 As we enter this Christmas Season and another year draws to a close, we look back at the Joys and challenges of the past year. Our Love and Prayers go out to all our family and friends around the world.
Wherever you are and whatever you're doing, we want to wish you a very merry Christmas, and we pray that 2026 will be an amazing year for you. Thanks for being part of our lives.
 We're very excited to use our new "Las Olas" building for the first time in September. Although not finished, we managed to gain occupancy for a few weeks to hold our biannual staff conference and to have a very special 35th anniversary event, which included worship led by Shane & Shane and Brenton Brown. It was great to be inside and use this fantastic facility that we've been building for the past 5 years.
Here is the Las Olas auditorium, a few weeks before the event, and then ready for the event. Many late nights and house of hard work went into making it look awesome.
It is now 35 years since that group of young people from Los Angeles came down to Mexico to build one house, and that little girl came to her dad and said Are we going to build a home for that family too? What started with a dream of building one house for one family has become a global movement. We have now built over 9,000 homes in 27 nations, mobilized hundreds of thousands of short-term volunteers, and trained up thousands of students to send as missionaries to the nations. Watch this video about the history of the Homes of Hope story.  Congratulation to Micah who graduated High School last week. He's overcome a lot to get there. Please be praying for him, as he starts to think about his future.
 Las Olas building at YWAM San Diego / Baja, Ensenada Campus Its been 10 years since we started dreaming about the the future our YWAM Ensenada facility, and how we can best use and steward the land that God has given us.
The Las Olas building is across the street from the Pacific Ocean. This building will have a community facing café and office for community transformation on the street level. Auditorium for 300 people, kitchen and dining for our staff, students and events, along with 3 large classrooms, and other meeting spaces. We believe this building with its architectural design and creative elements will speak life, hope and inspiration to the city of Ensenada. The name "Las Olas" means "The Waves" honoring Loren Cunninghams original vision of YWAM of Young People coming from Every Nation to share the gospel of Jesus and bring hope and healing to all. You can also see the reflection of the Waves crashing on the beach in the windows. The Center is due to open in September. Please pray with us as we get everything ready to bring the building online, and that through this tool, we would be able to bring more hope to the city of Ensenada. I am entering the final stages of my Masters program. This week i am studying with my cohort in Madrid, Spain. It has been an honor to spend these last 18 months learning and growing with an amazing group of Leaders from all over the YWAM family. This week we are learning from renowned author and clinical psychologist Jim Wilder. The final part of the program is writing and defending my thesis, of which i am studying the growth of the university of the nations (YWAM's global university and training arm) Our Graduation is at the UofN Kona Campus in September. Thank you to everyone who has been part of this journey with me. I am incredibly humbled to have so many people believe in me and invest in me. Excited to turn my learning into transformation.  The Masters Cohort on a field trip to Toledo Last month we released our annual report from 2024, highlighting all the amazing fruit that the Ministry of YWAM San Diego / Baja enjoyed. In Mexico and around the world. Enjoy reading the stories of transformation as this represents a small glimpse of our activity in 2024. Enjoy  Read the Report Here |
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