At the end of this summer, we have been able to focus on peoples journey's to the foreign mission field. All of these people are somehow connected with FacePlant Ministries. Christian Jung went to Poland. Kaymi Manning went to Nepal. Danita Serafin went to Costa Rica. A group from Calvary Chapel went to Mexico. A friend through Calvary Chapel, Ryan McCabe, is a missionary in Africa. These people have been, or will be sharing about their missionary journeys at FacePlant Ministries. It has been awesome to see how God has used all these people to reach people for Christ around the world. Enjoy the stories.
CHRISTIAN JUNG'S MISSIONARY JOURNEYS IN POLANDIn August, Christian Jung, youth pastor at Whipple Creek Church, was able to help lead a two-week short-term missions trip to Piotrkow-Trybunalski, Poland. Other FacePlant youth and staff who were able to make the missions trip were: Jonas Jung, Levi Aljets, Andrew Haley, Brennan Jung, Lindsey Manning, Aaron Trimble and Andy Pence. He had a great time ministering through a Vacation Bible School that the team led. He also had a chance to reach out to the youth of Poland at the local skate park in Poland. He was able to skate with the youth, play and sing some original FacPlant worship songs, share his testimony and the gospel of Christ with the young people. In a way, FacePlant ministries is far reaching - even across the world into Poland. The team was able to donate a skateboard to one of the youth from the church in Piotrkow named Kuba. He is the first FacePlant skater to ride in Poland. Check out the pictures and video. To find out more about the trip, please visit Christian's missions blog at: http://jungworldmissions.blogspot.com/ . KAYMI MANNING'S MISSIONARY JOURNEYS IN NEPALKaymi Manning has been involved in leadership at FacePlant Ministries from its' inception. Over the last year she has ministered with Reign Ministries and been in Kansas for most of the year. Earlier this year, she shared with us about her missionary journeys in Honduras where she was a part of a short-term missions trip during the Spring. She spent this last Summer in Nepal on a short-term missions trip. She shared about her trip with us a few weeks ago, explaining her trip and showing pictures from her trip. She was able to do street evangelism, practical ministry and more. One thing that stuck out to me was that she was able to visit a leper colony and rub lotion into a womans disfigured hands, showing her in a very practical way, the love of Jesus.
CALVARY CHAPEL'S MISSIONARY JOURNEYS IN MEXICO
A group of believers from Calvary Chapel in Vancouver, Washington, who we are connected with at FacePlant Ministries, got a chance to go to Juarez, Mexico over the summer. Maria and Alex who have been involved at FacePlant Ministries were a part of that team. While in Mexico, they were able to perform a drama pesentation to a powerful song by the Christian band, Lifehouse. The gospel of Christ is so evident through this drama. God used them and this drama to bring a number of people to Christ in Mexico. When Paul told me about the impact of this skit, we decided to see if they could perform it at FacePlant SkateChurch on a Thursday night. The group graciously agreed to perform it and believe me when I say that God used them and this drama here in Vancouver, Washington as well. I could see the tears being fought back as the Holy Spirit ministered to the youth. Check out the pictures from that night.
RYAN McCABE'S MISSIONARY JOURNEYS IN AFRICAComing up on Tuesday, September 11th, 2007, Ryan McCabe, a missionary in Africa will be sharing with us at FacePlant Ministries. Simeon, the youth pastor at Calvary Chapel in Vancouver, and I got together one evening and decided to do a combined event at Whipple Creek Church. So this coming Tuesday, we will have some bands playing a Christian rock show and then Ryan will talk to us about his journeys as a missionary in Africa. To find out more about Ryan's missionary journeys, please visit his blog at: http://ugandaryan.blogspot.com/ .We will be combining Middle School and High School. The event will take place from 6:00pm to 8:30pm. Please come and join us for this event. I know it will be a good time. 
DANITA SERAFIN'S MISSIONARY JOURNEYS IN COSTA RICA
Danita is a senior in high school and spent this last summer on a short-term missions trip with Reign Ministries in Costa Rica, Central America. Not this Tuesday but next Tuesday night, she will be sharing about her missionary journeys in Costa Rica. I know that her team used inventive ways to proclaim the gospel of Christ. Danita was involved on the puppet team. She will be sharing her stories both at Middle School and High School youth group. We had a chance to help support Danita as a youth group financially and prayerfully and had the chance to send her off at the beginning of the Summer. We are excited to hear about how God used her.
OTHER FACEPLANT MISSIONARIES TO REMEMBER
I just wanted us to take a moment to remember other missionaries from Whipple Creek Church and FacePlant Ministries. Many of you remember Jesse and Tanya Gellatly (the really tall skater guy and his wife). We had a chance to send them off to Mozambique, Africa earlier this Summer. They were awesome servants of Christ at FacePlant Ministries while they were here. We support them financially by selling soda and chips on Thursday nights at SkateChurch. Please remember them in your prayers. They are doing an awesome work of God. To find out more about their journeys, please visit their missions blog at: http://kingsquestministries.blogspot.com/ . We also had a chance to send off Paul Ainslie a couple of weeks ago. He is in Germany at a Calvary Chapel Bible College. I just heard from him recently and he is having an awesome time and God is using him to reach out to many of the wild youth of Germany who are chained up by sinful lifestyles. Let us remember him in prayer, that God uses him to see the chains of sin fall from that generation in Germany, and that God gives him more opportunity to evangelize at the skatepark near the Bible college. May God continue to protect our missionaries from Whipple Creek Church and FacePlant Ministries around the world, and use them to further His kingdom.
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