Young Life Global Leaders Podcast

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Real stories from Young Life’s Developing Global Leaders—students and grads equipped for ministry and mission. Hear how God is raising up world-changing leaders for today and tomorrow.

  1. Episode 23: The Extra Mile with Samuel in Sierra Leone

    07/17/2025

    Episode 23: The Extra Mile with Samuel in Sierra Leone

    Meet Samuel in Sierra Leone, a DGL graduate who keeps giving back to his community, going the extra mile again and again.

    15 min
  2. Episode 22 I Meet Andy, DGL's Director of Development

    11/01/2023

    Episode 22 I Meet Andy, DGL's Director of Development

    On today's episode of the Young Life Global Leaders podcast we have Andy Morman as a guest - DGL's Director of Development.  We start as always today with a little conversation with our hosts Alisa and Gjorgi where they catch you up on Gjorgi's trip to London with i100 and the upcoming DGL conference in Ukraine. After the intro, Andy joins in to talk more about his story with Young Life, the development of the DGL program, and fundraising. Since 2009, YL's Developing Global Leaders college scholarship program has been investing in high-ceiling young adults in developing countries by giving them a full-ride scholarship to a university of their choice from within their own country so that they can be launched forward as influencers in their culture for Christ in the professional field of their choice, all while investing in the next generation through Young Life.

    40 min
  3. Episode 21 I Why Mentoring Matters?

    10/04/2023

    Episode 21 I Why Mentoring Matters?

    Another episode on the Young Life's Global Leaders Podcast! We start as always today with a little conversation and catching with with our hosts Gjorgi and Alisa and what they have been up to the last couple of weeks (0:33). Later, they are joined by Emmanuel from Tanazania, a DGL graduate, and with him they go deeper on why having a mentor and being a mentor is very important to our DGLs (10:07). Since 2009, YL's Developing Global Leaders college scholarship program has been investing in high-ceiling young adults in developing countries by giving them a full-ride scholarship to a university of their choice from within their own country so that they can be launched forward as influencers in their culture for Christ in the professional field of their choice, all while investing in the next generation through Young Life.

    38 min
  4. Episode 20 I DGL in Europe w/ Jedidja, George, Teo and Gledis

    09/20/2023

    Episode 20 I DGL in Europe w/ Jedidja, George, Teo and Gledis

    Our last traveling episode from this summer comes from the Young Life Europe's DGL conference in Prague. We start as always today with a little conversation and catching with with our hosts Gjorgi and Alisa who were both at the conference (0:33). Our first interview is with a Year 1 DGL from the Netherlands, Jedidja (05:14). Next up, we had George from Scotland came in to talk more about his experience as a Year 3 DGL (14:23). Teo from Budapest also joined us and told us a little bit more about her experience at the conference as a Year 2 DGL but also about Young Life in Hungary (23:35). We finish the episode with Gledis from Albania who is just finishing her fourth year as a DGL and is coming on staff in Tirana (43:07). Since 2009, YL's Developing Global Leaders college scholarship program has been investing in high-ceiling young adults in developing countries by giving them a full-ride scholarship to a university of their choice from within their own country so that they can be launched forward as influencers in their culture for Christ in the professional field of their choice, all while investing in the next generation through Young Life.

    53 min
  5. Episode 19 I WyldLife

    08/30/2023

    Episode 19 I WyldLife

    Another podcast episode from camp - Gjorgi was at the WyldLife camp in Poland and he's bringing two great conversations from there. We start as always today with a little conversation and catching with with our hosts Gjorgi and Alisa (0:33). After the intro, they both share about what they are up to now. Our first interview is with Julie Clapp, the Vice President of WyldLife and speaker at the camp in Poland (15:12). We finish the episode with a conversation with Zofia Nowakowska from Poland, a DGL graduate and staff assosicate in Poznan, Poland (22:31). Since 2009, YL's Developing Global Leaders college scholarship program has been investing in high-ceiling young adults in developing countries by giving them a full-ride scholarship to a university of their choice from within their own country so that they can be launched forward as influencers in their culture for Christ in the professional field of their choice, all while investing in the next generation through Young Life.

    31 min
  6. Episode 18 I Young Life University

    08/09/2023

    Episode 18 I Young Life University

    A little bit of a different episode on the Young Life Global Leaders podcast. Alisa was at the Young Life Ukraine's university camp and she is not coming back home with empty hands - she is bringing to you two conversations with our university ministry, both in Ukraine and worldwide. We start as always today with a little conversation and catching with with our hosts Gjorgi and Alisa (0:33). After the intro, Alisa shares a bit more about what camp looked like for her (10:03). Our first interview is with Anya, a DGL graduate and current head of college & university ministry in Ukraine (14:06). We finish the episode with a conversation with Brett Rodgers - Young Life's Vice President University Initiatives International (26:31). Since 2009, YL's Developing Global Leaders college scholarship program has been investing in high-ceiling young adults in developing countries by giving them a full-ride scholarship to a university of their choice from within their own country so that they can be launched forward as influencers in their culture for Christ in the professional field of their choice, all while investing in the next generation through Young Life.

    52 min
  7. Episode 17 I Meet Our New Colleague Esther

    07/19/2023

    Episode 17 I Meet Our New Colleague Esther

    On today's episode of the Young Life Global Leaders podcast we have our newest DGL colleague - Esther from the Young Life Latin America and the Caribbean. We start the show today with a little catch-up with our hosts Alisa and Gjorgi where Gjorgi updates us more on his latest camp and Alisa shares about what's coming up for her the next couple of weeks (0:33). After the intro, Esther joins us to talk about herself and her time as a DGL, as well as her region, Young Life over there and the current situation in Haiti (15:32). Since 2009, YL's Developing Global Leaders college scholarship program has been investing in high-ceiling young adults in developing countries by giving them a full-ride scholarship to a university of their choice from within their own country so that they can be launched forward as influencers in their culture for Christ in the professional field of their choice, all while investing in the next generation through Young Life.

    1h 11m
  8. Episode 16 I Gui from Portugal

    07/05/2023

    Episode 16 I Gui from Portugal

    On today's episode of the Young Life Global Leaders podcast we have our first second timer guest - Gui Lima from Portugal. We start the show today with a little conversation and catching with with our hosts Alisa and Gjorgi where Gjorgi goes into detail about his baseball camp he's doing right now in Albania (0:33). After the intro, Gui joins us to talk about anything and everything! In this episode you'll get to hear more about himself and his story but we also go into details about a lot of other topics regarding ministry, Portugal and the state of the world (15:48). Since 2009, YL's Developing Global Leaders college scholarship program has been investing in high-ceiling young adults in developing countries by giving them a full-ride scholarship to a university of their choice from within their own country so that they can be launched forward as influencers in their culture for Christ in the professional field of their choice, all while investing in the next generation through Young Life.

    1h 40m
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