UNITED STATES 2011 - FacePlant Skate Church Montage 2011 VIDEO

UNITED STATES 2011 - FacePlant Summer Kick-Off with a BBQ at Victor's

FacePlant Summer Kick-Off with a BBQ at Victor's

To kick off the summer, we had a bunch of youth from FacePlant SkateChurch gather last night at Victor's house for a BBQ. Josh was quite the chef, cooking up a bunch of hotdogs. Victor's mom made some fajitas. We had fun just hanging out and chatting. Some of the guys had a little skate sesh, including Josh who bombed the hill near Victor's house (see video below).

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Hero from Farm Project and Era Skateboards came out as well. We had a chance to talk more about how we can partner together to create a positive and productive environment for youth in the skateboarding community here in the pacific Northwest and beyond. Good stuff. I also want to let you know that I opened a YouTube account under "faceplantministries" where we will be adding new FacePlant videos. I also uploaded and archived a ton of old FacePlant skate videos. Feel free to check it out. You can get to our channel through the video below. Enjoy!

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Christian Young

UNITED STATES 2011 - Upcoming FacePlant Skate Church Events

Upcoming FacePlant SkateChurch Events

Hey everyone. Summer is here. School is out. We wanted to let you know about a couple of upcoming events.

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WHEN: Saturday, June 25, 2011 @ 7pm

WHAT: BBQ at Victor's House - $3

WHERE: 808 NE 117th Street; Vancouver, WA 98685

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WHEN: Saturday, July 2, 2011

WHAT: FacePlant Skate Demo

WHERE: Skatepark in Siletz, Oregon

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Please feel free to get a hold of James Atchley or Ricky Brewer about either of these events. We also want to let you know that 2 kids last week and 1 kid the week before gave their lives to Christ at SkateChurch. Good stuff!

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Christian Young

JAPAN 2011 - Flier for IRIS Relief 3rd Response Seminar

UNITED STATES 2011 - Article on Team FacePlant Demo in Siletz, Oregon

Hey all you FACEPLANTers!
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Check out this article about the SKATE DEMO that TEAM FACEPLANT is going to go put on in Siletz, Oregon on July 2nd:

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http://www.windsofpraise.com/
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When you get to the website, look on the left side and click on "Winds of Praise POST." Then you will see where it says, "June 2011 POST." It is a pdf file. Click on it to open up the article in pdf form. The DEMO is gonna be sick. Come out to FACEPLANT SKATECHURCH tonight for tryouts to get on TEAM FACEPLANT for this DEMO.

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Blessings,
Christian Young

LATIN AMERICA 2011-2012 - Possible Routes Through Central and South America

Central and South America
September 11, 2011 - September ??, 2012?
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Possible Routes Through Central and South America

Over the past six months I've had the honor of making as many contacts as possible (along with some other Iris missionaries) for a year long journey that our team of Iris missionaries will be embarking upon beginning September 11th of this year. It is quite a challenge to try and make tentative routes for two to three teams of between 30 and 60 missionaries. We actually have contacts in every country in Central and South America and are still working on the Caribbean as that will be the last leg of our team's journey. It is really exciting making these contacts and dreaming about our teams carrying the love, glory and power of God through all of Latin America and the Caribbean. We will be focusing on bringing the gospel to the remaining unreached people groups, as well as ministering to the poor and broken of bigger cities. We will also be partnering with other chuches, ministries and organizations along the way when possible, helping them establish more permanent works among the unreached people groups. Please see below where I have marked possible routes for two teams to split up in order to cover the most ground. Team #1's route is marked with black lines while Team #2's route is marked with grey lines. The black squares are cities or areas where we have made contact with churches, ministries or organizations and will most likely be staying with them from three days to one week, depending on how the Lord leads each team. The orange and yellow arrows contain the names of the ministries in that city. There is a possibility that we will actually add a third route for a third team, depending on the number of missionaries we will have. Also notice that both teams will meet up at different points along the way, and these routes actually look a little bit like a DNA strand, as this is what was prophesied over this journey at the Iris Harvest School of Missions in Pemba, Mozambique.

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Possible Central America Routes

Both teams will be tentatively entering Mexico through the border at Nogales. Team #1 will mostly stay in western and central Mexico, then will head into Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. Team #2 will start in western Mexico but then drive inland and stay mostly in central and eastern Mexico, into Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. Both teams will meet up in Colon, Panama where they will ship all of the vehicles on a ferry around the Darien Gap and into Cartagena, Colombia.

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Possible South America Routes

Tentatively, both teams will start off together in Colombia,and weave throughout Ecuador and Peru, meeting up at various points. At times the team will leave their vehicles and by boat and plane, enter the interior of the Amazon to get to unreached tribes. Then Team #1 will head to Bolivia, Paraguay, meet up with Team #2 in Argentina, head back north into Bolivia again and then into Brazil where they will meet up again with Team #2 in Santarem. Team #2 will travel through Chile and Argentina, even to the southern tip of South America near Antarctica, then back through Uruguay and Brazil. Once both teams are in Santarem, they will either with or without their vehicles, take a ferry to Manaus, then travel north. Team #1 will head into Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana, then fly into Caracas, Venezuela to meet up with Team #2. From Caracas both teams will fly to the Caribbean islands to end the year long journey.

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Again this is only a tentative plan. Proverbs 16:9 says, "A man's heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps." We hold our plans so loosely as we know that Holy Spirit can, and most likely will lead us on adventures we can't even imagine. I have also been excited to get one of our vehicles road and travel-worthy. Jesse and Tanya bought this RV that is a 1982 Chevrolet. Last Saturday my good friend, Jerry Morris (who is an awesome, Spirit-filled mechanic) and I replaced the Master Cylinder. This Saturday we will change another seal, tune it up and make a list of other things that would be beneficial to take this RV throughout all of Central and South America.

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Christian Young