Ailina Carona

Week 1 - Community

Ailina Carona and her husband, Rob, are leaders at their church’s college and career group, as well as the worship team. She is passionately and purposefully in pursuit of an intimate relationship with Jesus. Ailina looks forward to one day traveling with her husband around the world and helping people encounter the love and goodness of Jesus

Justin Haag

Week 1 - Community

Justin Haag lives in Oceanside, CA. He works in the youth ministry and is currently pursuing a career in Criminal Justice. Justin wants to become a U.S. Marshall and help put an end to human trafficking.

Quay Ball

Week 1 - Community

Quay Ball is a mother and stepmother of six beautiful children and lives in Carlsbad, California, with her husband, Chip. She has a BA in elementary education from Anderson University and has taught Kindergarten and 2nd Grade. As a trauma survivor; Quay uses her past to help women experience healing through intimacy with Jesus. She is a trainer and speaker with Healed Heart Encounter and is involved in many different ministries including: Women’s Bible Study Teacher, Prayer Counselor and Worship and Prayer Leader.

Adam

Week 2 - Worship

Adam is the evangelism and outreach pastor at a church in Southern California. He is happily married to a wonderful woman named Cleta. And God has graciously blessed them both with their daughter, Bella. He is a living example of what great things God can do! One of his favorite verses from the Bible is: “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes...” (Romans 1:16).

Rob Carona

Week 2 - Worship

Rob Carona and his wife, Ailina, are involved as leaders at their church's college and career group, as well as the worship team. He's a songwriter and loves playing music (you can check out his music at www.youtube.com/thecaronas music). Rob also loves sports, being outdoors, and most of all ... sharing the love of Jesus!

Cyrus Greene

Week 3 - Growth

Cyrus Greene is a licensed pastor and ordained minister who helps run Next Door Ministries and the food pantry. He also preaches at the homeless shelter and is on staff at his church, being responsible for managing the facilities. He is involved in the Bread of Life, Celebrate Recovery, Broth-ers and Sisters in Christ, and Brother Benno’s minis-tries. Cyrus lives in Oceanside, CA.

Julia Mottola

Week 3 - Growth

Julia Mottola is a stay-at-home mom. She is married with two teenage daughters, Sierra and Frankie. Julia accepted Christ as her Savior in 2005 and attends New Song Com-munity Church in Oceanside, CA. She now serves the Lord as the director of a ministry called Trash to Treasure Recycling Ministry. The ministry supports eighty-ἀve war orphans in Liberia and a local group called Solutions for Change for homeless families, all through recycling. The website is www.recyclingministry.com.

Jim Britts

Week 4 - Stewardship

Jim Britts is the next generation pastor at New Song Community Church in Oceanside, CA. where he’s been on staff since 2002. He has a smoking hot wife (Rachel) and the cutest kid in the world (Jadon). He is a die hard Sacramento Kings fan, a professional in Costco sampling, and he loves to run for fun. He also wrote the script to the movie To Save a Life and he has authored a couple of books with his wife. Jim loves pouring into teenagers and helping them ἀgure out how God wants to use them to change their world.

Jennifer Kay

Week 4 - Stewardship

Jennifer Kay is an inspirational speaker and author who uses the trials she faced as a testimony to others that even in the midst of impossibilities, all things really are possible through the strength of God. She longs to help others who have been caught in the web of drugs, addictions, and turmoil and the strength in Jesus to turn their lives around. Jennifer is a featured author in the best-selling book, Bouncing Back: Thriving in Changing Times. Her website is, www.WheelOfftheWagon.com.

Brae Wyckoff

Week 5 - Outreach

Brae Wyckoff, born and raised in San Diego, CA, has been married to his wife, Jill, for eighteen years and they have three children. He and his wife are the founders of The Greater News Facebook page: www.facebook.com/thegreaternews, which reports on miracles, signs, and wonders from around the world. Brae is the author of The Orb of Truth, the first in a series of fantasy action adventures laced with Christian undertones: www.theorboftruth.com. Brae co-hosts a radio program called Prophetic Underground, which can be found at www.propheticunderground.com, Facebook, and iTunes.

Kevin Conway

Week 5 - Outreach

Kevin Conway lives in Vista, CA where he is busy raising his ἀfteen-year-old son and eighteen-year-old niece. Kevin is actively involved in church and serves as an usher, greeter, and small-group leader. In his free time he likes to bodysurf, snowboard, and ride mountain bikes.