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Thank you for joining us for the YWAM News Show for February 2026!
This month we will talk about some upcoming conferences and stories, find out some plans for one of our ship ministries in 2026, hear about a mobile medical clinic in Burundi, see some other Bible distribution opportunities around the world, get an update on the new high school being built in Marromeau, and more …
Thank you for watching or listening to the Youth With A Mission News Show Podcast, this is the 166 episode. We are your hosts, Bill Hutchison and Lidia Hugentobler …
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/166 …
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YWAM Rogaland Refill
YWAM Rogaland has an upcoming event called Refill, from the 27 June – 3 July.
Refill is for former staff & students, or friends of former staff and students who are not involved with YWAM but would like a taste of it.
Our heart with this event is to give them space to refill and reconnect with what God has done in your life.
- Some things you can expect are
- teachings in the morning with Mark Parker,
- Worship, prayer & times of ministry
- Fun beach activities, bonfires, BBQs aaand a foam party.
Don’t think you really want to miss out on that. This will be on 27 June – 3 July.
Check-in is already open with early bird tickets until the 1st of May. You can find the check in and more information linked in our bio, at YWAM Rogaland Instagram page.
Creative Identity Conference
Another gathering that YWAM is having is the “Creative Identity conference in Singapore from the 1st to the 5th of June.
The CREATIVE IDENTITY CONFERENCE is a Spirit-led gathering of Christian creatives from across Asia and beyond, designed to equip participants to steward their creativity with excellence to tell God’s Stories in their unique space, and to discover their creative identity in the ultimate Creator.
The conference is run by YWAM Singapore & Parable International with 3 goals:
- AFFIRM creativity as a Kingdom calling
- AWAKEN creative dreams & spark collaboration
- COMMISSION & CELEBRATE creatives as Kingdom builders
Before the MAIN CONFERENCE begins, there is a 2-day intensive STORYTELLERS TRACK to help missionaries, communicators, mobilizers, tell stories that carry God’s heart with greater impact!
You can find out more about the conference on the YWAM Singapore Instagram page.
3 New Classrooms at YWAM JOCUM Marromeu
In some encouraging news, back in September last year we shared about YWAM Marromeu working towards adding 6 classrooms to their primary school so they could facilitate a new high school. Well, this month we got this news from their location.
“We thank God for His provisions as we have officially completed construction on 3 new classrooms! The 2026 school year will begin soon and we are excited to have the additional classrooms! We are still needing funding to continue our school campus’ expansion in order to officially add high school to our elementary school.
If you would like to contribute towards the continued construction or sponsor students, please visit https://www.ywamjocummarromeu.org/school-building-project”
So that is very exciting news from their ministry centre, and we look forward to seeing their continued growth and expansion to better serve their local area.
The Send Australia Launch Even
In some really exciting news for us in Australia, The Send is having their launch event in Townsville, Queensland on the 13th of March!
The event will be happening at the YWAM Warehouse on Walker Street in Townsville.
You can register for the event, and find out more, on The Send web-site, thesend.org.au.
YWAM Series 23
Now we will get to see an update from YWAM Series 23, and their ministry in the Dominican Republic.
You can find out more about their ministry on their web-site, ywamseries23.org.
YWAM Ships Aotearoa 2026 Goals
Last year YWAM Ships Aotearoa was busy in the South Pacific, and this year they plan to continue to serve communities in New Zealand and Fiji …
Find out more on their web-site, ywamshipsaotearoa.org.nz.
Guinea-Bissau Outreach
YWAM Niagara recently had an outreach in Guinea-Bissau. This is a report from them about some of what happened when they were there.
YWAM Niagara has more stories and testimonies from their time in Guinea-Bissau, which can be found on their Facebook page, facebook.com/YWAMNiagara.
End Bible Poverty Outreach
As you heard in that last story from Guinea-Bissau, one of the the things that YWAM is doing around the world, and one of the legacies of Loren Cunningham, is Bible distribution and translations around the world.
For many people, an audio Bible can be the first moment God’s Word speaks clearly to them in their mother tongue.
More than 700 million people still don’t have access to Scripture in a language they can understand, and YWAM is actively working to bridge that gap, with many partnerships with other Christian organizations like Mission Aviation Fellowship. (source)
End Bible Poverty Partnership with MAF in Ugagnda
On the isolated islands of Jaana, Kalangala and Bukasa in Lake Victoria – Africa’s largest lake, which straddles Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya – Mission Aviation Fellowship – Uganda joined forces with YWAM ‘End Bible Poverty Now’ initiative to deliver 200 Bibles in their mother tongue.
Pastor John from Jaana Island is so grateful. ‘Getting Bibles is a big blessing. People have been asking for them for years. Many people can’t afford to buy one, but today we received Bibles, and we are thankful.’
MAF’s 30-minute flight to Bukasa saved the team a dangerous 10-hour boat crossing.
You can find out more about the work that Mission Aviation Fellowship does, including their partnering with YWAM, on their web-site, maf-uk.org.
YWAM Burundi Mobile Medical Clinic
YWAM Burundi, in partnership with the PI team, hosted a two-day mobile clinic on their ministry centre. From 5 a.m., hundreds of patients arrived for checkups, tests, and compassionate care from their doctors and nurses.
Visit ywamburundi.org to find out more about their ministry. (source)
YWAM Louisville – How God Moved
YWAM Louisville asked some of their past students about how they saw God move on their outreaches, and these are some of the stories that they recorded…
Visit ywamlouisville.org to find out more and read more stories of how God has moved through their ministry.
Night to Shine Special Needs Event
On Valentine’s Day, 23 persons from the Special Needs community got recognized, honored, and celebrated during A Night to Shine at YWAM in Roaring Creek, Belize.
You can Go to ywam.bz to find out more about YWAM in Belize and their current projects and ministries. (source)
Trailblazers School of Evangelism
YWAM EA in Malasia will be running the Trailblazers School of Evangelism starting on March 30.
Trailblazers is a second-level YWAM school designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge needed to make a lasting impact through community outreach and cross-cultural relationships. The program begins with an 11-week lecture phase, where you’ll deepen your understanding of key topics, strengthen your faith, and develop leadership skills. Following the lecture phase, you’ll embark on an 8-week outreach in Asia and Africa, putting your learning into practice as you engage with communities and make a tangible difference. Trailblazers combines personal growth with hands-on ministry, preparing you for effective service in missions.
Visit ywamea.com to find out more.
Principles in Child, Youth, and Family Ministries
The PCYFM is a five-month school designed to equip you for reaching and serving children, youth and families. Understand biblical principles for human growth and development, character building, healthy family models, the linking of the generations, and a practical understanding of our faith applied to all areas of life.
It’s an intense, full-time program integrated into a live-learn environment consisting of two parts – lecture phase and outreach phase.
The outreach phase will give you opportunities to apply the skills and principles learned in a variety of different settings with children, teenagers and families. Possible activities include child and youth evangelism, outreach trips, serving in schools, churches, and children camps, youth camps, family camps, mercy ministries and helping children with special needs.
This year the school is being offered at multiple locations around the world, including:
- YWAM Gateway Hong Kong
- JOCUM Pitangui, Brazil
- JOCUM Bucaramanga, Columbia
- YWAM Ituzaingo, Argentina
- JEM Yverdon, Switzerland
- YWAM Torch, Jinja, Uganda
We will link to all of those locations in the show notes at ywampodcast.com/166 if this is a school that you want to find out more about.
School of Missions and Evangelism – YWAM Sheep River
A new school, the School of Missions and Evangelism (SOME), is coming to YWAM Sheep River this July.
You can find out more on the YWAM Sheep River web-site, ywamsheepriver.org.
School of Missional Justice – YWAM Wiler
YWAM Wiler is running the School of Missional Justice in July.
At the heart of the School of Missional Justice is getting to know God, His character and His ways and letting that teach us how to relate, think, act – and live. How it could be possible to make a real difference in this broken world.
This course affirms and explores the Mission of God. As followers of Jesus we are called to participate with God in His mission, and thus to proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom of God and live out its implications
We seek to pursue an integrated, holistic approach to aligning with God’s Kingdom agenda of righting relationships with Himself, others, and creation; to restoring justice; and to bringing healing to a broken world. We highlight a biblical Christian worldview and the resulting pursuit of a lifestyle of doing justice, loving mercy, and walking humbly with God in every sphere of society.
Head over to jmemwiler.ch to find out more.
Foundations for Christian Peacebuilding – YWAM An Cuan – Rostrevor
YWAM An Cuan – Rostrevor will be running the Foundations for Christian Peacebuilding,
a 2-week mini-school exploring peace, justice, and reconciliation, in May of this year.
The Foundations for Christian Peacebuilding school gathers people from diverse backgrounds around some of life’s hardest realities to ask, what is the Good News here?
The 2 week school aims to provide students with teachings, resources, and experiences to formulate a fresh framework for understanding what the gospel of peace means for us in our world today.
You can find out more on their web-site, ywamancuan.org.
Foundation in Education Course – YWAM Burtigny
YWAM Burtigny is running a Foundation in Education Course at the end of June this year.
Education plays a critical role in the development of an individual and we advocate for the availability of biblically based learning models for every child worldwide.
The Foundation in Education course aims at giving teachers and those who work with children in all contexts, a solid biblical foundation. The course explores how to establish an educational model that makes disciples of children in all areas of life (intellectually, spiritually, physically, morally, socially and emotionally). The seminar also looks at the role of education in community development and global mission.
The seminar will be running from June 28 – August 1st in Burtigny, Switzerland, and you can find out more on their web-site, ywamburtigny.com.
YWAM Nashville Podcast – The Heart of Worship
If after joining us for the YWAM News Show this month you are looking for something else to listen to, YWAM Nashville’s podcast has an episode on The Heart of Worship.
You can find their full podcast episodes on Spotify and Apple iTunes, which are linked to from the YWAM Asheville web-site, ywamasheville.org.
Pray for Muslims During Ramadan
I also wanted to remind you, especially this month, to be praying for Muslims around the world as they partake in Ramadan. There is a long history of Jesus appearing in visions and dreams to people of the Muslim Faith during this time, so prayer for them while they are fasting is important.
A fantastic resource for praying for Muslims during this time is the 30 Days of Prayer for the Muslim World prayer guide and web-site. You can find them at pray30days.org.
If you want to follow along with the work that Lidia doing with her team, you can find them on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube at Ywamrogaland.
If you want to follow the YWAM Podcast you can find links to everything at ywampodcast.com, and for Bill, his personal web-site is billhutchison.org.
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