On today's episode of the Young Life Global Leaders podcast we have the Tim Founds - DGL's Program Manager.  We start as always today with a little conversation and catching with with our hosts Alisa and Gjorgi where they catch you up on what's happening in their lives, ministries and prom in Macedonia (0:33). After the intro, their supervisor Tim joins to talk about a little bit about his story and the inner workings of the Developing Global Leaders program. (14:10).

Since 2009, YL's Developing Global Leaders college scholarship program has been investing in high-ceiling young adults in developing countries by giving them a full-ride scholarship to a university of their choice from within their own country so that they can be launched forward as influencers in their culture for Christ in the professional field of their choice, all while investing in the next generation through Young Life.

On today's episode of the Young Life Global Leaders podcast we have the Sandra Sandy Sánchez from Colombia - a DGL graduate and current Young Life communications director for Latin America and Caribbean (LAC). 

Since 2009, YL's Developing Global Leaders college scholarship program has been investing in high-ceiling young adults in developing countries by giving them a full-ride scholarship to a university of their choice from within their own country so that they can be launched forward as influencers in their culture for Christ in the professional field of their choice, all while investing in the next generation through Young Life.

We're back with our regular episodes this week, an today we're joined by one of our first DGL graduates from Costa Rica, Sharon Ocón. We start as always today with a little conversation and catching with with our hosts Alisa and Gjorgi where they catch you up on what's happening in their lives and ministries (0:33). After the intro, Sharon joins us to talk about her story before, during and after DGL. In this episode you'll also get to hear more about Costa Rica, how Young Life is trying to meet the needs of the students in this country and Sharon's role in that (04:28).

Since 2009, YL's Developing Global Leaders college scholarship program has been investing in high-ceiling young adults in developing countries by giving them a full-ride scholarship to a university of their choice from within their own country so that they can be launched forward as influencers in their culture for Christ in the professional field of their choice, all while investing in the next generation through Young Life.

Episode 10 of the Young Life Global Leaders podcast and a second episode from the Young Life's European all staff conference in Greece!

We start as always today with catching with our hosts where Gjorgi and Alisa have a chat about Formula 1, May 1st and holidays (0:33). After the intro, Gjorgi is joined by Linn from Norway at the last night of the offical part of the conference (08:29). Next up is a conversation with a DGL graduate from Poland - Estera. Both Gjorgi and Estera are part of the Central and Eastern European region so they got an extra day to spend with their region in Greece. So, they used it to talk about Estera's time as a DGL, camping in the CEE region, and their time in Greece (14:34). We finish the episode with a very unique conversation from Gjorgi's car ride back to Macedonia accompanied by the rest of the staff from this Balkan country - Brooke, Blagica and Zoki (32:01).

Since 2009, YL's Developing Global Leaders college scholarship program has been investing in high-ceiling young adults in developing countries by giving them a full-ride scholarship to a university of their choice from within their own country so that they can be launched forward as influencers in their culture for Christ in the professional field of their choice, all while investing in the next generation through Young Life.

A little bit of a different episode on the Young Life Global Leaders podcast. Gjorgi was part of the Young Life's European all staff conference in Greece and he is not coming back home with empty hands - he is bringing to you conversations with our amazing staff in Europe.

We start as always today with a little conversation and catching with with our hosts where Gjorgi previews this episode for you and talks about his experience in Greece (0:33). After the intro, he's joined by Kerry who is a staff person in the UK and they talked a little bit about their time spend touring Corinth (13:15). Next up is a conversation with a DGL graduate from Germany - Jan-Thomas, or just JT, and him and Gjorgi talk about their time touring Athens (18:35). After JT, we have a conversation with Young Life Europe's Campaign Director - Jeff Hall, who is bringing a different perspective on about the conference but also Young Life Europe in general (25:03). We finish the episode with another DGL graduate - Gui from Portugal and they talk about DGL, Gui's transition to staff in Portugal as well as their time at the divisional conference (31:50).

Since 2009, YL's Developing Global Leaders college scholarship program has been investing in high-ceiling young adults in developing countries by giving them a full-ride scholarship to a university of their choice from within their own country so that they can be launched forward as influencers in their culture for Christ in the professional field of their choice, all while investing in the next generation through Young Life.

On today's episode of the Young Life Global Leaders podcast we have the Dominik Fafarek from Poland - a DGL graduate and current Young Life country director of Poland. We start as always today with a little conversation and catching with with our hosts Alisa and Gjorgi where they catch you up on what's happening in their lives and ministries (0:33). After the intro, Dominik joins us to talk about his story with Young Life in Poland. In this episode you'll also get to hear more about how God is moving in Poland, how Young Life is trying to meet the needs of the students in his country and Domink's love for maps (06:25).

Since 2009, YL's Developing Global Leaders college scholarship program has been investing in high-ceiling young adults in developing countries by giving them a full-ride scholarship to a university of their choice from within their own country so that they can be launched forward as influencers in their culture for Christ in the professional field of their choice, all while investing in the next generation through Young Life.

On today's episode of the Young Life Global Leaders podcast we have the first-ever DGL graduate from Kenya, Samuel Gitau, join the show. We start as always today with a little conversation and catching with with our hosts Alisa and Gjorgi and their love for running (0:33). After the intro, Sam joins us to talk about his life journey with Christ. In this episode you'll also get to hear more about the the needs and struggles young men and women have in Kenya, how Young Life is trying to meet those needs and Sam's hopes and dreams for his country (11:50).

Since 2009, YL's Developing Global Leaders college scholarship program has been investing in high-ceiling young adults in developing countries by giving them a full-ride scholarship to a university of their choice from within their own country so that they can be launched forward as influencers in their culture for Christ in the professional field of their choice, all while investing in the next generation through Young Life.

On today's episode of the Young Life Global Leaders podcast we have another amazing guest - Thomas Mbiba from Zimbabwe. We start the show today with a little conversation and catching with with our hosts Alisa and Gjorgi (0:33). After the intro, Tom joins us to talk about his experience as a DGL but also as a young man in Zimbabwe. In this episode you'll get to hear more about the culture and history of his country, as well as his journey with Christ and Young Life (11:50).

Since 2009, YL's Developing Global Leaders college scholarship program has been investing in high-ceiling young adults in developing countries by giving them a full-ride scholarship to a university of their choice from within their own country so that they can be launched forward as influencers in their culture for Christ in the professional field of their choice, all while investing in the next generation through Young Life.

Episode 5 is here! Meet Yana from Ukraine, a DGL graduate and current Young Life staff in Ukraine. In this episode she will share the story of her life, her participation in Young Life, and life in the middle of the war (22:25).

Since 2009, YL's Developing Global Leaders college scholarship program has been investing in high-ceiling young adults in developing countries by giving them a full-ride scholarship to a university of their choice from within their own country so that they can be launched forward as influencers in their culture for Christ in the professional field of their choice, all while investing in the next generation through Young Life.

Introducing you the fourth episode of DGL podcast - meet our incredible friend from Africa South Joseph Nagu! With him, we talk more about his background, his times as a DGL student and what our students face during their studies and after graduation.

Since 2009, YL's Developing Global Leaders college scholarship program has been investing in high-ceiling young adults in developing countries by giving them a full-ride scholarship to a university of their choice from within their own country so that they can be launched forward as influencers in their culture for Christ in the professional field of their choice, all while investing in the next generation through Young Life.