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Welcome to the Youth With A Mission News Show for November 2024. This month we hear another story from the YWAM Together Gathering, hear a testimony about a healing in India, find out about YWAM’s continued work in Lebanon during the conflict, YWAM Liberty has set sail after a refit, we find out a bit about YWAM is doing in Mongolia and Hong Kong, get an update about the bus accident in Benin, and more …
Thank you for downloading this, the 151st 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 on the show notes for this podcast at ywampodcast.com/151 …
Stories:
Another Story from YWAM together
We continue with stores from YWAM Together with this story from Dara from Cambodia.
I have at least two more stories from YWAM Together that we will be sharing over the upcoming months.
David’s Tent DC Update
YWAM DC’s main ministry is David’s Tent DC, a 24/7 house of prayer and worship on the National Mall in Washington DC. David’s Tent just celebrated 3,333 days or 79,992 hours of non-stop worship and prayer! God has supernaturally provided resources, teams, and finances to keep this vigil of day and night worship and prayer over America and the Nations. Truly a testimony of the grace of Jesus! Come, join the song and exalt the King of Kings and Lord of Lords in America’s capitol city while Amos 9:11 comes to life! Accepting outreach and worship teams!
Find out more on the David’s Tent web-site, davidstentdc.org.
YWAM Alblasserwaard Testimony of Healing
Now we get to hear a powerful testimony from Impact World Tour Netherlands …
Head over to impactworldtour.nl to find out more, and you can hear more testimonies and stories on the YWAM Alblasserwaard YouTube Channel.
YWAM Chico Flooding Concerns
In episode 148 in September we reported about the fire that almost burnt down our YWAM location in Chico, California. Now, with heavy rains, there are new concerns about flooding and the only bridge to their location being swept away …
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To follow the situation check out ywamchico.org.
YWAM Deaf World Vision
Let’s find out what the mission is for YWAM Deaf World Jamaica.
Head over to ywamjamaica.org/deafworld to find out how you might be able to get involved.
YWAM in Lebanon
Christianity Today recently published an article about the war in Lebanon that included an interview with one of our teams who is serving there …
Daniel Suter, a missionary from Switzerland, encounters both sides. His Lebanese friends blame Israel for every bad thing that happens; his friends in the West reflexively support everything Israel does. But with tears in his eyes, he said that 2,350 Lebanese had died since the war began, some of whom were relatives of his close friends.
“It breaks my heart,” Suter said. “This is the country we love. It hurts.”
The Youth With A Mission (YWAM) building he served in—until the roads became too dangerous for the 30-minute drive from his home—displays a sign proclaiming Jesus in English and Arabic, with a picture of a cross and a heart in between. It is located in Damour, a Christian village on the coastal highway from Beirut to Sidon, yet every route he could use to get there has been bombed.
Damour was the site of an infamous massacre by Palestinians during the Lebanese civil war. The next village over is still home to some Palestinian refugees, and few Christians will ever set foot there, Suter said. Syrian migrants work the banana groves that stretch from the road to the seashore, resented for receiving aid from international agencies that is less forthcoming for disadvantaged citizens.
YWAM’s community center somehow brings everyone together.
When the war in Gaza began, the YWAM Lebanese leader asked Suter, Is this where God called you? If so, stay. Another foreign missionary left abruptly, citing the mental health of his children. Don’t Lebanese have kids, too? one staffer retorted. The challenging conversations strengthened Suter’s commitment, and he said his local friends were “chill.” They had lived through war before.
After a visit back to Switzerland in the summer to visit their sending church, the family returned back to Lebanon on September 23.
… as they waited at the airport gate on September 23, they received reports that the widespread Israeli bombing had begun. Hundreds of thousands of Lebanese were displaced, now also from Tyre, the Bekaa Valley, and the southern suburbs of Beirut. The war was no longer only in the south.
The family moved into guest housing at the Damour center and joined in caring for the 300 people taking shelter at the village school. Their kids worked as hard as the parents, Suter said, learning the impact of war while still sleeping soundly at night. But when school started, they received the local YWAM office’s blessing to return home and shift their service to another center in Burj Hammoud, a Christian neighborhood in the capital city with many Syrian refugees and displaced Shiites.
And in consultation with their church, they adjusted their evacuation trigger. When Israel began its ground invasion of Lebanon on October 1, local analysis suggested they would remain safe in their home in the foothills; however, if Israeli forces headed north toward Beirut, then the Suters would evacuate to Switzerland.
“Now, I am assessing risk; before, I was ignoring it,” said Suter. “You can cowardly leave or cowardly stay. I want to be here for the right reasons, not the thrill of adventure or fear of boredom back home.”
He hopes his story will encourage prayer for Lebanon, perhaps inspiring others to come and serve. Meanwhile, the missionary from Ohio anticipates the arrival of three new teammates who are already preparing to join her. Hamoud wants Gaza’s Palestinians to have their basic right to life restored. Botros wants concerned Christians, instead of just sending funds for emergency aid, to address the root cause of displacement and lobby their governments to end the war.
You can read the full article over at Christianity Today.
YWAM Family Ministries New Zealand
YWAM Family Ministries New Zealand recently came out with a new video about the work they do …
Visit ywammatamata.co.nz to find out more.
M/V YWAM Liberty Sets Sail
WE HAVE SAILED!
With great joy, we celebrate an incredible milestone nearly two years after signing the purchase of our YWAM Ships property in Kona, we’ve successfully completed the life-extension project on the M/V YWAM Liberty! We set sail!
Just last week, our ship departed from Port Moresby, heading to Madang, our operational base port in Papua New Guinea (PNG). This marks a historic moment for us as we dock at the first-ever YWAM dock dedicated to our mission. We are filled with gratitude for everyone who has followed our journey, especially through the challenges of COVID-19, which brought so much to a standstill.
To all who worked tirelessly to make this day possible thank you. Your support has truly brought this vision to life
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YWAM Liberty is currently looking for Deck Hands, Engine Crew and General Hands to volunteer on the MV YWAM Liberty. You can contact them through their web-site, ywamshipskona.org.
YWAM Nsanama
Let’s hear now about YWAM’s ministries in Nsanama in Malawi.
Visit their web-site, nsanama.ywam.ws/, to find out more.
YWAM Mongolia Ministries
I was excited to see these updates from one of our YWAM teams in Mongolia …
Check out ywamubmongolia.org to find out more.
YWAM Benin Bus Accident Victim Passes Away
It is with great sadness that we inform you that our dear brother Mathieu Tchando, mentor, facilitator, and trainer of the DBS at YWAM in West Africa, went to be with Jesus this morning, November 21, 2024.
Mathieu was involved in the bus accident that occurred 19 days ago at the Nigeria-Benin border. He had been in a coma under medical care since the accident. Please continue to pray for his wife, family, and all of us who worked so closely with him.
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YWAM Asuncion
Right now we will hear from YWAM Asuncion in Paraguay …
Visit ywamasuncion.com/en/ to find out more.
YWAM Provence Seminars
YWAM Provence will be running quite a few seminars in the first quarter of next year.
- January 15 – 26 will be the Foundations for Intercultural Studies Seminar
- January 27 – 31 will be the Basics and History of Islam
- February 10 – 14 will be looking at Different Approaches with Muslims
- March 3 – 8 looks at Discipleship Making Movements
- March 10 – 14 is the Word by Heart training
- April 7 – 11 they will be looking at God’s hard for transformation through Community Development
Head on over to ywamprovence.com to find out more about the seminars, and other ministries that YWAM Provence in involved with.
Who Is YWAM Gateway
YWAM Gateway out of Hong Kong gives us this update …
Visit ywamgateway.hk to find out more.
Building Discipleship Course
YWAM Nelson is offering a Building Discipleship Course for those who desire to partner with God in a practical way, as He rebuilds and restores the hearts of His children. This eight-week course is designed to encourage discipleship while offering hands-on experience in building and construction.
Do you desire to serve the Lord by learning a practical skill like construction? Does your heart resonate with God’s desire to restore and rebuild people’s lives as He ministers His love to their hearts? This course offers an opportunity to partner with God using your interests and natural abilities, as your faith in Him is grown and matured. Come experience the heart of YWAM – knowing God, and making Him known – and experience how it expresses God’s desire to reach the practical and spiritual needs of others.
Find out more at ywamnelson.co.nz.
YWAM Meme
This month there were a few good Memes out there. The one that I liked the best, and related to the most, was this one by YWAM_Memes.
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