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- Summer camping season has wrapped up with over a thousand kids experiencing the best week of their lives.
- Several teams from the US traveled to Kazakhstan to serve kids with special needs at summer camps. This was an experience that not only blessed the kids, but also transformed and strengthened the faith of those who served.
- God continues to move in Azerbaijan, with the YL club forming in the last few months. Pray for the kids and the team of committed leaders to continue to work.
- A club in Tajikistan keeps welcoming refugees from Afghanistan. Please pray for the leaders as they face daily persecution as refugees and Christians in a Muslim country.
- In Tajikistan, God continues to work through the Capernaum ministry for kids with special needs. These kids and their mothers and siblings get to hear the Gospel in a safe and welcoming environment. Pray for God’s wisdom and direction for these families and their newly found faith inside the Muslim homes.
Central Asia is a region in Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afganistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the North.
The region consists of the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. In recent years, Azerbaijan became a part of the area where the Gospel is shared through Young Life.
Our Young Life staff operates in dangerous, underground secrecy in these countries as Christians on a mission to reach the next kid with the Gospel and provide emotional support and care to them. Christian persecution is something they face on a daily basis.
This is an exciting time of growth for the Young Life ministry in Central Asia. Leaders are prayerfully determined and innovative as they seek out opportunities to know kids and spend time with them. This might look like taking kids snowboarding in the nearby mountains, putting together an Advent program, or throwing a birthday party
HOW YOUNG LIFE Is IMPACTING TEENS IN kazakhstan
Every day life is being impacted.
936
kids in outreach clubs every week
421
kids in discipleship groups every week
34
ministries
7
Developing Global Leaders
165
volunteer leaders
8
national staff
“Сондықтан барып, барлық халықтарды шәкірт дайындаңдар...”
Матай 28:19
{Kazakh}
HOW YOUNG LIFE IF IMPACTING TEENS IN Kyrgyzstan
Every day life is being impacted.
936
kids in outreach clubs every week
329
kids in discipleship groups every week
20
ministries
7
Developing Global Leaders
173
volunteer leaders
8
national staff
“Ошондуктан барып, бардык элдерден шакирт даярдагыла...”
Матай 28:19
{Kyrgyz}
HOW YOUNG LIFE IF IMPACTING TEENS IN uzbekistan
Every day life is being impacted.
421
kids in outreach clubs every week
204
kids in discipleship groups every week
18
ministries
4
Developing Global Leaders
169
volunteer leaders
4
national staff
“Shuning uchun borib, barcha xalqlardan shogird tayyorlanglar.”
Metyu 28:19
{Uzbek}
How Young Life is impacting teens in Tajikistan
Every day life is being impacted.
461
kids in outreach clubs every week
204
kids in discipleship groups every week
7
ministries
1
Developing Global Leaders
41
volunteer leaders
1
national staff
“Пас, биравед ва ҳамаи халқҳоро шогирд созед...”
Матто 28:19
{Tajik}
