways other methods can’t. After all Jesus was the greatest story-teller. A few years ago, I took my second sabbatical, moved with my family to California to study filmmaking. I have since returned home and am now in post-production on my first short film, which I intend to convert to a full length feature and hopefully make many more films. This vision is larger than cinema alone. Imagine a triangle with three points: Conference. Cinema. Courses. The conference would share real life stories of the unexpected ways God moves in people’s lives. (My executive role in a TED like conference – at the intersection of artists, scientists, designers, technologists etc. – was where the idea of a Christian TED like conference was birthed). Some of these true stories become films through compelling, cinematic storytelling. The films then lead into courses that help people move beyond inspiration into teaching and encounter – learning to walk with God and experience Him personally. Together, these three expressions exist for one purpose: to reveal the heart of the Father. I’m currently raising support to help bring this vision to life – beginning with the completion of the first film and laying the foundations for everything that follows. If this resonates with you, I’d be honoured to have you partner with the journey. Donate

Missionary John & Sharon Mansour DONATE John and Sharon serve full-time as volunteers with YWAM Harpenden and are actively involved with YWAM internationally. Like all YWAM missionaries, they receive no salary and rely entirely on the generosity of others to make their work possible. At YWAM Harpenden, they help the training campus thrive and grow through vital operational support. John, helps lead the campus and focuses on developing and strengthening income streams so the campus can reinvest in itself and remain a welcoming place for all. Sharon serves in roles that reach and support vulnerable populations both locally and overseas. Together, they are also developing Kinahan Lodge—a ministry within YWAM dedicated to serving and encouraging Christians in the workplace. Their shared passion is to see the love of God touch lives in every context—building community locally and helping people around the world connect with their God-given purpose and calling. Donate

Missionary Christabel Mhizha DONATE Hello, my name is Christabel Mhizha. The Lord has ignited a passion in my heart for missions, particularly in combating human trafficking. Last year, I attended YWAM, a six-month mission school, where I journeyed to Papua New Guinea, an isolated island in the Pacific. It was a transformative experience that deepened my understanding of the Lord's desire to bring hope and freedom to His children. God continued to burden my heart for the brokenness in our world. Over the past six months, my passion for ending human trafficking has grown significantly. Jesus has imparted His heart for justice to me, and I have immersed myself in learning more about this great injustice. During my time in Papua New Guinea, I ministered to children who were victims of injustice, and the Lord truly shared His heart for His children with me. He has shown me that there is no greater purpose in my life than to follow wherever He leads. Through prayer and seeking His will, I believe He is calling me to another season of ministry in the field, specifically among victims of human trafficking. I feel a strong calling to serve anti-human trafficking efforts worldwide, bringing hope and freedom through sharing the Gospel. "So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed." (John 8:36) I invite you to join me in this mission that the Lord has entrusted to me, not only to bring hope and freedom to His sons and daughters, but also to be the hands and feet of Jesus—the very calling we all share. Together, let's make an impact on the kingdom! Christabel Donate

Missionary Thomas Moore DONATE Hi, My name is Thomas, a follower of Jesus. Currently, I am a full-time missionary that is partnered with YWAM (Youth With A Mission) based in Kona, Hawaii and am staffing their School of Worship. This is a ministry that deeply values prayer, worship, community, and discipleship, longing to see nations changed, and Christ glorified. It has been said that, "Missions exists because worship doesn't." Within this statement is the idea that worship is an end result of encountering Christ and allowing Him to change your life. One way in which we are seeking to spread a love for Christ and a heart of worship among the nations is through helping their local communities develop their own songs unto the Lord. Many people around the world have only an oral language, and within those, there are many that have no songs of worship. There are communities where a newly professing Christian would have no worship songs to sing, simply because they do not exist. This is something that we hope to change. By training and empowering their local communities, helping them to write biblically based songs that are relevant in their own cultures, created with their own native styles and methods, we hope to open a door that could help bring more people to Christ. To further this, we can actually equip people to record these songs, mix them, and give them back to the local people, and to the world. While us going to the nations is one way that we can help spread a heart of worship and adoration, another way through which we hope to do this is by training students that come from the nations. While not everyone will be able to travel and minister to other communities around the world, through training and preparing people to communicate what biblical worship is, work in teams, develop songs, lead worship, and regularly engage in prayer and intercession, we can impact communities where others may not be present. With every student comes a homegrown community that they can influence, bringing a greater heart for worship that could further people's faith. Our goal is to aid in the establishment of worship unto the Lord in every nation, tribe, and tongue. We believe that this can be done, we know that this will be done, and we are blessed to be a part of it. I ask that you would pray about joining us on this journey to see nations changed and Christ glorified. Thank you for your faithfulness to the Lord, and your partnership with HIS mission. Whether through me, or through someone else, let's bring glory to Christ together! - Thomas "Ascribe to the Lord the glory due His name; worship the Lord in the splendor of His holiness." - Psalm 29:2 Donate