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Do not say, 'I am only youth', for to all to whom I send you, you shall go, and whatever I command you, you shall speak. Do not be afraid of them for I am with you to deliver you, declares the Lord." Jeremiah 1:7-8

My Call to Zambia, “The Womb of Africa”

May 18, 2012 by B Sue Leave a Comment

Guest blog post from Andrew Maina, Global Youth Worker in Zambia. The Lord had said to Abram, “Leave your country, your people and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you”. Genesis 12:1. (NIV). My journey, from my birth place in Kenya, to Zambia began one year ago. I quit my position as associate pastor into a season of 40 days of prayer and waiting on the Lord. Afterward, it became very plain to my wife of 7 years Grace and I, that the Lord wanted us to move to Zambia to serve as missionaries among the youth. The Lord connected us with YouthHOPE, a vibrant and dynamic ministry of like minded, passionate believers sold out to global youth ministry. We packed our bags, and my wife quit her job in Kenya. We called our family and friends together, bid them farewell, and with zero budget and an Abrahamic faith launched into the waters of central Africa. The Lord supernaturally provided the air …
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Filed Under: Global Youth Worker Stories, Gospel Tagged With: Christ, church, global youth, global youth ministry, youth ministry, Zambia

“My first born daughter of Uganda”

May 9, 2012 by B Sue Leave a Comment

Deborah's life is a testimony to God's good work and a glimpse at the way He transforms lives. Deborah was young when Lena Pira sponsored her through African Renewal Ministries (ARM). Lina has a heart to train up a new generation of Christian leaders and she saw great potential in young Deborah. The two started to exchange letters back and forth. In 2006 Lina went to Uganda to work with ARM ministries and had the privilege of finally meeting Deborah face to face. "She was very shy, reserved, and not quite sure of herself or how to interact with me," recalls Lina. In 2007 Lina returned to Uganda to work near Deborah's school. They enjoyed each others company and began to form a unique bond. Deborah would visit her during the day and volunteer her time to work alongside Lina in her free time. Lina saw the potential in Deborah as God's daughter. "Over the years I have seen her transform from a shy 8 year old to a …
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Filed Under: Global Youth Worker Stories Tagged With: Christ, church, community, current events, education, global youth, global youth ministry, holistic needs, relationships, sponsorship, youth ministry

Youth Bulge

May 2, 2012 by B Sue Leave a Comment

Throughout history, young people have always been a catalyst for revival and renewal of society. The Great Awakening and the Second Great Awakening both resulted from youth movements. The "Haystack Prayer Meeting" was the result of a freshman at Williams College in Massachusetts challenging his prayer group with a vision to advance the nations in Asia. This was the start of modern day missions. The Welsh revival of 1904-5 resulted in over 150,000 people coming to know Christ as their savior. Lives were TRANSFORMED! The world is experiencing a "youth bulge." A decrease in child mortality rates has led to the largest generation of youth in history, 1.8 billion youth! According to the Population Reference Bureau, 53% of those youth are in Asia and 29% in Africa. "I believe that the greatest challenge confronting the church in the new millennium relates to youth ministry," says Alvin Reid. "Of the eyewitness …
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Filed Under: General, Outreach Tagged With: adolescence, Christ, church, community, youth

Impacting Business Leaders is as easy as 1,2,3!

April 18, 2012 by B Sue Leave a Comment

We have an exciting announcement to make at YouthHOPE for the youth of Myanmar! God has opened doors for three international business as mission trainers from Chiang Mai, Thailand to train our summer internship participants and the Myanmar business community on business as mission skills. Originally our summer interns were going to travel to a conference in Chiang Mai, Thailand before coming to Myanmar. However, due to lack of interest from college students there, the company was forced to cancel the training. Our interns still needed training before this summer so he asked the trainers if they’d come to Myanmar instead. Their calendars were free and they accepted! It gets better! In wanting to make their time in Myanmar worthwhile, Ryan talked with a couple of organizations in his network and the response was overwhelming. He approached the Myanmar Chamber of Commerce about doing a two hour session with some of their …
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Filed Under: Global Needs Tagged With: community, current events, education, global needs, global youth, global youth worker, holistic needs, Interns, job creation, opportunities, Southeast Asia, unemployment

Building Homes and Building Disciples

April 13, 2012 by B Sue Leave a Comment

This morning as I was spending time with God, He revealed to me His presence in the lives of global youth since the foundations of the earth. He used Jeremiah to edify his chosen people. He used David to kill Goliath with nothing but a stone, a slingshot, and faith that God was faithful and able to keep His promises. God has always been moving, and at YouthHOPE I have the great privilege of sharing the stories of what He is doing now. Building Houses A year ago one of our global youth workers in Southeast Asia came upon a family that laid heavy on her heart. Here are some thoughts after her first encounter back in May 2011…. “What we observed that day was disturbing to say the least. Upon arrival we learned that the mother was in the hospital after having her 12th baby the previous night. What they called home didn’t even have four walls, the youth hardly had clothes, no shoes and we learned that they all ate …
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Filed Under: General, Global Youth Worker Stories Tagged With: adolescence, building homes, community, discipleship, global youth ministry, Jesus, job creation, Southeast Asia, youth

I misunderstood missions.

April 9, 2012 by B Sue Leave a Comment

Much of my life I heard of people going on mission "trips".... They would often come back with a new understanding of God and His character. In my heart I desired stories like that, to be a part of something bigger than myself. My freshman year of college I had the chance to take a mission trip to help build houses. I had a mindset that "I am going to bring these people something that they need and it is my responsibility to do it." Our team came in, worked hard, built relationships, built houses, and then left. I remember saying goodbye at the end of 7 days with a deep sense of heartache thinking, what's next? Looking back I see how this mission trip was more about me than it was about those I went to serve. Honestly, it was like I had my own agenda, wanting to fill this need deep inside of me to help others. I had an opportunity to travel to Cambodia last summer with YouthHOPE, and unintentionally, I took …
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Filed Under: General, Global Needs Tagged With: Chile, church, community, culture, global needs, job creation, Kenya, leadership development, relationships, Southeast Asia

Don’t Walk Away

April 2, 2012 by B Sue Leave a Comment

A recent post by our global youth ministry partners Urban Action: Youth are mean, rude, and they cuss all the time. Half of them are on drugs. They don’t respect their elders or anybody else for that matter. They think they know everything and won’t listen to advice no matter how wise it is. They waste all their time doing stupid things like playing video games, listening to terrible music, skateboarding, and chasing someone of the opposite sex who is even stupider than them. It’s no wonder no adult wants to spend time with them! Right? Or maybe it’s us adults. Maybe we’re just tired. Work, kids, spouse, friends, email, church, small groups, studies, exercise, hobbies, and Facebook. Who has time to invest in youth? Maybe we start to think so negatively about youth as a way to feel better about not spending time with them. I know. I know. It can be tough to work with youth. I’ve chosen to …
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Filed Under: General, YM Advice Tagged With: adolescence, Chile, youth, youth culture, youth group, youth ministry

One Generation Away

March 28, 2012 by B Sue Leave a Comment

Beware... you are in for an English and a math lesson. This may be a simple way of you testing yourself to see if you are "Smarter than a 5th Grader"- 1. What is a verb? 2. This question may require a pencil and sheet of paper- How will you reach the number 1,800,000,000 (1.8 billion) faster, through addition or multiplication? We see the word disciple throughout the Bible. In fact, it is used in the new testament 269 times. What I find interesting is that 268 of those times it is used as a noun, and only once is the word used as a verb. A verb is the part of speech that describes an action or indicates a state of being. Where do we find this verb?? In Matthew 28:19-20, Jesus instructs his followers to go and make disciples. The phrase, make disciples, is one word in Greek- matheteuo. The verb matheteuo has two meanings- to be and to teach. to be a disciple of one, and to follow in his precepts and …
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Filed Under: General, YM Advice Tagged With: adolescence, Christ, discipleship, Jesus, youth ministry

Church… ZZZZZZ????

March 16, 2012 by B Sue Leave a Comment

A recent update from one of our global youth workers in Chile: How discouraging is it to invite someone new to a church service and they are bored to death by an hour long sermon and never want to come back? We love the church and know how vital it is to be part of a local church. So what can we do? Habacuc, Liz, and I discussed this topic on the balcony for hours - a bit depressed. We wondered why anybody comes at all if dry sermons are the main problem. There are definitely times when we don't want to go for that reason. But the sermons can't be what's most important about church, right? You can listen to the best preachers in the world online anytime if you want. No, what's important is relationships! Our conversation began to take a turn for the positive. A fair number of young people in their late twenties and thirties never leave the church. They know that things should be different, but most of them have …
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Filed Under: General, Global Youth Worker Stories Tagged With: church, global youth, global youth ministry, global youth worker, gospel, partners, relationships

Potential Energy

March 13, 2012 by B Sue Leave a Comment

I spent 4 years studying the body, how it works and functions. Every function of the body is a result of stored potential energy. Runners use this form of energy by positioning their legs at the most optimum angle in the starting blocks. Divers depend on the potential energy in the elasticity of the diving board to launch them into the air. These athletes see the advantage of positioning themselves and others on their team in a place where they can use potential energy in its purest form. On March 10th, 2012 there were an estimated 6.9 billion people in the world, half of which are under the age of 25. If I did my math right, that is equal to 450.5 trillion BTUs (British Thermal Units) of potential energy (averaging 150 lb person) in the youth of the world. Lets put that in practical terms shall we?? That is the same amount of energy contained in- 78 million barrels of crude oil 4 billion gallons of gasoline 1600 …
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Filed Under: General, Global Needs Tagged With: adolescence, Christ, church, global needs, global youth, missiology, mission work, relationships, resources, youth, youth group

Awareness by itself is inadequate

March 7, 2012 by B Sue Leave a Comment

What stereotypes do you have toward a prostitute or someone who is a victim of sex-trafficking? In the United States the average age of entry into prostitution is 13, globally it’s 12. They are youth. Nearly 100% of all people who will later be trapped in sexual slavery have a past ridden with abuse and neglect. Poverty, incest, abuse, and abandonment leave youth vulnerable to traffickers who lure them with opportunities at love, a job, and protection. In fact, if we rescued every victim today, we'd wake up to a demand for 100+ million new slaves tomorrow. The issue of sex-trafficking hits a little closer to home than we would like. Sex-trafficking thrives off of pornography and broken families, making women a commodity and leaving men and women with a broken view of God and his bride the church. Sin is just like any disease, we must have both treatment and preventative measures. We need to have an impact at every level, the …
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Filed Under: Global Needs, Gospel Tagged With: adolescence, culture, global needs, gospel, leadership development, relationships, sex trafficking, youth, youth ministry

Florida, Bulgaria, and to the Ends of the Earth

March 5, 2012 by B Sue Leave a Comment

What to say about the Key West Bike Ride? From our global youth workers Gabe and Melissa Hillman. It was a blessing, an encouragement, an ordained event. But the ride went beyond those things. It moved our ministry one step ahead in transforming lives of youth for God’s kingdom. It connected the hearts of real people to the needs and lives of teens here in Bulgaria. The riders prayed for us, labored for us, sacrificed for us and persevered all on our behalf and to God’s glory. We prayed for the riders while they prayed for us, and we felt a part of their experience too. Now that the ride is over, we’ve been able to hear testimonies of how God blessed, protected, and grew the riders. It is a testimony to God’s vastness. He spans across the oceans, around the world. He can move in the lives of 12 individuals in the U.S. and use it to make disciples in Eastern Europe. With the money raised we will be buying …
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Filed Under: Global Youth Worker Stories, Outreach Tagged With: Bulgaria, current events, encouragment, global youth ministry, global youth worker, gospel, kingdom stories, pray, relationships, support raising

A look back: ‘Ends of the Earth’ 2012

February 23, 2012 by B Sue Leave a Comment

Check out our journey "to the ends of the earth" and hear from youth pastors about the ride. Thanks to all for your help and support to help the Hillman's reach youth in Bulgaria in Jesus name!! Click on VIMEO to see video on a bigger screen! …
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Filed Under: Featured, Outreach Tagged With: Bulgaria, global needs, global youth, global youth ministry, global youth worker, missiology, support raising, videos, youth, youth group

Leaving on a jet plane- Mobilizing global youth workers

February 20, 2012 by B Sue 2 Comments

One of our goals this year at YouthHOPE is to mobilize our first 2 full time YouthHOPE teams to Chang Mai, Thailand and Southeast Asia. Our teams will be heading out this month to their respective countries to start language study and launch a new entrepreneurship school. Hear their stories of transition to life in another culture: …
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Filed Under: General, Global Youth Worker Stories Tagged With: global youth workers, Goals, mission work, moblize, Southeast Asia, Thailand, training, youth

You road 300 miles…. on a bike???

February 15, 2012 by B Sue Leave a Comment

Say what?! Really?!!! Why? This question has been at the hot topic of my conversations lately. For our 12 riders , the 300 miles the Lord set before us was anything but 'a ride in the park'. Last week we faced the entire gamut of trials over the 5 day course to Key West from Fort Myers. Rain. Flat tires. Gusts of Wind. However, in the midst of these trials there was great fellowship and we can rest assured that God's name was made great and youth will be reached in the name of Christ through what we endured for only a short time. People will ask why! When you call Jesus your Lord, your life WILL look different. I praise God that I can answer these questions posed by others with joy of knowing our team rode to "let [the Father's] kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven." (Matthew 6:10) After cycling To the Ends of the Earth next to my brothers (and sister) in Christ, I can say that I now understand better what it …
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Filed Under: General, Outreach Tagged With: bearing fruit, Bulgaria, community, global youth worker, gospel, relationships, support raising, unity, youth

About B Sue

My Call to Zambia, “The Womb of Africa”

“My first born daughter of Uganda”

Youth Bulge

Impacting Business Leaders is as easy as 1,2,3!

Building Homes and Building Disciples

I misunderstood missions.

Don’t Walk Away

One Generation Away

Church… ZZZZZZ????

Potential Energy

Awareness by itself is inadequate

Florida, Bulgaria, and to the Ends of the Earth

A look back: ‘Ends of the Earth’ 2012

Leaving on a jet plane- Mobilizing global youth workers

You road 300 miles…. on a bike???

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