YWAM San Diego/Baja Annual Report 2022

YWAM SAN DIEGO/BAJA
ANNUAL
RE PORT
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PRESIDENT’S REPORT
Throughout the past 33 years, the vision and
mission of YWAM San Diego/Baja has been steadily
refined. At our very core, we are passionate about
“engaging a broken world with God’s generosity.”
Since our humble beginnings with just a handful
of staff, we have grown to hundreds of people,
from around the world unified and dedicated to
living out this amazing vision. We have seen a 20%
growth in staff over the last 3 years. As I reflect
on this last year, I recognize more than ever that
our fruitfulness is connected to the outputs of our
hard-working staff. We are proud to share with you
what that fruitfulness has looked like in 2022 in this
annual report.
Several years ago, our leadership team adopted
three core values that our staff is trained to
embrace:
Committed to Connection
Joyful Servants
Faith-Filled Perspective
We want our staff to be committed to connection
and actively seek deeper relationships with God
and others. We serve a relational God, and as
YWAM we are a relational mission. As staff we
connect with each other, we connect volunteers to
the poor, we connect neighbors through community
engagement, and we connect students to training
and missional opportunities. In every direction
you look here at YWAM San Diego/ Baja, we are
Committed to Connection.
Martin Luther once said; “Everyone can be great,
because everyone can serve.” Luther was inspired
by the words of Christ, found in Matthew 20:26.
Christ’s words inspire us to find greatness by
becoming servants. Here at YWAM San Diego/
Baja, we love to serve. Beyond simply serving,
serving with joy adds a very special dimension
and quality to our efforts. I am often overwhelmed
with gratitude as I observe the joyful service of our
staff. I see them working late into the night, getting
up early to prepare a meal, or driving on bumpy
roads to go spend time with young people in the
communities or visit families. Here at YWAM San
Diego/Baja, we excel at being Joyful Servants.
It’s truly remarkable to see and observe our staff’s
faith-filled perspective. They face challenges daily
as they engage in serving and showing mercy to
the lost and broken of our world. They believe God
for resources, strength, and strategy to make a
difference. While our staff are invested locally, they
also have faith to see the nations transformed and
they put that faith into action! They carry in their
hearts the words of Christ... “With God, all things
are possible...” (Mark 10:27). Here at YWAM San
Diego/Baja we believe it’s vital to have a Faith-
Filled Perspective.
Spread throughout our three locations, San Diego,
San Antonio del Mar, and Ensenada, we have:
230
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26
staff
nations represented
staff grew up in HoH or came
through one of our Community
of Hope programs
In the pages of this annual report, you will read
about some of the efforts of our amazing staff,
and what they have been able to achieve. With
a ministry this size, we are not able to report on
everything we do, but we truly hope you enjoy this
taste of YWAM San Diego/Baja. On behalf of our
staff and board of directors, we want to say thank
you for your generosity and partnership with us.
Sean Lambert
President, YWAM San Diego / Baja
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4,944
769
Homes
of Hope
Participants
Mission
Adventure
Participants
Committed t
Connection
We are COMMITTED
TO CONNECTION,
mobilizing thousands
to serve each year.
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215
53
UofN
Undergraduate
Students
UofN Masters
Program Students
in Linguistics &
Bible Translation
STAFF
PROFILE:
Lyn & Andy Vaughan (pictured
left), originally from Zimbabwe,
now oversee our office in San
Diego which serves as our hub
of mobilization. They provide a
backbone of financial, registration,
and logistical services. On a given
day if you stop in at the office in
San Diego, you will find a mail
room overflowing with supplies
waiting to be delivered to Mexico,
a team arriving and grabbing a
cup of coffee before they take
the bus across the border and
a couple of staff from different
locations reconnecting and
sharing stories.
Lyn and Andy have made our San
Diego office a spot for connection,
and their heart for hospitality is
evident. If you have brought a
team for Homes of Hope in the
last few years, you have likely
connected with Lyn in registration.
Whether it’s on the phone, over
email, or on our website, Lyn is
committed to connecting with
our teams to help them set up a
successful mission trip.
“I love my role as registrar,
which enables me to serve and
support teams so that they can
be included in the story God is
weaving here.”
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Joyful
Servants
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Our staff truly are JOYFUL
SERVANTS, constantly
looking for ways to go
above and beyond to serve
those in need.
279
1,000
Homes of Hopes
built in 2022
people engaged
weekly in
Communities of
Hope ministries
In 2022 we built 279 Homes of
Hope here in Baja California. We
also engaged up to 1000 people
per week through our Communities
of Hope ministries. Communities of
Hope is an umbrella term for all our
community ministries. We invest
in several communities weekly
with programs to meet the unique
needs of the people living there:
vocational training, elementary
education, healthcare initiatives,
Bible teaching and distribution, and
youth mentorship. Each of these
programs has been started by a
passionate staff member who saw a
need and joyfully chose to serve.
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we are
thaknful
to have
joyful
servants
on our
team
STAFF
PROFILE:
Abraham Lugo joined our staff after participating in Ilumina, one
of our Communities of Hope ministries that works to mentor
youth from local churches and inspire them to engage in a call to
missions.
Now as a part of our staff, Abraham brings a team each week to
visit one of the poorest areas of Tijuana, a neighborhood referred to
as “the cardboard box.”
We are unable to build homes in this area, as people do not own the
land where they are living, but we share food and hope through the
gospel with the beautiful people living there. Abraham also serves
as a manager in our kitchen, feeding both staff and teams who
come here and work hard to be a blessing.
Just last month Abraham worked as the translator with the team
that built his brother a Home of Hope. When sharing about that
experience he said: “It is always a privilege to be able to be part
of blessing families, but today was different, my family received a
house after months of rain and cold wind. Finally, my brother and
his family will be able to see God’s mercy even more every day.”
We are thankful to have such a joyful servant on our team, and we
are thankful we get to bless so many people through service!
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Faith-Filled
Perspective
We are invested and committed to our work here in Baja, Mexico but
our faith also propels us to go beyond Baja and into the nations. In
2022 our staff and students visited over 20 nations on outreach.
YWAM’s university, The University of the Nations is a key tool for us
to not only train students but to then send them out to the nations
to serve. For many of our students, it was the first time they traveled
outside of their hometown, much less their nation and that takes a big
step of faith! In addition, we hosted several outreaches for young adults
from our Community of Hope initiatives. Our team from La Industria, a
youth program we established in Tijuana traveled to Romania to work
with Ukrainian refugees and build a home for a family in need (pictured
next page). Many of the young men who went had received a Home of
Hope when they were small children.
It’s our FAITH
FILLED
PERSPECTIVE
that enables us
to persevere
through
difficulties.
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Our Hope Zone youth from Ensenada went to
Costa Rica to share their faith and serve in a
community much like their own. Kirsty, the leader
of that ministry shared, “While in Costa Rica our
team worked with Venezuelan and Nicaraguan
migrants in food kitchens, and did evangelism and
intercession in different areas of the city. One of the
highlights of the trip was working for a few days in a
community where the YWAM base in Liberia, Costa
Rica has built many Homes of Hope. The leaders
gave us a testimony of how it was so impactful
for them to receive a team of young people
from a similar community/context. This brought
a conviction to the leaders there to continue to
persevere in their work in the community as they
could see a hope that their young people could also
one day go to the nations!”
filled
STAFF
PROFILE:
Kirsty and Oscar have
served with us for over 15
years. Their passion for
Homes of Hope led
them to look at ways to invest long-term in a local
neighborhood called Maneadero on the southern
end of Ensenada. Over time, Hope Zone Ensenada
was born. They began visiting every week,
eventually starting an educational program for
children and creating a vocational training program
for young adults. They have persevered through the
ups and downs of planting long-term work there
and in 2022 YWAM was able to purchase a piece
of land in Maneadero to support the growing Hope
Zone ministry there. Filled with faith, they continue
to serve and bring transformation.
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and
transf
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with
faith,
aff
erve
bring
ormation.
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Spotlight
on Ukraine
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100
Emergency
Homes of Hope
were built for
Ukrainian war
victims in 2022
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Financial
Overview
“It’s an absolute blessing to be involved
as the chair of the YWAM/SDB’s Audit
Committee. As a committee, we are
a group of experienced professionals
with strong financial backgrounds. Our
annual independent audit confirms that
we have solid internal controls, proper
cash management, and capable financial
accounting staff to ensure a high level of
accounting excellence. All of our designated
funds are appropriately tracked, and cash
reserves are conservatively invested and
FDIC-insured.”
MARK HOVEY, AUDIT CHAIR
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Total Income: $16,373,051
Homes of Hope: $5,705,552
Mission Adventures: $413,445
University of the Nations: $649,170
General Contributions: $6,130,647
Staff Contributions: $2,892,280
Other Programs: $581,957
Total Expenses: $16,373,051
Designated Campus Development Expenses:
$2,420,138
Programs: Homes of Hope, Mission
Adventures, University of the Nations,
Conferences: $6,392,531
Staff Support: $2,892,280
Administration: $953,635
Fundraising: $146,761
Temporarily Restricted $3,567,706*
*These are funds for projects or programs that were
not fully utilized during 2022 and being held for
future use.
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On behalf of the Board of Directors of YWAM San Diego/Baja, thank you
for your support and interest in our ministry. One of the most important
lessons I learned over the course of my business career is the role that
strong governance, accountability, transparency, and excellent financial
stewardship play in achieving organizational outcomes. It is no different in
the nonprofit sector.
We are committed to the highest standards of governance and have a
world-class board of directors that oversees the effectiveness and growth
of the ministry. The YWAM San Diego/Baja board takes its obligation to be
excellent financial stewards of the resources that have been entrusted to
us very seriously, and we are committed to financial transparency.
As we look to the future, we are listening closely to the word of the Lord
so that we can faithfully carry out His plan. We believe we are being called
to significantly expand God’s Kingdom through our thriving group of
ministries including Homes of Hope and community follow-up programs,
Mission Adventures, and our University of the Nations training courses. We
are deeply grateful to our [230] full-time staff members and our partners
who provide the financial support to make all this possible. We invite you
to consider joining us by bringing a team, referring a student, or making a
donation. Thank you!
SPONSOR
A HOUSE
Bring a team and join us for a Homes
of Hope build. If you can’t bring a
team, sponsor a home that our staff
or another group will build for a
family who is waiting.
MARK JACOBS—CHAIRMAN, YWAM SAN DIEGO/BAJA
Ways to
Engage
Four ways to
get invovled with
YWAM San Diego/Baja:
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ATTEND A
SCHOOL
The Discipleship Training School (DTS)
is a five-month course to Know God
and Make Him known. It is a great
introduction to missions. We also offer
additional courses with the University of
the Nations.
JOIN
US
Come and join us as a short term
volunteer at one of our two campuses
in Baja, Mexico or learn about how to
become a full- time staff member.
MAKE A
DONATION
Your ongoing support and contributions
are vital to the continued growth and
fruitfulness of the ministries of
YWAM San Diego/Baja.
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