Author Archives: Ash Zook

Dear friends, After landing in Ghana, I drove with some coaches up to Tamale in Ghana’s north.  YLI has a lot going on in Ghana these days.  The coaches and I have a busy schedule – building relationships, planning, praying and ministering together in ‘the north’. We ask you to pray for for our timeContinue reading “Transition in Ghana — 4 Ways to Pray”

While in India I was asked, “What do you need to see in order to return to India?” My response: “I would come back for one person as long as he is the right person.” To find this person of peace, I had a few questions of my own: 1. What are some ways God is alreadyContinue reading “3 Weeks. 3 Questions. An exploratory trip to India”

The winding straight & narrow “He will direct your paths…” For the last seven years, all of my international travel with Young Leaders International has been to West Africa (nearly 30 trips). I went there because I sensed God intended for me to go deep in relationship with a few people and release the breadthContinue reading “January 2015 India Vision Trip”

In addition to leading the Fulani ministry in Saboba, Jonah is also working to provide clean water for Konkomba villages in northern Ghana. The main guiding principle for our water projects is that we only install them in communities where we have young leaders engaged in relational discipleship ministry. That ensures that the impact isContinue reading “Update on the Fulani ministry and water for Jabado”

  Training conferences are not the focal point of YLI, but they serve a vital purpose: help us meet new young leaders. We asked a few new leaders in our community about the impact YLI has made in their lives and ministries: Owusu shared how God is using him to relationally win drug addicts forContinue reading “New leaders in the YLI community”

Naomi Awuni experienced great loss in 2014. Her 16-year-old son King (shown above) succumbed to a long illness in July. King was a sweet kid and model student. A School for Migrant Children Naomi started the King James Academy, named for both her sons, to educate and disciple migrant children around her town of Sunyani.Continue reading “Embracing the migrant and nomad”

My first visit to India During our family’s time in Ghana, I took the coaches to a global missions conference outside of Ghana’s capital, Accra. The day after we arrived, Naomi came to our table with a young Indian man she introduced as ‘our new friend’. She was right! Emmanuel Dass was with us forContinue reading “My first visit to India”

I had intended to spend part of October in Ghana with our coaches, but concerns about the Ebola outbreak and air travel lead me to postpone the trip. Although disappointing, the necessary change in plans afforded me the opportunity to go on a walk with YLI Coach Vincent Asamoah, who was in Atlanta to raiseContinue reading “The YLI intangible: our culture – how we do things together”

Many of you prayed during my trip to Ghana’s north with my daughter Katie. We had a very rich 11 days traveling together. In between long, long hours in the car we visited communities where the coaches and I have been forming friendships for years, and also visited some villages where we are kicking offContinue reading “My trip with Katie to the north and learning what is ‘Spiritual’”