Josh

Group Leader (Santa Maria, CA)

Leading groups of students here each year has been one of the great joys and highlights of my time as a youth pastor for 11 years! The Holy Spirit has used Doxa’s ministry in Tijuana to open up more doors than we ever thought possible! Staying at partner orphanages and building houses with families has created a mutual & cross-cultural love between my group and families in Tijuana. It’s given my students a heart to not only serve in Tijuana, but to come home and continue to be the hands and feet of Jesus right here in their hometown! Some students even ask their parents to not buy them anything for Christmas so that they can use the money toward serving in Tijuana over the summer! On top of all this, getting to return to the same orphanage year over year, students have developed deep relationships with the people there. They get to see the orphanage change, grow, and improve – and they get to see their tangible impact & how it’s contributed to not only the vision of the orphanage, but more importantly to the Kingdom of Jesus! I would recommend partnering with this community through Doxa to anyone and everyone!