PERU 2012 - Four Keys to the Kingdom

Paramonga, Peru
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
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Four Keys to the Kingdom 
God’s favor is upon us. Signs and wonders continue to chase us. Revival is breaking forth. The other night we were supposed to do another outreach in the city center of Paramonga, but they had a huge festival going on. We decided to join in the festivities. Many who had heard about the healings found us and had us pray for them in the midst of the festival. We laid hands on them and they were healed. God’s favor was so strong upon us that the mayor of the city asked us to pray for him and share about Jesus with the entire city. They even interviewed us on a radio station. We always try to partner with local churches and organizations everywhere we go. As we have been evangelizing and praying for the sick we have had the local pastor and their church accompany on us. First we would show them how to pray, then they would join us in laying hands on the sick, and then we would have them pray. These people need to continue to usher in the Kingdom of God after we leave.
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The local pastor asked if I could speak at the Sunday evening service. As soon as I heard this, I began to pray and ask God what I was to share. God began to speak to me about keys to the kingdom from Matthew 6:19. God revealed to me that there were four keys to the Kingdom that were specific to Paramonga: (1) Intimidad (Intimacy), (2) Unidad (Unity), (3) Compasion (Compassion), and (4) Poder (Power). Faithful to Holy Spirit’s prompting I shared these keys with the local pastor and his congregation last Sunday night. The message was well received. I even found four old keys, wrote on each one of them and prophetically gave them to the pastor at the end of the message. Then we had the congregation stand up with their hands out in front of them, while our team prayed an impartation of these four keys to the Kingdom over them. It was an amazing time. More came forward during the service and received healing. Some of our team also met with the youth and young adults after the service, We prophesied over them, getting words for each of them. There were many tears. Repentance, forgiveness and reconciliation took place among the youth, too. Although our team was only in Paramonga for one week, I believe that an eternal deposit was made that will lead to the transformation of the entire city and usher in the Kingdom of God.
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Christian Young

PERU 2012 - Man Deaf from Birth Healed

Paramonga, Peru
Saturday, March 3, 2012
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Man Deaf from Birth Healed

Last night our team partnered with the local church here in Paramonga to do another night of outreach. We included some of the same elements that we did at the outreach in Pativilca the night before, including break dancing, rap, skateboarding, drama and preaching. The healing anointing was so strong at the meeting last night that before we had even started the meeting, a woman had asked for prayer to be healed, got completely healed of the pain in her head and testified of her healing to everyone over the sound system.
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Dianne had asked me to come and pray for a man named Luis who is about 30 years old and who had been deaf from birth. We confirmed that he had been deaf from birth with those who were with him and knew him well. I put anointing oil on my fingers, put them into his ears and in Spanish began to command that his ears would open in the name of Jesus. Dianne, the local pastor, some children and others joined me in praying for him. After praying for him the first time, I checked both ears by snapping my fingers and asking if he could hear me snapping. With a bit of shock and a lot of joy he motioned that he could now hear out of his left ear. Calling for Jesse and others to come join us and press in for a complete healing. After praying for him a second time and testing both ears by again snapping my fingers, he clearly responded to the snapping in both ears and was totally healed. We all rejoiced in the Lord together. Luis even began to try and talk after never hearing or talking since birth! I told the pastor that they would need to work with Luis and help him learn how to talk as they would teach a child. Again, THIS MAN HAD NEVER HEARD OUT OF HIS EARS SINCE BIRTH AND CAN HEAR NOW!!! Glory to God!!!

PERU 2012 - Arrival in Peru

Pativilca, Peru
Friday, March 2, 2012
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Arrival in PeruI arrived safely in Lima, Peru yesterday morning and was met by Jesse and Addison at the airport. We met up with Ted and Liz who drove the Suburban to get us at the airport. A group of our team is staying in the suburbs of Lima. It was great to reconnect with part of our team upon my arrival. Then Jesse, David and I headed north up the coast to Paramonga, where the rest of the team was staying. Although the coastline is always beautiful to me, Peru looked nothing like what I would have imagined it to look like. I thought there would be lush rain forests, but all I saw was dry desert land as far as the eye could see. It looked as if we had arrived on the moon. Not only that, but the poverty level is high and it reminded me of some of the poorest places in Mexico that we have traveled, with little “houses” made of four walls and a piece of tin on the top. After traveling for about three hours we reached Paramonga where we met up with the rest of the team. It was so great to reunite with the ones I had traveled with and lived in community with for months at the beginning of our Latin America journey. They were all very happy to see me and we immediately bonded once again, sharing stories of what has been happening in our lives over the past few months.

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Outreach in Pativilca
On my first day in Peru we did an outreach in the town square of Pativilca. People began to gather in the evening as Jesse, Benjamin and I did some break dancing and skateboarding. Benjamin also rapped and sang, giving his testimony of how God rescued him. I sang a worship song in Spanish. David preached the gospel and one young man who had been in a fight earlier came forward to receive Christ. Then we performed our famous luchador skit which went over great. I explained the skit in Spanish and asked that if anyone needed healing in their bodies to come forward as our team would pray for them. Many came forward to receive a touch from God. One man that I prayed for received complete healing from all pain in his leg and ankle. Out of appreciation, he took me to the little shop and bought our team a 2 litre of Coca Cola to share. It was touching to the Holy Spirit poured out on this little town. We had many great conversations and were able to pray for many. The next couple of nights we will do outreaches in Paramonga.
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Christian Young

THE WORLD 2012 - Iris Relief Coloring Book Ideas

At the Iris reunion with Heidi Baker at Pismo Beach this last year, we had a little pow-wow with Yonnie, Naomi and others who have been a part of or have an interest in Iris Relief. It was really cool to dream together about how we can respond and bring physical, emotional and spiritual relief to victims of natural disasters worldwide, and we continue to do so. In that meeting Lyle had prophesied about a coloring book that would be distributed to children worldwide that would help them understand who God is in the midst of the terrible loss they have suffered because of the natural disasters.

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I know that there have been some pretty amazing ideas that have surfaced as we have continued to dialogue with Yonnie about the coloring book. I asked my friend Josh if he could come up with some artwork for the coloring book as I sat down with him and went over the storyboard that we came up with for a coloring book idea. I don't want to go into too many details about the coloring book, but our idea was to go through the story of creation, friendship with God, temptation, the fall of man, the story of Jesus, faith, restored friendship with God and natural disasters that were promised to take place more and more as His second coming is imminent. This is just one of the ideas for a coloring book. We wanted to call this coloring book idea, "God loves us" as it would focus on how God loves us and wants to draw us to Himself through these crazy events that are taking place worldwide; that God isn't angry with us and that He wants to be our friend.

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Anyway, check out these pages that Josh has come up with so far. We would ultimately want words at the bottom of each page that could be translated into whatever language we needed it in, depending on what country we would be traveling to in response to a natural disaster. Again, these are just some ideas. Thanks so much Josh for offering your time and your talents. Please pray for Iris Relief as we want to bring the love of Jesus and the freedom that God offers everyone in tangible and relevant ways.

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Christian Young

UNITED STATES 2012 - Complete Skate Comp Results

complete skate comp results

Thanks to everyone who made the skate comp possible tonight. We had a great time! A special shout out to Clint React Bishop and Jason Throop for helping out with the judging. And to Chris Gilbert for hooking us up with some killer prizes. Also to our Skate Church staff in getting pizza and sodas, as well as judging, counting up score cards, etc. And most importantly, thanks to the big JC, Jesus Christ for safety and a place to skate and hear about God. Here are the COMP RESULTS:

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YOUNGER/BEGINNER STREET:... 1st PLACE (deck): Casey Carlough - 66 points, 2nd PLACE (bearings): Jonah Lance - 60 points, 3rd PLACE (free skate): Gabriel Centerr - 46 points, 4th PLACE: Morgan Swales - 37 points, 5th PLACE: Clint Nastasia - 34 points, 6th PLACE: Doug Derscheid - 27 points, 7th PLACE: Nick Ornelas - 21 points

OLDER/ADVANCED STREET: 1st PLACE (deck): Ford Bennett - 58 points, 2nd PLACE (wheels): Danny Hamilton - 53 points, 3rd PLACE (free skate): Chae Place - 52 points, 4th PLACE: Micah Donney - 50 points, 5th PLACE: Jesse Elkinton - 49 points, 6th PLACE: Chanse Gilbert - 48 points, 7th PLACE: Matt Alexander - 21 points

YOUNGER/BEGINNER MINI RAMP: 1st PLACE (deck): Doug Derscheif - 33 points, 2nd PLACE (bearings): Luke Hibbard - 17 points

OLDER/ADVANCED MINI RAMP: 1st PLACE (deck): Tyler George - 67 points, 2nd PLACE (wheels): Danny Hamilton - 65 points, 3rd PLACE (free skate): Preston Campbell - 40 points, 4th PLACE: Chanse Gilbert - 34 points, 5th PLACE: Chae Place - 33 points, 6th PLACE: Matt Alexander - 28 points

SCOOTER TRANNY: 1st PLACE (helmet): Henry Armstrong - 81 points, 2nd PLACE (bearings): Miles Harper - 46 points, 3rd PLACE (t-shirt): Gaia Kirk - 26 points, 4th PLACE: Harley Brown - 25 points, 5th PLACE: Hayden Klimas - 9 points

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WHO COMPETED! You are all champs! See you next Monday night at Ripzu Skate Park. Remember, if you bring a friend who has never been OR hasn't been in the past six months, you get to skate that night for FREE!

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Christian Young

FacePlant SkateChurch Pastor

UNITED STATES 2011 - Year End Celebration of Changed Lives

YEAR END CELEBRATION OF CHANGED LIVES

I have been going back through all of our Facebook posts over the last year and keeping track of all the skaters who have prayed and given their lives to Jesus. What an amazing journey we have been on at FacePlant SkateChurch not only over this past year, but over the past six years since we first started! Check these stats out and celebrate with us:

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2006 - 80 first time decisions to follow Christ
2007 - 83 first time decisions to follow Christ
2008 - 58 first time decisions to follow Christ
2009 - 10 first time decisions to follow Christ
2010 - 9 first time decisions to follow Christ
2011 - 39 first time decisions to follow Christ
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2006 to 2011 - 279 first time decisions to follow Christ

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I would also like to note that around 50 skaters made a decision to follow Christ this last year at the demo in Siletz, Oregon. We have also seen others come to Christ as we have gone to various skate parks and shared our faith over the years. The statistics above are all from our weekly FacePlant SkateChurch meetings in Vancouver, Washington. We have no idea what this next year has in store for us at FacePlant SkateChurch, but I just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who has invested into this awesome ministry this past year. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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Christian Young

LATIN AMERICA 2011-2012 - How to Continue Following the Iris Latin America Team's Journey

Central and South America

Friday, December 16, 2011

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How to Continue Following the Iris Latin America Team's Journey

I have been back in the United States for a few weeks now after co-leading an incredible journey through Latin America with a team of radical Jesus-lovers. Our Iris Latin America team continues to carry revival fire through every country in Central and South America. I was originally planning on documenting their continued journey here on our blog, but have decided not to as we would like to keep our personal missions blog more about our journeys. I am hoping to rejoin the team somewhere in South America during Spring break this next year. Please feel free to continue to follow the team's journey at the official Iris Latin America blog:

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http://irislatinamerica.blogspot.com

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You can also click on the various teammates' blogs on the right sidebar of the Iris Latin America blog, as well as on our own personal blog to even get more stories, pictures and videos.

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Iris Ministries has also places our Iris Latin America team under their ministry bases on the official Iris website:

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http://www.irismin.org/latin-america

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I hope that you are able to continue on this adventure with us through all of Latin America. It is truly a historic journey that I am honored to in some small way be a part of.

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Christian Young