About Us


We are YWAM Missionaries and spent nearly 9yrs living and serving in South Africa. At the end of 2016 we relocated back to the US to continue our ministry. Our desire has always been to be used of the Lord in serving His people, helping to train and equip them for life and ministry where ever they are at. Below are a brief description of some of the trainings we have done in Africa and beyond.

What is IBD?

 Interactive Bible Discovery or IBD is a training course that was developed by Davar Partners International to address the need of oral learners to personally engage with God's Word. Most people don't realize that the majority of the world(more than 60%) is made up of oral or oral preference learners. Even when the Word is made available to these oral learners in their own language they still struggle to access it because it is coming to them in the form of a book.

IBD combines the powerful tool of storytelling with audio scripture engagement to help create ongoing processes of obedience based discipleship within oral communities. In the three day training individuals will learn how oral learners think and learn as well as being equipped with sound methods of learning and telling stories/scripture portions.

IBD has been used successfully by practitioners throughout Africa, Asia and elsewhere to start hundreds of Discovery Bible Study groups in which thousands of oral learners are being discipled and transformed through weekly engagement with the oral Word of God!

What is ReadySetGO?
ReadySetGO is a library of sports resources. Everything is free and ready to use! It is as simple as Ready, Set and GO! Ready is the process of gathering and envisioning people to make disciples for Christ in sport and play. Set prepares everyone to be a disciple-maker. GO gives us strategies to make disciples in the world of sport and play.

ReadySetGO was developed by leaders from around the globe who are focused on making disciples for Christ of all nations in the world of sport and play. The training and strategies of ReadySetGO have been successfully put into practice in over 200 countries around the world. 

To find out more about ReadySetGO visit www.readysetgo.ec While ReadySetGO is specifically focused on the world of sport and play, the principles of discipleship can be applied to all spheres of life including business, the arts, education, etc. 

How to Get Trained?

If you would like more information on either IBD or ReadySetGO or would like to know how to host or attend a training please contact Matthew at m.m.training1017@gmail.com

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