 Fall 2021 Serving In Iowa |
 We have been praying for the new school year and are anticipating great things in store for the Heartland region as we get back to meeting students on their turf at school functions. Please join us in praying that God would lead many students into a saving relationship with Him this year. Urbandale Iowa Update:  Our committee in Urbandale, Iowa has been working hard at developing the foundation for a new Young Life area. We are launching WyldLife (Jr High ministry) this fall in Urbandale and are so thrilled to be reaching students with the gospel. Currently we are a volunteer led area but we are praying for God to lead a full-time person to us! The Urbandale committee had their first launch fundraiser where we shared the vision of Young Life and invited people to become financial partners. We had a great turn out (the socially distanced tables don’t really show it!) Please continue to pray for God to raise up more people to be involved in this new ministry.Iowa City Update: Beginning in August of last year we started praying for a new staff person in Iowa City. We were pretty specific in our prayers because of the circumstances involved. I am grateful to announce that Paul Delashaw has answered the call to lead the charge of Young Life College on the campus of the University of Iowa. I have been working with Paul for a little over 6 months and have seen Gods hand throughout this entire process.Orange City is our newest Area! A year ago we began building a new area in Orange City Iowa (North West corner of Iowa) to reach the students at MOC Floyd Valley High school. After much prayer God brought Brady Mackey to be our new staff person in Orange City. Brady was on student staff (college student that is employed part-time) last year. I am thankful that I can continue working alongside Brady by providing as much help and training to him as possible. Please pray for him as we build a team together and look to reach students with the gospel. Many of the staff from our region enjoyed some time bonding, learning and painting a landscape together at a recent conference. This was definitely a bit out of my wheel house! Each of these staff members mean so much to me and represent a different town in our region that are running after students with the gospel. Please pray for our team this fall as we look towards God to direct our areas.YoungLives of Greater Des Moines Update: Thank you to those of you who helped provide LyfePact supplies! We have been able to distribute some LyfePacts and they have been a blessing. The above picture is a teen mom (and her sister) who are originally from the Congo. We’ve had the opportunity to meet with them multiple times and connect her with a mentor. We are continuing to pray for God to use us in the lives of those He connects us with.Family Update We had a wonderful summer and were so thankful that we had the opportunity to connect with many of you! The school year is off to a good start and both boys are enjoying Cross Country!    Please join us in continuing to pray for: Gods direction on our leadership That God would bring a full-time staff person to lead Urbandale Young Life That God would continue to connect us with teen moms for our YoungLives ministry.We are grateful for your prayers and financial support that allows us to serve with Young Life here in the Heartland Region. |
Sislers in Iowa 