Carne Asada!

Here our some pics of the Carne Asada dinner we had last week at the YWAM base. It was so good to get people here from the community to eat with the YWAM staff and the food was amazing. The money raised help pay for the youth going to New Orleans with the Freedom Project.




Who doesn't want to eat with this warm and welcome face! Ywamer's are so friendly!




Here is Ryan's family and Chris's family - they are both going on the trip. You can see them at the back of the table - Chris has been on the Freedom Project for 3 years. He is a solid young man of God! We asked him to pray about who to bring on the trip to disciple and he knew right away - it was Ryan. So we have been praying for Ryan's family to let him go and on Friday we finally got the YES! Below is another pic of Chris w/Ila the Freedom Project's leader.





Here is Jose's family - his dad and two of his brothers. His brother was drunk. It was'nt like falling down drunk, but there were signs and Jose knew for sure. He was embarassed. But we didn't care at all - God can speak to anyone, anywhere in any condition!





Here is April w/Joey's mom and a pic of Joey's sister Destiny. If you recall Joey was shot and killed last Christmas, but the girls keep a close relationship with his family, still ministering to them.







Here is a pic of Isela and her parents. Her Dad cooked the carne asada that had everyone asking for more! It really was good. Isela met some Ywamers at a local starbucks. One thing led to another and now she is involved with the Freedom Project and also going on the outreach. This is her first ever mission's trip.

I said I would post about Bobby, so here it is. Bobby is going to New Orleans with us on the 13th. We first met him at the Jeopardy After School program. April & Ila (urban staff) have been praying and asking God who to bring on this trip from that program. When all the praying was over, we received Bobby. So he's been hanging out with all the YWAMer's (big big difference from the group that hangs out at Jeopardy) He has been learning to serve through car washes and a fundraising carne asada dinner. We have held 3 car washes and the dinner to raise money for all the youth going on the trip. When I first met him, I was a little "concerned", but he is coming around with each team adventure he has taken steps forward. I know this outreach is going to change his life!





I can't help it..I must post this pic of my cute little grand-daughter Lily @ the car wash, hey is that a Mercedez?

It was back in court this week and this time it was for Palma. He hit the ground running upon his release. Being overwhelmed with the loss of his sister. It is cultural for the family to show video's of the funeral and so they did. It was to difficult for him and he ran to all the familar things. The gang. By the time he made it into counseling he felt like he had messed up so bad he needed to go back to jail and try again. He shared with me there is no peace with the gang, yet he goes there, making plans to kill. He is so far from where he was when he first walked out of camp last February. And now, as a result, he's back in jail. He called last Sunday to tell me that God had met him in his holding cell. He's back in the place where he could face some time for a new charge and his life is no longer "in his hands". So he cried out to God. It looks like the charge will carry a small amount of time, but now he is in the adult system. I spent the morning with his family, mostly divided about who is to blame for Palma's trouble, none seemingly given the credit to Palma himself. His mom is holding out for salvation, I pray it truely comes and Palma will surrender completely to Jesus.