DRIME: 2018 Year in Review

Jan 22, 2019


DRIME Vancouver
DRIME Impact
In 2018, 1,799 people made a decision to follow Christ after experiencing His love through DRIME evangelism! Overall, 32,944 people were exposed to a gospel presentation, and 8,802 individuals engaged in spiritual conversations. DRIME has now multiplied to 17 teams in 9 countries, launching 3 new teams!
DRIME’s newest team in Sáenz Peña, Brazil
Sáenz Peña, Brazil
We are excited to announce that our newest team, DRIME Sáenz Peña, has officially launched in Argentina! Bienvenidos! (Welcome!) Feel free to follow them on Facebook and post a welcome message to congratulate them!

In June, a DRIME missions team travelled to Sáenz Peña to help the new team of nationals gain experience and training so that they can continue to impact their country for Christ. The team is already very active in street ministry, as well as drama and evangelism training. We’re confident this mission did essential groundwork towards an active, long-term, fully functioning & locally-led DRIME team; we’re looking forward to seeing how God uses them to bring the good news in Argentina!

DRIME Montreal
Montreal, Canada
Our newest Canadian team launched in Montreal earlier in 2018 and has already been seeing impact in Quebec, with many giving their lives to Christ!  Following a weekend of outings and presentations in October, 15 people, including 4 leaders, joined together to form a future DRIME team in Québec City!! What a historic moment!!
I would like to thank all the people who have prayed and who have participated at this extraordinary moment. Without you, it would not have been possible! – Michel, DRIME Montreal 
So, it’s a great big WELCOME that we send to the new team in Quebec City!

DRIME Pelotas, Brazil
Pelotas, Brazil
A new DRIME team also launched last year in Pelotas, Brazil! At the end of November, DRIME Pelotas joined together with the two other teams in Brazil DRIME Gramado and DRIME Vale to celebrate what God has done through their ministries this year, with all those who have been a support to them in their community! DRIME Brazil 

Stage 3 Abomey-Bohicon, Benin Team
We’re Multiplying! 
We are fulfilling our mission to train leaders in multiple locations around the world so that more can know the love and hope of Jesus Christ! 3 teams are in Stage 3 of their DRIME training, and are set to launch soon including Curitiba, Brazil, Abomey-Bohicon, Benin, and Entebbe, Uganda.
 
9 new teams are currently in our multiplication development process: 3 each in Canada/Asia, Africa and Latin America. Overall, 808 people have been trained, and 1832 others have shown interest in joining us!
In early 2018, 65 DRIME leaders representing 12 countries gathered in Canada, Paraguay and Togo for the first-ever DRIME Regional Summits. This was the biggest DRIME Leadership Summit ever with 35 leaders attending for the first time! Together, the leaders learned, connected, and made plans for the future. We’re excited to share some of these stories with you!
2018 Regional Summits Impact Report
In the past, only a couple of leaders from each country could be at the Summit. This time, everyone is here. – Martin Amoussou, African Regional Director One of DRIME’s missions is to inspire passionate leaders. We couldn’t do this without the investment or the help that you have given us. Thank you for what you have given. May God bless you in a great way, and may you never doubt that your investment is in the Kingdom [of God].
– Raquel, Paraguay; 1 year in leadership
Summit thank You video with additional testimonies Regional Summit photos
 


Welcome Sheldon!

Things are changing in the DRIME Vancouver world! We are thrilled to announce that our very own Sheldon Francescini is transitioning to a new staff role leading the DRIME Vancouver team. Sheldon is taking on the role from Jamie, who has been leading for the past 4 years.  Sheldon interview
You’ll never feel completely ready for evangelism – just go and do it! Just pray to God, that he would help you and that he would change people’s hearts. Even if we have read every book on evangelism and gone to every conference on apologetics, it is ultimately God who changes people. Make an effort – learning tools is really valuable and can give you confidence, but you’ll never know everything. – Sheldon Francescini
You might remember Sheldon’s story from a blog series we did on him in 2017. If you haven’t had a chance to read it, you can catch up! Part 1 and Part 2.
 
Run for the Nations 2018
Thank you so much to all of our runners, walkers, sponsors and volunteers for making Run for the Nations 2018 a great success! 88 runners participated in the 5k fun run and walk events June 9th in Fort Langley! Recap Video

Story and Song Benefit
More than 250 people gathered at our evening of Story & Song in November, which featured Steve Bell. The event raised $24,170, which exceeded our fundraising goal!  This amazing generosity will go far towards launching DRIME teams in five new cities: Québec City,  São Paolo (Brazil),  Cuidad del Este (Paraguay), Akpakpa (Benin), & Parakou (Benin). We showed 2 promo videos at the fundraiser: Video 1  Video 2
We hope to see Jesus made inescapable in those cities, after thousands more get an opportunity to have meaningful encounters and experience the message and hope of Jesus. Thank you for your prayers and support! 
Story and Song photos

Baby News!
DRIME’s Director Lillian Frederiksen will be taking maternity leave at the end of January! Congratulations! Starting in February, Jamie, Carleigh and Johannes will be our new Lead Team for the year.

 
Celebrating Janna!
Janna Cressman is a name that is well-known in DRIME circles. Janna eagerly started out as a volunteer with DRIME Vancouver in 2005 and continued, through the years, to commit herself to investing in leader’s lives around the world and trust that God would use her to share His gospel story.  She has recently left the DRIME staff because she felt God tell her that her season of working for DRIME was coming to an end. Faithfully, she has responded to this call, without knowing what’s next.
We love you Janna!
Janna, your faith and commitment to the ministry has deeply impacted us. We have been so blessed to have you on staff all of these years – to work alongside you and learn from you has been a privilege.
Thank you for everything you have invested in the ministry. We know that we will be seeing the fruit of what you have sown for years to come!
A Decade of Trust: Celebrating Janna

Prayer Requests
2019 promises to be a year of multiplication, change and impact!
Thank you for joining us in prayer for:
  • Continual growth for our teams in training
  • Staff transition with Lillian going on maternity leave

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