A Day in the Life... Short-Term Outreaches
Welcome to my new weekly blog-post series! I decided it was important to share with everyone what exactly I do at YWAM Jax Beach, so I came up with the idea of doing a "A Day in the Life..." series, where I share different aspects of what I do at the base. So, this first installment is going to be about Short-Term Outreaches. This may be multiple weeks long because I will be in the midst of Short-Term Outreaches for the next month! Short-Term Outreaches, or STOs, are similar to your typical mission trip. The main difference is that we set it all up and you show up! We have STOs both locally in Jacksonville and overseas. In Jacksonville, we connect with and serve local ministries. We also do street evangelism in the area around our base, which during the summer is full of people going to the beach! We give people the opportunity to get a little bit of teaching on evangelism, then will give them projects, like praying with people on the beach, to actually practice the t...