Here's an encouraging word from Jennifer Cabezon about the impact that short-term teams have had on the lives of the young people she works with in Panama. (Photo of Jennifer and Jess Fahland at girls' Bible study, Summer of '08)At our Youth With a Mission base we have a boarding school for young people from hard to access indigenous communities. Not long ago, we asked them to share about when they had first heard the good news of Jesus Christ. I was surprised by the responses, as one by one they answered:
"I first heard about Jesus when the YWAM teams came to my village."
"A team of missionaries came and did dramas, and I heard about Jesus for the first time."
"I didn't know Jesus died for my sins until a team came from the US and told us about how he loves us."
I was astonished and grateful to see how much of an impact the teams that we had sent had made on these impressionable young people. Keep in mind that these teams were not made up of professional missionaries, but youth and adults here on a 10 day missions experience. Never think that you can't make a long term difference on a short term trip. Our long term missionaries could not do what they do without the support of the short term teams that visit us each year.
God bless, Jennifer Cabezon
Director, Youth Home
YWAM Base, Panama City
VIDEO OVERVIEW OF MTI PROJECT AT THE PANAMA CITY YWAM BASE
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