New Property

Property Usage Vision

The purpose of the new property is to expand the ministry and outreach programs as well as create new programs. The facility will be used to house program participants, students, seminar attendees, staff, and guests and, when finished, will include:

• Four meeting rooms to accommodate up to 50 people per room
• An auditorium/multi-purpose room to accommodate up to 200 people
• Accommodations for up to 300 staff, students, program participants and guests
• Reflection area
• Prayer room
• Social area/Café with wireless internet and entertainment
• Sports area
• Greeting and check in area
• Special event and enhanced dining area for up to 300 people
• Industrial kitchen
• Administrative office space for YWAM Mazatlan staff and volunteers
• Parking
• Increased storage

The Current Reality

That's our vision for the new property. However, we aren't there yet. At present we have moved in, but due to financial and labor limitations, we are still a long ways from where we want to be. Please keep checking here to see where we are at and if God lays it on your heart to support us in any way, we'd love to hear from you!!

Currently we have:

• A reception area
• A partially industrial kitchen
• Accommodations for 90 people max along with two guest rooms for visiting speakers.
• Our dining area on the back patio can hold up to 100 people.
• A limited amount of parking and storage space.
• At this point we don't have any meeting rooms. As the finances come in, we hope to build a lecture room for our growing training schools, which are currently holding lectures at a local church or in staff houses.
• We're surviving with a temporary office area that holds 5 people comfortably, but really need room for 10-15 people. We're hoping to build a bigger office space next to the future lecture room. Right now, staff are spread out all over the property trying to find quiet places to work.
• A temporary prayer room!!! YAY!! However, once we have the finances to build our lecture room and proper office area, the prayer room will have to relocate.
• Wireless internet (most of the time) and a couple of old couches set up in the breezeway, but we really need a communal area for the staff and students to relax and hang out.
• At this point we don't have a sports area, though we have set up the Remnant skate ramps in our parking area at street level a few times.

Property Renovation Updates

Industrial Kitchen - Since purchasing the property and moving in on October 1, 2008, we renovated two first floor rooms to provide a partially-industrial kitchen area. We are working to transition the base into an industrial kitchen mindset through renovations, equipment, and tighter policies. During the initial renovations, one room was completely re-tiled and two industrial sinks were installed. With these improvements, the kitchen is being used for all base meals, however, there are many more additions that will need to be made to bring it up to full functionality.

Pool Area - Over the winter months, our maintenance guys drained the pool. It was a huge mess, but they scrubbed and scraped and, with the help of some serious acid, eventually got the pool tiles shining like new. Then, in February, we had a team from YWAM Newcastle Australia, come down and help us fix up the pool area. They scraped and painted the surrounding walls, dug out the old bushes, and planted fresh flowers in the surrounding planters. The whole area looks transformed.

Breezeway (hangout area) - The Jan 09 DTS took on the transformation of the breezeway as their faith project for the base. Due to the lack of space, the breezeway is the only area that people can hang out in, but it's very open and gets cold during the winter months. It's also pretty ugly and has ended up looking more like a wide hallway than a cozy place to spend your off time. The leader of the DTS drew up some plans for closing it in more and all the students chipped in to raise the money. They put new lights and electrical outlets in, painted the walls and ceiling, and cleaned up the clutter. Follow this link to read the news post about it.