Caribbean Youth Ministry

I had the opportunity to visit the Caribbean in January 2009.  It was a wonderful time of meeting with various ministry leaders.  I came away from my time there very happy with young leaders that I have had the privilege to support, encourage and work with to expand their ministries.

The family in the photo has started 3 house churches in the past 7 years.  They have a passion for the Lord and creating caring communities of faith.

I was in their home two and a half years ago when Jairy, the son-in-law in the black shirt, told me of a vision the Lord had given for a new ministry.  It was a ministry to high school age kids, which are 14-17 years old.  The kids go to boarding school during the week, and go home on the weekend.  The setting is much like a wild university frat house, with condoms being given out and drugs are prevalent.  This is during a very difficult time in the life of a youth.

Jairy and staff members go onto a school campus and speak with the kids.  Jairy would seek out a local church close to the school so that they could invite the kids to a safe place and use alocal church as a base.

This ministry has gone from a vision from the Lord to 60 full time staff in just 2.5 years!  WOW!  The ministry is in many schools and staff are being added on a weekly basis.

It has been a privilege to be part of this and I look forward to attending a staff leadership training event when I visit in May.  Please pray for protection over the ministry and for the staff training event at the end of May.