Walker 5 News
| | We are moving!! Santiago, Dominican Republic here comes the Walker Family! Ned and Debbie and family will be joining YWAM Santiago Staff while partnering with YWAM Orlando to set up a Family Center in the Dominican Republic.
We have currently been working on staff with YWAM Orlando for 4 years. We will still be on YWAM Orlando staff, which means that YWAM Orlando will still process our support, while working with YWAM Santiago in Santiago Dominican Republic.
At the end of August, we will be moving to Santiago. Our first tasks will be acclimating to the culture, learning the language and building relationships with the local churches and ministries in Santiago. We were able to work alongside a group of churches while we were there to help grow and strengthen the local church. The local church is growing and working to train up young pastors but still needs help as for years the church has been a mix of Catholism, voodoo and religious structure and have not known a true relationship with Jesus. We will also be working with YWAM Santiago to help with their SUYO program which trains local dominican youth to reach into their own communities with evangelism and helps.
We are all super excited and working towards this big move!
| |  Orlando Epic Quest 2013 EQ trip 2013: Sammi, Hannah and Jesse just got done doing a 2 week local outreach trip called Epic Quest here in Orlando with YWAM Orlando. They did quite a few different ministries ranging from sorting soaps and clothes to feeding some local homeless. They worked with a couple of different children's ministries doing children's church and day camps. One of Sammi's favorites were the survey's in downtown Orlando. Each small group had a short survey with 4 questions normally that led them to a discussion about Christ. Hannah really learned that she needed to just be bold and put herself out there while doing these survey's. Talking to strangers is not something that she naturally likes to do but one thing that God has asked her to do and she enjoyed it when she stepped boldly and just did it! Jesse loved working with Orlando Rescue Mission and doing the day camp there. He really enjoyed playing with the kids and realized that so many of these kids have nothing and live in a "rescue mission" and have no home. Something that made him appreciate all that he has.
The kids are all looking forward to moving to the DR with the family. Sammi graduated homeschool this year but is looking forward to spending a year with the family in the DR and helping us transistion. School options are still open for Hannah and Jesse. We are still trying to decide if we will continue to homeschool or if they will go into a local school in Santiago, in order to help with language learning and the transistion. We would appreciate your prayers in this area. | |  All-Generations DTS Outreach Ned and I had a blast leading the All-Generations DTS (Discipleschip Training School)! This school was able to serve over 10,800 people in the two months that we were on Outreach to Vero Beach and the Dominican Republic. We worked with Life for Youth Camp and The Source in Vero Beach and with many churches in the Dominican Republic. We worked with Chapel Project in Cien Feugo, Santiago, DR where we were able to do evangelism in the streets and public schools and build the church while also finish putting the roof on the building that we call a church. We really learned first hand how the people in the building are really the church. It is not about a building but about a relationship with Jesus that permeats out of us into the lives of those around us. That is what being the church is really about. Our team saw over 850 salvations and were able to connect these new believers with a local pastor and mentor to help them grow in their new relationship with Christ. This group of 20 ranging in ages from 12 to 68 quickly formed a neat family unit where we all lived and served together! We laughed alot and shared some amazing moments! | | | | |
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What are the Walkers doing right now?
We are moving!!
The last week of August, our family will be moving long-term to Santiago, Dominican Republic. We will be working with YWAM Santiago and the Martin Family! We are super excited about this transition. But also praying for wisdom as we figure out visa's, residency, what to do with our things, etc...
As always, we are praying that the Lord will use us wherever we are!
Lord, help us not to miss the things you have prepared for us to do!
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