The Dalberg Family
Branden, Valorie, Titus, Silas, and Judah
As an Electrician (Branden) and a Registered Nurse (Val), we have always had a passion to use our professions in missions. Married in 2014, we completed our DTS in 2016, and have served with YWAM off and on over the following years in multiple places. While staff in the Dominican Republic assisting with Homes of Hope and other YWAM ministries we felt God calling us back to Branden's hometown in NW Ontario to pioneer YWAM Sunset Country in 2020. YWAM Sunset Country was officially approved as a location in June 2021.
In our travels we have seen a need for "maintenance workers" and additional knowledge about hands on skills for missionaries and YWAM bases. Our heart is to train up others who want to join us in our mission to support others through those skills.
We are passionate about couples and families doing ministry together and whenever possible provide space for that. We still take trips as a family as each one of us has a role to play in encouraging others in the Body of Christ.
The Grau Family
Renato, Leticia, Isaías, and Isabel
We are the Grau family from Rivera, Uruguay, a town on the border of Uruguay and southern Brazil.
We have been partnering with YWAM since 2018 through street ministry, Bible distribution, and King's Kids ministry. In 2022, we completed our DTS and decided to continue supporting our local church in Brazil afterward. We have served in youth leadership, as teenage counselors and Bible School Teachers, and with the worship team. In August 2022, God began speaking to us about Canada.
After almost two years of prayer, we got in touch with YWAM Sunset Country. Our heart aligned with their vision to serve as families in the mission, through hands-on skills, reaching and training youth - all things we are passionate about!
Since moving here, we have been able to make really meaningful connections with ministries and people around us, support local churches, start a Mercy and Evangelism ministry focused on street ministry, plugging people into local churches, and engage with the base's growing plans.
We hope to serve this place and be faithful and intentional in what the Lord has in store for this time.
