Underwoods with Nexus/WMI

Underwoods with Nexus/WMI DEVELOPING LEADERS WHO ARE CHANGING THE WORLD THROUGH YOUTH MINISTRY.

30/04/2026

Newsletter Day!!!

There’s a Japanese laurel in our backyard that blooms earlier than almost anything else each spring. Every year, our fam...
07/04/2026

There’s a Japanese laurel in our backyard that blooms earlier than almost anything else each spring. Every year, our family starts watching for it… checking on it almost daily as winter begins to fade away. It has become a sweet rhythm in our home—stepping outside, noticing the small changes, waiting for that first sign that life is waking back up.

And then it happens.

Almost overnight, it bursts into bloom—covered in small, pure white flowers. Bright, full, and impossible to miss. The first real sign that spring has arrived.

Our whole family feels it. There’s something about those first blooms that lifts the air a little bit. It’s simple, but it brings a surprising amount of joy—like a reminder that life is pushing through again, whether we notice it or not.

This year, it reached its peak on Easter.

And I can’t help but see it differently now.

Those early, white blooms feel like “first fruits”—that first glimpse of what’s still to come. Not the fullness yet… but a promise of it. A foretaste.

Easter has passed, but what it means hasn’t.

“But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep…” (1 Cor. 15:20–23)

The resurrection of Jesus isn’t just something to celebrate once a year—it’s the first sign that God is making all things new. The beginning of His great work of renewal.

And the hope we have is this: that those who place their trust in Christ will share in that renewal—that we will participate in and benefit from the redemption of all things.

That is the great invitation open to the whole world:

To repent.
To believe.
To receive His magnificent grace.
(Mark 1:15)

The laurel will fade in a few weeks. Spring will keep moving. But the promise it points to doesn’t.

Christ is risen—the first fruits of the fullness of life to come.

What a beautiful picture of the hope we have in Christ.

We have a strong connection to this Christian school in Mauritius. Does anyone know of someone that might be interested ...
03/04/2026

We have a strong connection to this Christian school in Mauritius. Does anyone know of someone that might be interested in any of these roles there?

Join Our Team We currently have the following job vacancies: Submit your application Secondary Relief Coordinator and Teacher Job Description Secondary Maths Teacher Job Description People and Talent Lead Job Description Primary School Counsellor (Part-Time) Job Description Primary School Teacher Jo...

26/03/2026

NEWSLETTER DAY!

Brand New Nexus Website!
26/03/2026

Brand New Nexus Website!

Empowering local leaders to reach the next generation We equip indigenous leaders to build disciple-making youth ministries—so every young person has a chance to know and follow Jesus. Partner with usOur Method Most of the world’s youth don’t know Jesus. Young people—especially teens—are t...

Had such a wonderful time in Taiwan and the Philippines over the last few weeks. We spend most of the time in Taiwan mee...
18/03/2026

Had such a wonderful time in Taiwan and the Philippines over the last few weeks. We spend most of the time in Taiwan meeting with a handful of leaders and doing an assessment of the training progress for the last 5 years of work. It was a really helpful time of information gathering and strategic planning that will prayerfully inform the the direction of the next 5 years!

I will say more about our time in the Philippines in our coming newsletter (watch for that!) but wanted to say a little here too. Short story is that we are partnering with the World Evangelical Alliance to put together an online course about creation care aimed at young people. There is a really amazing project in the Philippines being lead by a missionary couple that will feature in this course. Look for our newsletter to hear the whole story!

We had such a valuable time with the Asia team in Thailand. Our annual team retreat has been a critical part of our cale...
20/02/2026

We had such a valuable time with the Asia team in Thailand. Our annual team retreat has been a critical part of our calendar for the last few years. It is so refreshing to be around this family of like-minded, passionate and missional folks who genuinely want to see disciple-making flourish in their countries.

Photo credit: Andrew Underwood & Daniel Treat

Our Nexus leader in Myanmar (Burma) shared today how God is helping them continue disciple-making youth ministry in the ...
05/02/2026

Our Nexus leader in Myanmar (Burma) shared today how God is helping them continue disciple-making youth ministry in the middle of a devastating civil war.

Every day, young people are being kidnapped and involuntarily conscripted into either side of the conflict. Can you imagine?

Stories like this make me reflect on the excuses we often make—excuses that feel so small in light of such radical obedience.

“John” shared that he feels deeply safe and loved within Nexus, even in the exhaustion of this work—and that this community has become a critical lifeline for him.

I’m humbled, challenged, and grateful to walk alongside leaders like this.

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