Stephen’s last outreach as a full time missionary!

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Hey! I wanted to share a quick update. I’m transitioning out of YWAM later this summer, but before I do, I have one final outreach, and it’s a big one. A few years ago, I was part of an outreach in Mazatlán, Mexico during Carnival, a season where people flood the streets to party and indulge before Lent. Our team stepped right into the middle of it and brought the grace and good news of the gospel, and we saw a harvest of over a thousand souls. I saw deaf ears opened, people sober up and people accepting the gospel of Jesus! It was life changing! After that outreach, I was talking with my good friend Frenchie, who helped lead that trip, and he shared something that’s stuck with me. He said that he believes God is laying a new wineskin for mass evangelism. In the late ’70s, ’80s, and ‘90s, Billy Graham pioneered stadium evangelism, where the church would invite nonbelievers into a stadium to hear the gospel. Frenchie explained he believes God is flipping that model: instead of asking people to come to us, He’s sending believers into the large gatherings of unbelievers, like huge music festivals and gatherings like Carnival, Mardi Gras, Tomorrowland, and Coachella, where unbelievers are already gathered. Truly many of those individuals would never step foot in a Christian event, let alone a church. That is exactly what I’ve been invited to do! My friend Chad Dedmon from Bethel is leading a team of 25 of us to Coachella weekend one. For four days, we’ll be making food and loving on people day and night. In past years, the team has seen incredible fruit: people saved, healed, and delivered. Last year, they got to pray for and love on over 1,500 people and saw countless get saved. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that my last outreach as a missionary in YWAM will be in California at one of the largest music gatherings in the world. As many know I will be moving there this later summer, and I believe God will continue to give me a heart for this land and prepare me to be a light on this land!

Started March 2026