Simple Obedience Changes History

We are saying "YES!"

Since we were teenagers, Josiah and I have both been involved in local, regional, and global missions, and our hearts burn bright for missions and God's heart to reach the lost!

Our desire has been to serve in overseas missions since we were married almost six years ago. When sweet Jesus interrupted our plans and brought us our precious first daughter, He told me, "These dreams are not dead; You will be serving as a family instead."

In this season, we feel God clearly leading into missions locally to do the YWAM Discipleship Training School (DTS) at YWAM Lancaster in Ephrata!

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A DTS is a transformational missions training that will prepare us for a lifestyle of ministry in our community and overseas wherever God calls us in the future, so that every tribe, nation, and tongue will know his salvation! Check out more about YWAM Lancaster.

During this season, Josiah and I will have three months of lecture phase here in Ephrata where we will be diving deeper into God's word, sitting under anointed speakers, immersing our family in prayer and worship, and loving our neighbors through local outreaches.

Our girls will also be involved in prayer and worship, some local outreaches, community nights, and a Mission Kid's Track.

Then in January, our family will travel overseas for two months to one of the outreach locations (Thailand, Cambodia, India, Guyana, or Uganda) and come behind and serve the ministries established in these countries while we preach the bold and UNCOMPROMISED Gospel, drenched in the LOVE OF JESUS, and EMPOWERED by the Holy Spirit!

Our desire and the stirring in our heart is to serve as staff at YWAM Lancaster next fall, but we are laying down our lives at the foot of the cross and leaning on our beloved for one step at a time.

For now, we are saying "YES", taking this step in faith, and looking forward with anticipation and expectation for what the Lord is doing in our region!

WHY YWAM Lancaster?

Jesus said in Acts 1:8, "You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, Samaria, and to the ends of the Earth."

We have been praying and crying out for the power of the Holy Spirit to come upon us as the Church in Lancaster and when his people are hungry and ask for more of God; he answers! (Luke 11:13)

We believe God is answering his people's cries and there will be a great outpouring in Lancaster County and we want to be ready to specifically champion the youth as they lead this movement!

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Practically, we are stepping out in faith and believing God to provide the finances in order to accomplish what he has called us to do as a family in this season.

If you feel led to partner with us and sow into the cost of our tuition and outreach, we will be having a Chicken BBQ and Yard Sale Fundraiser Friday & Saturday, September 25 & 26 at the YWAM Lancaster base in Ephrata!

You can pre-order tickets here: Chicken BBQ & Yard Sale Fundraiser

If you or your spouse has a business, you can partner with us as a one-time or monthly business sponsor! By partnering with us through your business, you will be able to claim your giving as an advertising expense on your taxes!

Most sole proprietors, partnerships, and LLC’s cannot deduct charitable giving on their taxes; however, because we will be advertising your business on our website and at our event, you will be able to deduct your monthly giving as an advertising tax deduction on your Schedule C!

If you can't make it to the fundraiser, and you would like to sow into our outreach costs, you can give a donation through Paypal here.

Or if you feel God laying it on your heart to become one of our monthly family partners, please let me know and we would love to talk more and set that up!

We are so excited what God is doing locally here in Lancaster!

Thank you for walking through us on this journey!

-The Shenks

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ABOUT YWAM:

[YWAM is a diverse, global, Christian youth-focused movement from many nations, backgrounds, ages and cultures; sharing their faith through meeting practical, spiritual and physical needs, offering training in more than 800 courses and seminars for service in all spheres of society. YWAM is a not-for-profit charitable volunteer organization that currently operates in over 1000 locations and 149 countries, with over 16,000 staff.]

www.ywamlancaster.com