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Today we get a reminder that God is already where we are and where we are going, YWAM centres respond to the misery caused by the Camp Fire in California, the Fountain of Life ministry works to provide access to clean drinking water in Africa, Marine Reach Fiji gets a new truck to assist with their medical outreaches, and more on this episode of the YWAM Show Podcast …
Thank you for downloading this, the 111th 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/111 …
Stories:
God is Already There!
Today we start the podcast with a message from Bevin, from GlobalCast Resources, reminding us that God is Already There …
You can find more resources from GlobalCast Resources at their web-site, globalcastresources.com.
YWAM Responds to the Camp Fire
With the destructive wildfires that tore through parts of California YWAM bases came together to help the people who were affected by the fires. Here is a statement from YWAM Redding, which was one of the locations that was involved in the relief work …
As you may have heard, California’s deadliest and most destructive wildfire in state history, called the “Camp Fire” recently swept through Paradise, CA, just an hour and a half south of Redding. Sadly, it has taken over 70 lives, left over 1,000 still missing, and destroyed over 10,000 homes. Over the last week, YWAM Redding staff and students have spent hours manning a distribution center for the victims of the Fire with the collaboration of our YWAM Family. About a week ago, some leaders in our YWAM community had a deep desire to help the hurting community, and as they went around the city God gave them a practical solution: collect donations and give to those who have lost everything. The collecting and giving process that started out with 3 bags of clothes, turned very quickly into a whole parking lot full of organized items ready for Paradise residents to collect as needed, as well as multiple free of charge food vendors, portable bathrooms and full generator-run showers. We are now moved into an old Toys ‘R’ Us building and have plans to continue the center for another 6 months!
We still need your help! As of now, we have plenty of donations, what we need is for volunteers to give their time to sort, organize and be a part of the amazing donation process! We could use about 20 volunteers around the clock for the next couple of weeks. If you, or your church, or a group of friends are able/willing to give your time, we would love to have you! You can message YWAM Redding for more info, or feel free to just show up!
The best place to find out how you can get involved is to check out the YWAM Redding Facebook Page and the YWAM Chico Facebook page. From there you can see a few different ways that you can get involved …
Fountain of Life
The Fountain of Life ministry works to help solve the problems of a lack of access to safe water, poor basic sanitation, and improper personal hygiene. It does this through a novel approach with a focus on three different areas:
- Education
- Appropriate Technology
- Multiplication
One of the characteristics that really stands out to me with this ministry is their commitment to making the use of appropriate technology to be be central to what they do. Their solutions are effective, accessible, low-cost, and easy to implement. They drill wells using locally sourced materials, local craftsmen, with simple to understand and inexpensive to repair pumps.
Check out the Fountain of Life web-site at fountainoflife.org.uk to find out more about about their ministry into Africa, and different ways that you can get involved.
Creative Imagebearers
Aleck Cartwright, The International Dean for the College of Communications with the University of the Nations, has launched an exciting project called Creative Imagebearers, with a focus on discovering your own embodied spirituality…
It looks like exciting project that you sign up for free at creativeimagebearers.com. I’ve started to go through it myself, and I’m looking forward to seeing what God can reveal to me during the process.
YWAM Truro “Eldering Stories”
YWAM Truro in Canada has launched a program recording the stories and history of the elders of YWAM Canada. I’ve watched the first few episodes that they have recorded and it’s inspiring to hear where they came from, how God led them, and where they are moving ahead.
Have a listen to the first introductory episode that is with Paul Martinson …
On the YWAM Truro YouTube page you can see all of the episodes that they have recorded so far. At the moment there are ten episodes, and you can get to them on the show notes for this podcast at ywampodcast.com/111.
Marine Reach Fiji New Truck
Last week YWAM Marine Reach Fiji has added a new truck to their fleet.
In Fiji Marine reach has been busy visiting villages and areas of the country providing much needed medical care. They visited seven different locations and during those visits provided
- Primary Health Care to 1216 people
- Dental Treatments to 1699 people
- Reading Glasses to 1604 people
The new truck will help Marine Reach Fiji to increase their mobility and ability to get around and serve their island nation. Find out more about YWAM Marine Reach Fiji on their Facebook page, which is linked to at ywampodcast.com/111.
YWAM Brussels Internships
YWAM Brussels is running a three-month football and fitness internship starting in February and another in June next year.
The internship consists of three-months of urban culture, discipleship training, challenging teaching, and following God’s voice in the city. Physically there is also training in running, football (called soccer in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the USA), and fitness. Forming a sports club at one of the Brussels’ main parks, in between parliament buildings, European expats, and refugees.
The internship uses sports as a way to reach the community. They head out to play football at nearby parks, where youth from many different religious and cultural backgrounds come together to play.
Head over to ywambrussels.be to find out more.
While you are looking at the football and fitness internship you can also check out the Dance Internship. This internship runs at the same time as the football and fitness internship, but with daily classes in ballet, jazz, modern, and choreography.
Again, you can find out about these internship options at the YWAM Brussels web-site, ywambrussels.be.
YWAM Montana Summer Electives
Every year YWAM Montana runs various exciting summer programs for people interested in a short term opportunity to grow in God and have outreach opportunities. Their five summer programs are:
- Endurance Summer of Adventure
- 100 Fold Summer Studio
- Summer of Sports
- Summer of Dance
- Summer of Music
The programs consists of a few weeks of training, followed by a few weeks of service and outreach. To give you an idea about the heart behind these projects have a listen to some information about the music and sport programs …
Music Elective
Sports Elective
Find out more about their summer programs on the YWAM Montana web-site, ywammontana.org.
Word By Heart School
YWAM Worcester is running the Word by Heart school in April …
It looks like an exciting school, and you can find out more about it on the YWAM Worcester webiste, ywamworcester.com/wbh.
DNA Infusion America Latina
The next YWAM DNA infusion will be happening from April 28 – May 10, 2019 in YWAM Mazatlan, Mexico. To tell us what DNA Infusion is, and why it is such an important part of understanding Youth With A Mission, we have in interview with Darlene Cunningham to tell us what YWAM DNA is, and why YWAMers should participate in one …
Find out more at jucummazatlan.com/dna2019
Next Time
Many of those stories were introduced to me on one of my Facebook groups. If you have a story or opportunity that you want shared on the next YWAM Podcast then let me know in the comments on the shownotes for this podcast at ywampodcast.com/111.
Feedback
Thank you for the feedback on the past episode, it was great to hear from Roslyn Reid who left a comment on the last episode, thank you.
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