Hi, we’re Adam, Danae, and our four-year-old daughter, Ilona — a family called to bring Christ’s healing and hope to the world through music and medicine. For years we’ve served faithfully in our local church and community — Adam as a worship leader and Danae as a nurse — helping people encounter God’s presence and compassion. Now, God is inviting our family to take that calling beyond our borders by joining Youth With A Mission (YWAM) full-time, beginning with their Discipleship Training School (DTS) in Kona, Hawai‘i.
Our vision is for lives to be transformed by the healing power of Jesus – renewed in body, heart, mind, and spirit, and equipped to carry His love to the world. At YWAM’s University of the Nations, we’ll be helping equip the next generation of missionaries in these very areas: Adam will teach and mentor worship leaders and Danae will help train and care for medical teams serving communities around the world. Even little Ilona will be growing and learning alongside us as part of YWAM’s family community — discovering early what it means to live on mission with Jesus.
Mission
We exist to bring Christ’s healing and hope to the world through worship and medicine.
Vision
Our vision is for lives to be transformed by the healing power of Jesus – renewed in body, heart, mind, and spirit, and equipped to carry His love to the world.
Core Values
1. Presence
We prioritize the healing presence of Jesus in everything we do — whether through worship, medical care, teaching, or daily interactions. Union with Jesus is our source, our center, and our hope.
2. Love
We reflect the love of Christ through compassion, gentleness, humility, and care. We see every person as an image-bearer and seek to meet needs with dignity, kindness, honor and respect.
3. Excellence
We honor God by offering our best in worship, healthcare, leadership, and preparation. Excellence builds trust, reflects integrity, and helps us serve effectively across cultures.
4. Formation
We pursue continual growth — spiritual, emotional, and practical. We are committed to discipleship that fosters wholeness, maturity, and multiplication of healthy leaders.
5. Service
We joyfully serve missionaries, families, and communities — equipping and strengthening others to bring Christ’s love to the nations.
Goals
Training & Spiritual Growth
- Complete Discipleship Training School (DTS) as a family — grounding our ministry in deeper intimacy with Jesus, growth, and cross-cultural readiness.
Worship Ministry (Adam)
- Support and strengthen YWAM’s worship culture through teaching, mentoring, and Christ-centered leadership.
- Implement tools to support unity, excellence, and freedom in worship environments.
- Develop a clear, reproducible framework for discipling future worship leaders.
Medical Ministry (Danae)
- Serve faithfully investing in YWAM Kona’s clinic, supporting outgoing missionaries with compassionate medical care.
- Help expand the vision and scope of the clinic’s ministry — contributing to long-term goals of offering broader treatment options.
- Nurture, train, and equip individuals going to serve the nations through medical missions.
Resource Development
- Build sustainable rhythms of communication and support partnership with those who invest in this ministry.
- Identify needs in both worship and medical ministries and help raise support for equipment, tools, and resources that increase ministry impact.
