TESTIMONIALS
Still not convinced? Here's what our friends have to say about
their experiences here at Spicy Grove Youth Center.

Kayla Morgan
Mission team memeber
Spicy Grove Youth Center gave me the opportunity to step out of my comfort zone and to grow spiritually. There were constant opportunities for me to talk to strangers about the love of Christ, something I personally struggle with. However, the staff and interns make sharing my faith seems so much easier. They challenged me to share my feelings, to stay in God’s word and showed me love beyond imagination.

Ashlynn Goff
Mission team member
My experience at SGYC I can easily say without a doubt changed my perspective on life. Seeing people with so little stuff have such joy was inspiring. Those young children taught me that I don’t need material things to be happy, but the simple love of Jesus is all I need. I never experienced so much joy at one time until I went to SGYC, it was really hard to leave.

Chance Denney
Mission team member
Spicy Grove Youth Center showed me the true meaning of a faith family! I was only there for a single week, yet it felt like I have been there for a month!! The Staff and Interns do not want friendships that last for a single week but that last for a lifetime!! The Staff and Interns also pushed me to grow spiritually and just to keep my eyes set on the King!! As always, Spicy Grove will be a family that will have a place in my heart forever!!

Caitlyn
Kowalker-Eldridge
Mission team member
There’s no amount of words to describe my time SGYC. I was pushed by my peers and mentors to dig deeper in my faith. The feeling of gratefulness I woke up with every day during my week there still dwells in my heart. This was the good kind of life-changing event my heart needed.
P.S. pro tip: if your elder says don’t get out on one side of James Bond beach, don’t. You too will get stung by a sea urchin.

Lucy Winchester
Mission team member
My time at Spicy Grove Youth Center opened my heart to the Lord in ways I had never experienced before. I had never felt the presence of God so strongly until my time at Spicy Grove this past summer. The Center allowed me to share my story to the children who regularly hung out in the area and to the people of the community. However, it wasn’t just me telling the people of Jamaica my story, it was hearing their stories that truly changed my heart. Christ is truly working through this ministry for the good of His glory!