--- title: | Ash Zook --- [Skip to content](https://https.youngleadersinternational.org/young-leaders-international-blog/author/youngleaders110#main-content) [![logo](https://https.youngleadersinternational.org/hs-fs/hubfs/c613a82d-cb7f-4c03-8893-5cd70e80ac68.png?width=1250&height=1250&name=c613a82d-cb7f-4c03-8893-5cd70e80ac68.png "logo")](https://https.youngleadersinternational.org/) - Who We Are - [Our Values](https://https.youngleadersinternational.org/our-values) - [Our Beliefs](https://https.youngleadersinternational.org/our-beliefs) - [Our Story](https://https.youngleadersinternational.org/our-story) - What We Do - [Our Ministry Model](https://https.youngleadersinternational.org/our-ministry-model) - [Our Leaders](https://https.youngleadersinternational.org/leaders) - [Our Water Projects](https://https.youngleadersinternational.org/water-projects) - [Blog](https://https.youngleadersinternational.org/young-leaders-international-blog) - [Resources](https://https.youngleadersinternational.org/resources) - [Contact Us](https://https.youngleadersinternational.org/contact-our-staff) [Partner with YLI](https://https.youngleadersinternational.org/donate) # YLI Blog From clean water updates to prayers of being shot out of a cannon, you won't want to miss how God is moving in West Africa! ### Subscribe Here! # Recent Stories [![](https://https.youngleadersinternational.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/dcaef7ff-f293-4d5a-89e0-e5ecbc146d53-4.png?width=596&name=dcaef7ff-f293-4d5a-89e0-e5ecbc146d53-4.png)](https://https.youngleadersinternational.org/young-leaders-international-blog/2025/12/02/news-from-yli-in-nigeria) [Uncategorized](https://https.youngleadersinternational.org/young-leaders-international-blog/tag/uncategorized) [Ash Zook](https://https.youngleadersinternational.org/young-leaders-international-blog/author/youngleaders110) ## [News from YLI IN Nigeria](https://https.youngleadersinternational.org/young-leaders-international-blog/2025/12/02/news-from-yli-in-nigeria) YLI’s ministry in Nigeria, on the surface, resembles YLI in Ghana: young Christian adults... 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[Read More](https://https.youngleadersinternational.org/young-leaders-international-blog/2025/12/02/news-clean-water-living-water) [![](https://https.youngleadersinternational.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/image-12-Mar-06-2026-02-35-12-7430-PM.png?width=596&name=image-12-Mar-06-2026-02-35-12-7430-PM.png)](https://https.youngleadersinternational.org/young-leaders-international-blog/2025/07/15/empowering-young-leaders-to-reach-their-world-through-discipleship) [Uncategorized](https://https.youngleadersinternational.org/young-leaders-international-blog/tag/uncategorized) [Ash Zook](https://https.youngleadersinternational.org/young-leaders-international-blog/author/youngleaders110) ## [Empowering young leaders to reach their world through discipleship.](https://https.youngleadersinternational.org/young-leaders-international-blog/2025/07/15/empowering-young-leaders-to-reach-their-world-through-discipleship) **A word from our Executive Director, Ash Zook** Friends, Mike Moye addressing the... [Read More](https://https.youngleadersinternational.org/young-leaders-international-blog/2025/07/15/empowering-young-leaders-to-reach-their-world-through-discipleship) [![](https://https.youngleadersinternational.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/image-Mar-06-2026-02-37-43-2932-PM.png?width=596&name=image-Mar-06-2026-02-37-43-2932-PM.png)](https://https.youngleadersinternational.org/young-leaders-international-blog/2025/07/07/a-marathon-trip-at-a-sprint) [Uncategorized](https://https.youngleadersinternational.org/young-leaders-international-blog/tag/uncategorized) [Ash Zook](https://https.youngleadersinternational.org/young-leaders-international-blog/author/youngleaders110) ## [A marathon trip (at a sprint)!](https://https.youngleadersinternational.org/young-leaders-international-blog/2025/07/07/a-marathon-trip-at-a-sprint) This is a brief report from my third trip to Ghana in 2025. In short, I attended a discipleship... [Read More](https://https.youngleadersinternational.org/young-leaders-international-blog/2025/07/07/a-marathon-trip-at-a-sprint) [![](https://https.youngleadersinternational.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/p1040039-4.png?width=596&name=p1040039-4.png)](https://https.youngleadersinternational.org/young-leaders-international-blog/2025/06/27/5-things-weve-learned-so-far-in-2025) [Uncategorized](https://https.youngleadersinternational.org/young-leaders-international-blog/tag/uncategorized) [Ash Zook](https://https.youngleadersinternational.org/young-leaders-international-blog/author/youngleaders110) ## [5 things we've learned (so far) in 2025](https://https.youngleadersinternational.org/young-leaders-international-blog/2025/06/27/5-things-weve-learned-so-far-in-2025) **1. Through mother tongue translation discipleship becomes the story of a people.** Although most... 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