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YWAM is working to stop the killing of children in the Amazon, John Dawson invites us to YWAM Together in Thailand, YWAM Ships Australia responds to the Polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea, the Podcasting in Missions course will be launching in September, and more on this episode of the Youth With A Mission News Show Podcast …
Thank you for downloading this, the 107th episode of the Youth With A Mission News Show Podcast, I’m your host, Bill Hutchison.
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Stories:
Bringing Justice to the Children of Amazonian Tribes in Brazil
In a recent article on the Foreign Policy Magazine web-site entitled “The Right to Kill – Should Brazil keep its Amazon tribes from taking the lives of their children?” (here).
I’ll be honest, I was rather shocked that was even a question that needs to be asked! I wasn’t the only one to find that question shocking, obviously, and the people over at Get Religion wrote up a good article about it as well…
Much of the article builds off of the work of missionaries and non-profits, and their work to eliminate infanticide among indigenous tribes in the Amazon. It includes reference to Hakani, who was a girl saved from being killed by her tribe, first by her brother, and then by YWAM Missionaries serving in Brazil …
As hard as it is to believe, there are some anthropologists and critics who believe that the tribes should be left alone, and let the children be killed as it is their “traditional custom and practice”, and any attempt to stop it is the equivalent of cultural colonialism. Others however rightly state that “Certain cultural practices here are incompatible with human rights, they need to be thwarted. There is no middle ground.”.
Thankfully even among other Amazonian Indians there is a general feeling of relief that this issue is being addressed …
Over 350 Indians, including chiefs from 7 tribes, gathered at the well-known Leonardo Outpost in Xingu Reservation for 2 days to discuss how indigenous families could be better educated about alternatives to infanticide. A follow-up meeting among health agents is presently being planned to strategize further. These are not efforts from outside groups imposing a course of action; these are the Indians themselves, taking responsibility for their own destinies and taking initiatives that will, in the end, benefit their tribal societies.
The example that Hakani was to the tribe that originally tried to kill her has inspired others from that tribe to seek medical attention for their children, rather than resort to infanticide.
More information about Hakani, and the Atini non profit that is still working for the rights of the indigenous childrenin Brazil on their web-site, atini.org.br.
YWAM Soroti, Uganda
On the last episode we shared with you about the Amecet Children’s Home, which is a part of YWAM Soroti, Uganda. In addition to the ministry to children YWAM Soroti also has a Discipleship Training School, Prison Ministry, Women’s Ministry and more …
I would encourage you to check out their web-site, ywamsoroti.com, to find out more about YWAM Soroti.
YWAM Together 2018 John Dawson Invitation
The YWAM Together gathering will be happening in Pattaya , Thailand from September 2 – September 7 …
YWAM Together 2018 in Pattaya, Thailand is set to be one of the largest and most diversely attended gatherings in the history of the YWAM global movement. We are expectant that as we gather before God, He will strengthen our relationships and speak to us afresh.
You need a Word of the Lord not to be there! – Darlene Cunningham, Co-Founder
YWAM Together 2018 (YT2018) is for all YWAMers and YWAM alumni who are engaged throughout the spheres of society. Our YWAM global family are coming from across the globe and we want you there too. Prepare to be refreshed, renewed, challenged, encouraged, loved and supported.
Please prayerfully consider attending and register soon on the YWAM Together web-site, ywamtogether.com.
YWAM Sails to Help Polio Outbreak in PNG
Papua New Guinea has seen an outbreak of Polio in the Morobe Province. They will help health officials conduct a vaccine drive after a recent Polio outbreak, which is the first outbreak in the country since 1996. The virus was first discovered in a young boy in the Lufa Mountain settlement in Lae city.
YWAM Medical Ships volunteers and Morobe Provincial Health workers will form teams to do a large vaccine drive throughout the Finschhafen district. Teams will be deployed via small boats, 4WD vehicles, and a helicopter.
You can find out more about the deployment on the YWAM Medical Ships Australia web-site, ywamships.org.au.
YWAM Liberty Officially Commissioned
This month saw the retirement of the M/V Pacific Link from it’s service with YWAM Ships. She has been operating for 25-years in the Pacific, with stints in Tauranga, New Zealand, then Townsville, Australia, and finishing her service in Kona, Hawaii.
The Pacific Link was originally built as a Japanese fishing vessel, and then acquired by YWAM and been involved in many great ministry opportunities.
While the M/V Pacific Link was being retired, the YWAM Liberty was being officially commissioned.
The YWAM Liberty is YWAM’s first container ship. The ship provides a modular response to developmental needs, and the initiative will allow YWAM to increase the long-term engagement on remote islands.
The YWAM Liberty’s first deployment includes containers configured with medical supplies and a woodworking shop. In follow up deployments they plan to build out classrooms, accommodations, IT labs, and more …
Read more here.
YWAM Ships s/v Ruach Returns to Newcastle after 9-Month PNG Deployment
At the beginning of July the S/V Rauach arrived safely back in Newcastle Harbour after a 9-month deployment to Papua New Guinea. The crew was welcomed back in an official ceremony by the mayor and local member of parliament …
You can find out more on the YWAM Newscastle web-site, ywamshipsnewcastle.org.au.
YWAM United Arab Gulf 2019
YWAM United has spent the last two-years doing outreach in Athens, Greece. They have seen hundreds of people healed, saved, and set free at their United Outreaches.
God has presented a way for them to host a special YWAM United Event with YWAMers, worshippers, and believers from all over the world in January and February of 2019. The ‘Arab Gulf’ is an extremely diverse place that holds great opportunities for people from all over the world to hear the gospel and encounter God in a way that they never have before.
During the outreach they will be spending time in worship and prayer, doing strategic evangelism in the streets, and also doing Bible distribution to key people groups and languages.
If this is something that you, or your ministry locations would want to be involved in, check out the YWAM United web-site, ywamunited.com, to find out more.
Training
Podcasting in Missions Course
So I’ve been continuing to work on the development of the the Podcasting in Missions Course that we will be starting in September, which is only a month away!
I’ve been exploring more of the course that we will be working together on and these are some of the topics that will be covered:
Planning your Podcast- Developing quality and engaging content
- Choosing the right equipment and software
- Building a web-site for your podcast
- Publishing your Podcast
- Engaging with your audience
- more …
At the end of the three-month online course you will have released a podcast in support of your ministry centre or your personal ministry.
We will be connecting with each other weekly during the course so that we can help and support each other, and share ideas and resources whenever possible. During the course I will also be working on developing a new podcast about missions that I plan to launch near the end of the course. I’ve got a few ideas, but want to develop it with you so that we can walk through the steps together.
There is room in the course for eight students, and you can do the course from your own location as the training will be online, and the group sessions will be over Google Hangouts.
Check out ywampodast.com/course to sign up for more information about the course, and find out how you can get involved…
School of International Relations & Diplomacy (SIRD)
YWAM Harpenden running the SIRD from September to December of this year.
The School of International Relations and Diplomacy (SIRD) aims to equip students to engage confidently and implicationally with the dome of international relations and diplomacy within the sphere of government. The goal is that students will be able to reflect God’s heart and kingdom values as they serve, wrestle, and engage with very real issues and dilemmas that dominate the complex global sphere.
Out of the school they want to create and opportunity for students to engage in this particular field, to create an excitement, a confidence, an the ability to think implicationally though the dilemmas and hard questions that do not have easy answers, and to do so with integrity and grace.
Some of the topics and issues that the 12-weeks school will be looking at include:
- Biblical view of the sphere of government, with a focus on international relations and diplomacy
- Understanding political justice, international law, and their consequences
- The rise and fall of the great empires found in the bible
- The importance of history and its impact
- The impact of Europ, the division of social, church, and government power
- Human Rights and the violations thereof
- Regional conflicts and terrorism
- The rhetoric of religious extremism
- The cause of conflict
- Information and disinformation strategies
- Current events and their cause and effect
- more …
When I was in Switzerland they were running a similar course to this called the GIS, Government and International Studies. It was a facinating school, and out of it some of the participants were able to continue on to have internships with different politicians around the world, thus gaining an even deeper understanding of the process.
As we look around the world it’s pretty obvious that there is a need for Godly influence in the international relations and diplomacy, and this course looks like a great way to begin to gain a greater understanding of how to get involved.
Find out more on their web-site, ywamharpenden.org.
School of Missions
University of the Nations Battambang in Cambodia is running the School of Missions school starting in September of this year.
The School of Missions is a sending school that will equip students with Biblical principles and practical experience to succeed long-term in missions. During the school students will gain a clearer sense of personal calling in the bigger picture of God’s redemptive plan for the nations.
Some of the topics that will be covered in the school include:
- Biblical basis & history of missions
- Church planting
- Pioneering
- Community Development
- Team Building
- Strategic Missions
- more …
Find out more on the UofN Battambang web-site, uofnbatambang.com.
School of Biblical Christian World View (SBCW)
YWAM Wiler in Switzerland will be running the School of Biblical Christian World View from January to April of 2019…
Find out more on their web-site, jmemwiler.ch.
Next Episode
I hope that you will join us on the next episode we will talk about some of the work that YWAM is doing around the world in the global fight about Human Trafficking …
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