GARRIGANS

Serving with Youth With A Mission - Lakeside, Montana

May 2011

To train and equip

young men and women in their God given abilities. With primary focus on practical skills that can be used in serving the nations and reaching the lost.

Nomads Land Birmingham, AL.

OUTREACH TO ALABAMA - NOMADS LAND

One of our greatest joys is being able to come alongside our friends in their ministry and be a part of them bringing the lost to Christ. in, and also to give a place where like-minded people ministering to the same crowd can stay for a while. On the land there is a stable barn that we started to renovate. We took apart one side of the barn and built a common area, bathroom, kitchen, laundry and pantry area. We then put the old exterior back on to make it look In April we went to Alabama to like the original. work on a barn renovation Joining me there were our 2 project for Lone Sheep apprentices Rudy, and Caleb. Ministries at "Nomad's Land". Also joining us were YWAM staff The vision for the land is to Micah Hanson, and 2 friends of provide a place for people to the program, Toast Abernathy, come off the road and out of the and Scott Frase. scene they have been struggling Our carpentry apprenticeship is in full swing this spring. We have been involved in several off base projects, and are looking forward to the summer work teams here at the campus. Our trip to Alabama was a lot of fun and very successful to boot.

Beau and Ashley Armistead Founders of Lone Sheep Ministry. Commmited to showing the love and truth of Jesus Christ to the nomads of world.

THE WORK TEAM

We spent 2 weeks working at Nomads land. During that time there were 2 other ministries working alongside of us. It was a great opportunity to spend time with others and share the Love of Christ with them.

More exciting news for the Carpentry Apprenticship: Our local Habitat for Humanity has been in contact with David. They are interested in having the apprentices make the cabinets that will used in the homes that our being built by Habitat in our community. Not only will it be great experience for the guys to

learn how to create and build cabinets, but its also a great way for them to get involved and contribute to our local community. David has also been involved with doing some carpentry work at our local Salvation Army.

OUTREACH TEAMS CURRENTLY ON OUTREACH

Turkey Nepal Dominican Republic Haiti TaiLand

SCHOOLS CURRENTLY IN SESSION

Discipleship Training School (DTS) School of Biblical Studies School of Dance Carpentry Apprenticship

UP-COMING EVENTS
May 31-June 4: David and the other facility guys are heading to Salem, Oregon to build a kitchen for staff housing at the YWAM base. June 19-25 - Youth group from Pennyslvaina are coming to work for a week. June 25-July 2 - Teams from Stanwood, WA and Michigan July 4-8 - Friends from YWAM Cambodia are coming for a visit August 12-19- Work team from Maryland August 22-24 YWAM Montana Staff retreat Sept.2-5 - To Colorado Springs for a friends wedding. Late Sept. - Mission Builders International semi-annual Board of Directors meeting

prayer requests:
Please join us in praying for the teams that are coming to work with us this summer. That as they invest in our ministry they would also be blessed and see the love of Christ while they are here with us. ----------------------------------If you would like to nd out more about YWAM Montana or Mission Builders International, please contace us. We would love to share more information wtih you

summer programs
There are several schools and programs running during the summer: Summer of Dance, Summer of Music, Summer of Sports, TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages), DTS Equip - leadership training for staff, Endurane DTS - DTS for those who seek adventure
email: mamagarrigan@gmail.com david.garrigan@ywammontana.org Phone: 406.270.3841 website: www.garrigans.blogspot.com www.ywammontana.org

contact us:

DAVID AND MARY GARRIGAN

25 Mission Ln Lakeside, MT 59922

If you would like to support our family financially: Make checks payable to YWAM. on memo line - 3590 (our project number) All donations are tax-deductable

FAMILY NEWS
The kids are all very much ready for summer to be here. Barrett is completing 4th grade, and Luke 1st grade. Summer is a busy birthday time for our family. Allie turned 2 this week, Flint will be 4 in June, and Peter turns 6 in August. And David will be another year older in August. We are hoping to get a few camping trips squeezed in between the work teams coming. David and the boys were very convincing this spring and we now have 6 new pet chickens!

THE GARRIGANS!
25 Mission Ln Lakeside, MT 59922