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Cyclone Idai devastated South East Africa, including the destruction of two Youth With A Mission centres in Mozambique, YWAM Lebanon had their building destroyed by a fire, YWAM Ships Norway has deployed three shipping containers containing dental clinics and a workshop to the YWAM Liberty, YWAM Urban Keys in London took a pro-life stance in a protest in London, we get a report from The Send, and more on this episode of the Youth With A Mission News Show Podcast …
Thank you for downloading this, the 113rd episode of the Youth With A Mission News Show Podcast, I’m your host, Bill Hutchison.
You can contact us, subscribe to future episodes, leave comments, and find links to all the stories we talk about in the show notes for this podcast at ywampodcast.com/113…
Stories:
Cyclone Idai in Mozambique
Cyclone Idai crossed the coast in central Mozambique on the night of March 14, 2019. The cyclone had sustained winds of 195 km/h (120 mph) and damaged or destroyed thousands of structures. The strong winds were accompanied by heavy rain and flooding throughout Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi.
It has been estimated that there are over 1000 deaths attributed to the cyclone so far, with some estimating that it could reach into the tens of thousands dead. Around 1.7 million people are affected across South East Africa, with 100,000 people needing urgent rescue near the city of Beira. There is no running water or electricity in much of the area, and many homes have been swept away and roads destroyed by floods. Over 400,000 Mozambicans are estimated to now be homeless.
There are reports of cholera in the area, and there is risk of other outbreaks, including malaria, which is already increasing.
Two Youth With A Mission centres have been affected by this natural disaster. Thankfully no YWAM staff or students have reportedly lost their lives, but they are trying to recover from the shock of the disaster. Both locations have had the majority of their buildings severely damaged.
YWAM Beira runs a home for 29 boys and young men and a community school for over 600 students. Classrooms, dorms and other facilities have all been damaged.
YWAM Dondo runs a preschool for 68 children, a laboratory to diagnose malaria and a HIV patient care program and pastors seminars and much more. The classrooms, accommodation, laboratory, and clinic have all been damaged.
There are also many people in the communities around the Youth With a Mission locations that are in desperate need of help.
Youth With A Mission is engaging in a unified response to this crisis. YWAM has linked up with RescueNet and Mercy Air to ensure that they are giving the best response possible. Mercy Air has already done a flyover assessment and RescueNet Europe is on their way to provide some of the necessary assistance.
To allow for a swift and coordinated flow of resources YWAM Southern Africa has set-up a dedicated office managed by John Sulter and Dave Peter at YWAM Muizenberg, South Africa. The office will manage donations and communications for people wanting to donate to help, and for people or teams who may wish to volunteer in the rebuilding effort.
You can contact the office directly to find out how to donate and help at mzidai@ywammuizenberg.org.
The situation in Mozambique is very serious. We ask that you would please be generous towards our brothers and sisters in Christ in Mozambique. They are in desperate need of food, water, shelter, and medical supplies. (source)
There are regular updates coming to us from the teams in South East Africa, and we will be updating you in the upcoming shows so that you can know what’s going on and how you can help.
YWAM Lebanon USA Fire
The YWAM Lebanon, Pennsylvania base had an accidental fire on the morning of March 27. At the time there were 17 people in the building. All 17 people evacuated the building without any injuries, but the entire building is destroyed.
In addition to the building being destroyed, so was all of their furniture, office equipment and supplies, computers, phones, cameras, personal items and clothing, and more …
They have started up a GoFundMe page to raise money to replace all of the lost items and are also looking for a temporary office space in the downtown area of Lebanon.
YWAM Ships Norway
The first “Think Inside the Box” containers from YWAM Norway arrived recently on-board the m/v YWAM Liberty. The three containers includes
- 2 x Dental Clinics
- Mobile Wood Workshop
The Mobile Wood Workshop will be used to help with the remodeling of the YWAM Liberty and the two clinics will be brought to Papua New Guinea to provide dental services to the people of PNG.
You can check out the YWAM Ships Norway web-site at ywamships.no to find out more about the Think Inside the Box Ministry, and how you or your church or ministry can get involved with fitting out your own container to serve in mercy missions.
YWAM Urban Keys Stop Traffic for the Unborn
On March 26 YWAM Urban Key in London, England YWAM Staff and Students took a stand for the unborn on International Day of the Unborn Child. They did this by stopping traffic on the Westminster Bridge for 9-minutes to stand for the 9-million lives lost since the abortion law pass in the UK in 1967.
In addition to paying tribute to all those babies that lost their lives, they also brought awareness in hope that society would stand up and make a difference for the lives fighting for their right to be born. An unborn baby is a human life, just like another other, and it has a right to live.
You can find out more about the protest on the YWAM London Urban Keys Facebook page.
“University in a Box” Mobile Classroom
YWAM San José, Costa Rica recently completed their first mobile classroom, or “University in a Box”. A team took a shipping container and put it through an adaptation process to transform it into a mobile classroom. Their desire is to take education to remote areas in their nation.
Based on the photos on YWAM San Jose’s Facebook Page it looks to be a very modern set-up, offering many options for training including STEM subjects.
Joshua Project App
YWAM Frontier Missions recently recommended an app for Unreached People Groups by the Joshua Project called “Unreached of the day”.
The app has information on over 7,000 UPGs. It features a different people group to learn about and pray for each day. For each group the app provides:
- a brief description of the people
- ministry obstacles
- outreach ideas
- prayer points for any existing followers of Jesus among them
- prayer points for the entire people group
- a map
- resources in their language: Bibles; online audio New Testaments; Jesus Film; audio Gospel recordings; etc.
- how to get involved: support a national missionary; help fund Bible translation; help fund Jesus Film in their language; use Facebook to share the gospel with people in a UPT; network with others interested in this people group
You can read about YWAM Frontier Missions recommendation on their web-site ywamfm.org, and you can download the app for Android or Apples devices at joshuaproject.net.
The Send Report
In the last news show we shared with you about the Send. Reports from The Send were extremely positive with:
- Over 70,000 Christians gathered in Orlando for the Send, including many from Youth With A Mission, including our founder Loren Cunningham.
- A report from The Send said that, “At The Send, we are calling every believer to take action. So far 16,656 have committed to fasting, 2,145 commitments to reaching High Schools, 1,878 committed to Universities, 4,134 committed to reaching their neighborhood. 482 have responded to the gospel.”
Schools:
Jesus’ last commandment to us was to:
… go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. (Mat. 28: 19-20)
Anyone that tell you not to go out and tell people about Jesus is telling you to disobey what Jesus actually told us to do. Youth With A Mission is all about “Knowing God and Making Him Known”, as such much of our training and ministries are built around that …
Muslim World School of Frontier Missions (SOFM)
The Muslim World School of Frontier Missions (SOFM) is for people who have a passion to share Jesus with Muslims. It’s for people who want to share Jesus in places where there are few known believers.
In Chaing Mai Youth With A Mission will be running a dual track School of Frontier Missions, preparing students to share the Good News with Muslims and Buddhists of Southeast and Central Asia. The training helps students to understand the worldview and belief systems of unreached people groups, plant growing churches, and get placed on a team that will help guide students as they learn the language and begin to bear fruit.
The school involves a lot of hands-on training. Staff and students will be experiencing different cultures, worship styles, and local-style evangelism throughout the school. They will visit local mosques and temples, spend time in local communities, and learn from the people around them. Students get to hear from experienced field workers, staff and church planters, who have had years of ministry experience, countless stories, and eye-opening case studies that the students can learn from
Head over to ywamchiangmai.org to find out more about this school and their outreach to the Muslim world.
School of Missional Justice (SMJ)
YWAM Wiler will be running the School of Missional Justice (SMJ) starting in June. During the course they will be looking at:
- Why do the innocent suffer?
- Why do the rich get richer and the poor get poorer?
- Why are women and children victimized and exploited?
- Why do I exist?
- and more …
Some of the elements they will cover are:
- A Biblical Christian Worldview
- Creation and the Biblical View of Man
- The Image of God and Ethics
- The Fall (All Relationships are broken – to God, Self, Others, Creation…)
- God’s plan of Redemption – fixing what is broken
- The Kingdom of God
- God’s plan for Restoration
The course is going to be run in YWAM Wiler in Switzerland, and you can find out more on their web-site, jmjmwiler.ch.
Coaching Workshop
In July the University of the Nations Kona, Hawaii will be running a Coaching Workshop to help participants to learn powerful skill for solving problems, reaching goals, and developing others …
This workshop is heavy on skill development. By the end of the week, students will have become practiced in the 12 core skills of coaching competency. Participants will also come away with an understanding of the elements which make coaching such a powerful avenue for change. They also will have gained an understanding of the differences between coaching, mentoring, consulting and counseling, thus enabling them to make a conscious choice of which modality to use.
During the workshop people will learn how to:
- Operate effectively within The COACH Model.
- Evaluate and determine their personal development needs.
- Utilize 12 core coaching skills in order to facilitate the development of others.
- Ask powerful questions.
- Facilitate the discovery of solutions.
- Empower others to draw on their own expertise and strengths.
- Familiarize themselves with the four key elements that facilitate transformation.
You can find out more on the University of the Nations Kona web-site, uofnkona.edu.
Next Time
On the next episode of the the YWAM News Show Podcast we will share an update from YWAM in Venezuela and the new ministry vessel for YWAM Ships Aotearoa …
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