Jennifer and Alex Cabezon

Alex's parents teared up as they we dedicated their newly built home this past week. We hosted a wonderful team from Homes of Hope (a YWAM ministry) who built a new house to replace their old home which is on it's last legs. The village of San Antonio was overrun with teenagers eager to lend a hand as they put up the structure of the house and built a playground for the community. The village children were eager to try their new playground, giving it a test run even before it was completed. Abigail and Carolyn were not to be left behind and gave it their mark of approval. Several YWAM staff, including Alex, put in long hours of work for this project to come together. Thanks to all involved!

To me one of the great irony's of mission work, is that when you have lots to write home about, you lack the time. So has been the last 6 months. We started training our staff team to lead the DTS on January 2nd, and it feels like we have been on a 100 mile and hour ride that we just managed to get off of. This last Sunday we had the change to share at Gamboa Union Church about our outreach. It was a good opportunity for me to reflect back a little on all that was accomplished. As we heard the many testimonies of the students; what they learned, how they saw God work, new insights, amazing experiences, one in particular really stuck out to me. Yariani is 18 years old, just finished her highschool (she went through our program for indigenous youth). She and Alex are cousins on both sides (they share both mother's and father's last names). She can at times be moody, hard to get along with, and doesn't mind letting you know her mind. No cultural sensitivity here. But I...