David:
I joined Youth With A Mission with my DTS in 1996 in Winfield, British Columbia. I went on outreach to Guyana, South America. It was a truly worldview expanding experience that changed my life although I did not at the time think I would continue on in the mission. But God shortly after called me to YWAM Honolulu in January 1998 for the School of Biblical Studies Core Course. During that time and my School of Missions & Evangelism that same year in September I received a long term call to missions mobilizing Pacific Islanders in missions, specifically French speaking Polynesians into the North African Muslim world.
Since then I have served on staff at the Honolulu base. I am currently on one of our leaderships teams. Erin and I got married September 2006, and had our first baby – a girl named Malia – January 2010. One of my main ministries is to teach in different YWAM schools here and anywhere else I am able.

Erin:
I joined YWAM in 2002 by doing a DTS in Atlanta, GA. My outreach was to Perm, Russia and God just blew the lid off my worldview and started directing me into world missions. January 2004 I came to YWAM Honolulu to do a School of Biblical studies. I had no intention of staying here, I was just passing through – deepening my foundation so I could go out on the mission field. God drastically changed my plans after completing that school and I came back in January 2005 to join staff with the SBScc. During that time God spoke and did a lot to direct my future- giving me a call to the Pacific islands and I have heard the Lord recently concerning the ministry of reconciliation. There is much healing and reconciliation needed in the Pacific, and I am seeking God on how he may use me to bring this message to the Islands.

We have, as a family, served outside of Honolulu in Fiji for 3 month segments running Bible Core Courses – once in 2008 and again this year in 2011. We have been so blessed to see Fijians, Koreans, Indians and Papua New Guineans through the BCC grow in their knowledge and love of the scriptures and go on to serve God in different parts of the world.

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