We’ve safely made it back to the USA. I’ll post one final update shortly with details about when you can come and hear testimonies. (Tentatively, February 24, 6:30pm at Christ House EC Church).

But the big thing I want to post right now is simply: don’t stop praying.

Hundreds of Gospel seeds were planted and local believers were trained in carrying the ministry forward. Pray for Wayne and Sharol Mitchell (and their two daughters!) from WYAM Grenada as they follow up on the work done and seek to build up local churches.

Pray for us. Our team has grown a lot these past two weeks. We want to come home and continue the mission – in daily lives of work and school, friends, coworkers and family. Pray that this would not simply be a spiritual mountain peak experience quickly adndoned, but rather a launchpad into deeper, bolder and more Gospel-saturated living.

Thank you for serving with us, through your prayers. God has been good and faithful. We pray for you, that God would bless you and strengthen your faith, more and more. Amen!

For Christ and His Gospel,

-tim

Sorry for the gap in updates; my phone screen broke and needed repaired. But that didn’t slow down ministry!

Saturday saw us doing a final workshop with the Grenada team we’ve been training. They’ve done really well! Please pray for them as YWAM Grenada seeks to follow up and arrange some outreaches for them after we leave.

Sunday was a day of unique stages! First, we headed to the other end of the island for a service with St. George’s Baptist church that allowed us to present the gospel on local TV. Sunday night we joined Rosehill Baptist for a street Gospel presentation in their community, setting up in front of a small roadside shop. The edge of our stage was defined by traffic!

Monday and Tuesday we were back to presenting in schools, including a high school. At this point, I (Tim) had stepped back entirely to just running sound as the team picked their song lists and did all the speaking. There has been much growth and discipleship!

Our final evening event was a Bible study group from Elim Pentecostal Church that was looking into discipleship. After the team presented and shared, I led an overview of discipleship in the Gospel of Matthew and we had a very productive discussion time. It’s always a joy to see churches thinking seriously about their response to the Great Commission.

Tomorrow (Wednesday) we’ll wrap up our final team time, pack our bags, cleanup the campus and head for the airport. Pray for safe travels, especially as the US has some ice and snow preparing to greet our arrival.

See you soon!

For Christ and His Gospel,

-tim

Thursday morning we had the opportunity to present at Grenada’s community college. This was a traditional street evangelism opportunity, but with a guaranteed audience due to Grenadaian Independence day celebrations on campus. We were told we could come do a fifteen minute time slot to open a time for student presentations, but when we arrived, they gave us more flexible time and even asked us to do a second presentation as well. God is good and opens doors for His Gospel!

Later that day we joined in a local church’s unique way of celebrating the national holiday – they read the whole New Testament, out loud and non-stop from Thursday evening until Friday afternoon. Aside from during the night, they have speakers projecting it outside the building to the community. DRAMA took turns reading and helped with the overnight slots. We finished by reading Revelation chapter 22 all together around 1:30pm on Friday. After some rest we celebrated together with our local friends and tried Grenada’s national dish, Oil Down. Lastly, we took the slow holiday schedule as an opportunity to walk to the nearest town, Sauteurs, and enjoy some history and a beautiful sunset over the ocean.

Tomorrow is our last workshop and then Sunday through Tuesday we still have several evangelism opportunities lined up. Keep praying!

For Christ and His Gospel,

-tim

We’re in the thick of our busy season. Monday we presented at two local schools for their primary departments. The kids were enthusiastic and engaged. Teachers and principles made a point of asking us to return again. That evening we had our first workshop training ten local believers in the mime techniques and routines that we use. We’ll train them further on Wednesday. We had ten out for the first workshop and heard more might join for the second. Join us in praying them in!

Tuesday morning we worked on the YWAM in the morning and presented for an evening Bible study for one of the larger churches here in Grenada.

(sorry I’m low on work pictures! … We were busy working!)

Yesturday we safely arrived in Grenada. It was a long day of travel and we were definitely tired, but everything went smoothly. We did a little bit of orientation and some final practice before everyone crashed into their beds for the night. Thank you or your prayers!

Today (Sunday) was our first day of ministry, and a very special one at that. We went to Gouyave Berean Bible Church where I (Tim) did my pastoral practicum back in 2007. We taught a special Sunday School class and presented in the main service. It’s a joy to join with God’s family across culture and geography.

This evening was more rest and preparation as tomorrow our schedule will pick up significantly. We’ll begin school presentations during the day (two tomorrow) and church events or workshops most evenings. We did manage a short stop by the beach so the team could enjoy the water.

We’re praying for a core group of youth to do three days of workshops with us and lay some initial foundations of a possible future team. It’s already booked and youth are coming, we just don’t know how many. Pray with us as local youth weigh the cost and step up.

For Christ and His Gospel,

-tim

Friday night we drive to the airport; Saturday morning we take off. So depending when you read this, we’re likely in transit on some part of that. I wanted to send out a quick note asking for specific prayer. We’ve had a few folks it feeling 100% and even had to get a backup driver to the airport due to illness. This isn’t surprising. On the eve of a big ministry event, this stuff almost always goes down. And I’ve seen God sustain teams that took turns being sick throughout an entire trip. But I’ve also seen God turn back the illness and miraculously halt a spreading bug so we could serve at full strength. Whether it’s His strength being made known in our weakness or Him showing His triumph over the powers and principalities of this broken world, we come to it totally dependent on God and we will glorify Him alone. It’s His mission. As I look at our schedule for the coming week, we’re excited to have a pretty full lineup. That doesn’t give a lot of buffer for being ill. Would you start praying for God’s protection over our team’s health?

Next update will have pictures from Grenada!

For Christ and His Gospel,

-tim

We’re off to a good start. Today was all-day training. Next step, we’ll get a half day more of training and then we head to the airport late Friday night. I’ll attach some pictures of the team and a rough schedule for our days in country. Thanks for your prayers!

-tim

Here is a rough copy of our trip schedule.

Some elements may change and some things may get added. But this gives you an idea of how to pray for us over the coming days!

February 1st – Arrival / supper/ orientation
February 2nd – Morning Service at Gouyave Berean church. We are in charge of the whole service and Sunday school.
February 3rd – school ministry in the morning and workshop in the evening.
February 4th – school ministry in the morning; in the evening, church ministry.
February 5th – school ministry in the morning; another workshop in the evening.
February 6th – school ministry in the morning and late afternoon.
In the night from 10pm, reading through the New Testament to welcome in Independence Day. We read until we are finished.
February 7th – Grenadian Independence Day, national holiday. We’ll be joining in local cultural celebrations.
February 8th – Workshop 1-3pm
February 9th – Church ministry in Rosehill in the morning and street meeting in the evening.
February 10th – schoolY ministry in the morning followed by a mini tour.
February 11th – Work day at Ywam Campus.
February 12th – Fly home!

DRAMA Ministry is heading out to Grenada in just a few short days! You’re receiving this email because you either signed up for updates in the past or were added for updates during the trip. At the end of the trip, I’ll post options for you to update your email preferences.

The main reason for this email is to ask you to begin praying for us! January 30 we start training the mission team and February 1 we fly out. We get back on February 12. In between, we’ll be partnering with local churches for workshops and Gospel presentations, sharing at schools across the island and joining with local believers for evangelism. Our heart is to equip the local churches and their youth with ministry skills to carry on long after we return home. Pray for those relationships. Pray for team unity and energy as these next two weeks will go by very quickly for us.

Thanks for supporting DRAMA Ministry in this way!

-tim king

Director of Ministries

DRAMA Ministry

On May 5, 2022, Alpha had an outreach for Blue Ball school’s release time. We got to greet and welcome the kids as they entered the sanctuary which was a lot of fun. The kids were very excited and their energy could be felt even as we were performing the mimes. They listened intently to the speakers, laughed at some of the more comical mimes, and clapped and cheered enthusiastically at the end of each performance.

     Overall, everything went really well. There were some things that could have gone better but through it, we were able to show that God can display His love and goodness through imperfect people. We were able to come together as a team and build each other up. The speakers did fantastic too, presenting hard topics in an easy-to-understand manner for the kids.

     Afterward, we got to talk to the kids a little bit and walk them back to their school. Some of them enjoyed the mimes so much that they were trying to practice techniques we had used! We hope that through our miming they would have a better understanding of God’s love for them and be led to have a deepening relationship with Him.

Alpha had another outreach at Revelation of Freedom Ministries on April 14, 2022. Revelations of Freedom is a Christain ministry that helps men overcome addiction. Overall, the outreach went really well and the men who came enjoyed it a lot! The audience was very attentive and we got a lot of good responses. There were quite a few people there who had not been to one of our outreaches before, so that was really cool. 

All of the mimes went well and the speakers did great. Shoutout to Nate, who introduced the team and did a really great for his first time speaking! And shoutout to Makenzi; this was her first outreach and she did amazing! Everyone did amazing! 

A lot of the guys left right after we ended, so we didn’t get to chat with them, but we got to have cool conversations with the few who stayed. We got to see some card tricks and a puppet show! One guy told us he really loved how when we were up there miming, it was so much more impactful because he could tell we cared about what we were doing, and he could see our faith through our actions.