JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER 2010

In the photo above, you can see the staff that I

have been privileged to lead and work with

this summer for Mission Adventures. During

the five weeks of the program we have hosted

close to 50 participants for training and

outreach.

Mission Adventures is a full service short-term

missions program catering to youth groups.

We provide three days of training and five days

of outreach for the teams that come each

week. This year we have had teams from

Arizona, Oregon, New York and California.

Most of the teams have done inner-city

outreaches here in Los Angeles, but we even

had one team that went on a two week

outreach to Egypt!

It has been exciting to watch the impact that

God has made on the lives of so many youth

this summer. One of the most important

things that many youth have learned is that

they can live a lifestyle of missions wherever

they are and that God wants to use them

anywhere that they go. Mission Adventures is a

gateway into missions for many youth!

Summertime!

I AM A MISSIONARY WITH YWAM LOS ANGELES, WORKING SPECIFICALLY WITH URBAN MINISTRIES THERE. THIS WORK INVOLVES REACHING OUT TO AT RISK AND INCARCERATED YOUTH, GANG MEMBERS AND HOSTING TEAMS THAT COME TO LOS ANGELES TO DO MINISTRY. I ALSO HAVE A PASSION TO TEACH THE WORD OF GOD IN A CLASSROOM SETTING AND HAVE TRAVELED TO MANY PLACES TO SPEAK IN YWAM TRAINING SCHOOLS, TEACHING THE STUDENTS HOW TO APPLY THE BIBLE TO THEIR LIVES TODAY.

URBAN DEPT: ME, JESSICA, LISA, APRIL DOWNTOWN L.A. FROM GRIFFITH PARK TUTORING AT SALVATION ARMY

BARRY’S BULLETIN

2010: A Year of Changes.

As I look back on what has happened in this calender

year, it is clear that God has already taken me

through many changes and entrusted me with new roles and leadership. Looking into the fall, I can see

that there are more changes to come.

In the 12 years that I have been with YWAM-LA, we have been under the leadership of one base director,

Dave Gustaveson. In September, he will be stepping

out of that role and into a new one outside of our base. Our new base director will be Werner Pfau.

With this leadership change will also come some

structural changes at our base. In 2009, I was asked

to be on the leadership team that guides our base. This team will be downsized in September, and I will

no longer serve in that capacity. I am excited about

this change because it will free up more of my time to pursue other new things that God has for me this

fall.

AND WE KNOW THAT IN ALL THINGS GOD WORKS FOR THE GOOD OF THOSE WHO LOVE HIM, WHO HAVE BEEN CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE. ROMANS 8:28 (TNIV)

Into the great wide openComing up this fall, I have the amazing opportunity to attend some conferences for personal and ministry

enrichment. The first will be a celebration of YWAM’s

50th anniversary in Tijuana, Mexico. During this time,

we will receive teaching from YWAM’s founders and major leaders. Right after that, I will be flying to

Chicago, along with my urban ministry co-workers to

attend the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) conference. CCDA is

committed to restoring under-resourced

communities in the US and abroad. We will be taught by Cornel West and John Perkins, among others, who

are providing vision and leadership to this

movement. I will incur fees and travel costs for both

of these conferences, please pray and consider if you can help with these expenses.

As the summer ends, I am also praying about my

future. When I accepted the role of MA Director, I knew that God was only asking me to do it for a

short season, believing that He has called me long-

term to work with urban ministries. We are anticipating God opening many new doors for us as a

ministry in the near future. As I seek to focus my

mind and energy on that, I am looking to raise up

new leaders to take over Mission Adventures long-term. I believe that God has the right person(s) to

take the program into the future. God has been so

faithful to me and I know that He will continue to be. Please pray that He will provide dedicated people

who will have new vision for the Mission Adventures

program and its future.

Thank you for all your prayers and support.

DID YOU KNOW?

LOS ANGELES WAS FOUNDED IN 1781 BY SPANISH SETTLERS.

ON AN AVERAGE DAY, 92 MILLION VEHICLE MILES ARE DRIVEN IN L.A. COUNTY. (LA ALMANAC)

YWAM HAS 16,000 STAFF SERVING AT MORE THAN 1,000 LOCATIONS IN OVER 150 COUNTRIES. (YWAM.ORG)

PRAY:

PRAY FOR ME AS I TRAVEL THIS FALL

PRAY FOR THE RIGHT PERSON TO TAKE OVER MISSION ADVENTURES FOR THE FUTURE.

PRAY FOR FINANCIAL PROVISION.

PRAY FOR TEACHING OPPORTUNITIES.

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