General Information

Hello family!

Seeing as though this is my first post to this blog, I am going to explain who I am, what I do, what my vision is, etc. etc!

Firstly, my name is Jack Reggin.
Phew! Got that done and over with... Now onto cooler things!

20 years ago, I was born... Hooray! Fast forward 18 years to 2011 and I am doing my Discipleship Training School (DTS) here in Cáceres, Spain. This is with an organization called Youth With A Mission (YWAM) and there main focus is discipling and training missionaries. Jesus then proceeded to tell me, "Mate, I'd like it if you'd come back and stay awhile. Come, staff the school, and be discipled further." So I was like, "Cool bro." And so in September 2012, I come back and I start working on the DTS straight away. Now here is where things start to get interesting...

Staffing on a DTS is like doing a DTS all over again. So I learned even more than I already had on my DTS from teachers that I had already listened to! As time continues to move forward (it has quite the tendency to do that...), I went to Africa and had a blast! (If you want to know more, feel free to email me at: jack.reggin@gmail.com). After Africa, I started figuring out my future and what it would look like. And this is where the patience of God really shines through, because I wasn't actually listening to His heart. I was listening to my own, making it seem like I was listening to His. I went on for about 5 months, thinking that I was listening to God, until the point that He came straight to me (I was planning on going to the Netherlands and study, just to give you an idea) and said, "Don't go to the Netherlands. I want you to disciple this nation through music." "Okay God," I replied, after having a huge civil war between my heart and my spirit.

Now, fast forward to September 2013, and I am once again staffing on a DTS! But this time, God is starting to speak very specifically to me. He is saying, "I want you to disciple those who will disciple this nation through music." So guess what?! I'm going to be pioneering a Music DTS here in Cáceres, Spain with my leader/friend, Natio! I am very excited and God is taking me all over the place to get me ready for this adventure. I've been to France twice now to learn about DTS and about Music DTS's in specific as well. And staffing another DTS is also helping me learn more about what it means to be staff/leader of youth who are thirsty for learning more about God and how to share about Him!

Hmm, now you may be wondering, "Why is this dude only sharing about the past two years of his life?" Well, I am only two years old, don't you know! But seriously, I consider myself born again in Christ ever since I went to go do my DTS. Sure, I was raised in a Christian home and my parents (I love you guys because I know that you are probably reading this!) did a very good job of showing me God. And I knew that He existed. But I never had a relationship with Him. He was always just this guy that was up in Heaven, never someone who was/is here amongst us. So once I started living like Christ, that is when I consider myself to be born, truthfully. Because I have never felt so alive ever since my DTS.

If you didn't pick up on it yet, I am working on as a staff member in YWAM Cáceres, Spain. I am focusing on staffing the DTS that is run here, which is currently just one and it is just a general DTS (again, if you want more info, email me at: jack.reggin@gmail.com). And I also mentioned the vision of what I will be doing in the future and what my vision is! But just for a better understanding, I shall explain a bit more.

In February 2015, Natio and I will be pioneering a Music DTS here in Cáceres, Spain. It will be having a more specific focus on music, but it will not draw away from what a DTS is for, which is to train and send missionaries out. So we will be having all the teachings that a general DTS would have (hearing the voice of God, spiritual warfare, etc.) but also incorporating music and how it can be used to spread the gospel. Now, Natio and I also have a specific vision of having this school be for training the students to disciple the nations through music. Because music has a very huge impact on society. Miley Cyrus is currently leading a lot of youth, specifically girls, into very sexual acts (just check out here song "We Can't Stop" on YouTube). You can also see it in older examples, like Elvis Presley. Wasn't he the one who taught everybody that dancing was a good thing? Or The Beatles, changing how music was played and how songs were formed forever. This is what we want to do. We want to send young people out with a passion for Christ and for music, penetrating into this sphere of society and disciple the nation, whichever nation they go in to. And Cáceres is the perfect working grounds for this vision.

Here in Cáceres, everybody loves music. They love it so much, that when we go out onto the street to play, the people come and dance with us and sing with us. Young or old, they love to dance and they love to sing! There is another very interesting point: Cáceres is considered an unreached area. In Cáceres (the city), we have about 100,000 inhabitants. Out of that, there are about 20 Spanish people who are Christians. In Extremadura (the community that Cáceres is in), there are about 400 cities and there are 16 evangelical churches that have been planted. There is a lot of work to be done in Extremadura alone, not counting the rest of Spain. There is a lot of treasure to be had here.

Since this post is turning out to be a bit longer than I had originally intended it to be, I will end it right about here. If you are interested in donating towards this mission of reaching the gospel to the people here in Cáceres, you can send money to my PayPal address: jack.reggin@gmail.com. For any and all cash/cheque donations, please send them to:
Project Funding Office
PO Box 57100 RPO East Hastings
Vancouver, BC V5K 5G6
CANADA
And include a separate note stating that this donation is for Jack Reggin serving in Cáceres, Spain and make cheques out to "Youth With A Mission". I have to pay for rent, food, electricity, gas, water, etc. There are also other fees that will come up with going to various places sharing the gospel. And anything helps, whether that be $5 a month for a year or $5 as a one time payment. It will help and that money will be going towards a vision to help reach the gospel amongst all the people of the world! If you are wanting any more information or have any questions or just want to talk, email me at: jack.reggin@gmail.com. Or shoot me a Facebook message! I love to talk about this and what God is doing in my life! If you'd also like to Skype, we can look into arranging a time to talk.

I love you all!
Peace and blessings to you!