YES! Is Growing

We’ve been at this for over sixteen years and have served alongside so many wonderful volunteers along the way.

Imagine our joy when two people, whom we love and respect, have now stepped forward to join us on this adventure full-time!

Dan & Shani Parotti from Bloomington, Minnesota, are all in! They will begin immediately raising their support as they join our YES! leadership team.

Dan & Shani, in their early to mid-fifties, are close to our ages when we started YES! in 2008. A huge plus is that they come into this role having already served in second-half leadership for about eight years, and Dan has served faithfully on the YES! board for over five years.

At April’s end, Dan leaves his position at Cedar Valley Church, where he has served for thirteen years, most recently as seniors and global missions pastor.

God’s timing in this has been perfect. (A ‘mountaintop’ affirmation written in April. And we still stand by it!)

Dan & Shani plan to serve from their current location, as we collaborate together on the healthy expansion of YES! and deeper impact in the lives of individuals, groups and churches.

You may recall our sharing this past Fall about one of our YES! board members riding his motorcycle from Minnesota to Brazil, visiting and encouraging a slew of missionaries along the way. That was Dan. God used that trip to help spark within him a desire to serve the Church on a broader (and deeper) scale.

“Watching God work so beautifully as we take steps of faith is something we can personally attest to,” Dan shares. “We want to encourage that same kind of bold faith in others, particularly those in life’s second half.”

Please join us in praying for Dan & Shani and for YES! in this next chapter of exciting impact.