Maui Fire Response, Teacher Training, Healing Testimony in Egypt

Welcome to the YWAM News Show for August 2023. This month we hear how YWAM is helping after the devastating fires in Maui, Hawaii, hear bout some teacher training happening in Burundi, see what ministry YWAM Nuremberg is engaging in, hear a testimony of healing from Egypt, check out a Kings Kids Slovakia outreach to Macedonia, and more … Thank you for downloading this, the 136 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/136 … https://youtu.be/lbxK7NpLmls Stories: Clean Water for Maui YWAM Ships Kona jumped into action immediately to help with relief after the fire hit Maui earlier this month. The yachts from YWAM Flotilla got busy transferring goods and relief to the island of Maui as the airports were blocked as people left the island. After the initial response of sending relief via the yachts, YWAM Ships Kona was able to partner with Aloha Air Cargo to deliver more of the resources and donations to Maui. Julie has fairly recent update about the work … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r9M–fJvt8 YWAM also has a location in Maui, but the location is on the side of the island not affected by the fires, so the location and all their staff and students are safe. Find out more about YWAM’s work with the Maui relief at ywamshipskona.org/maui-fires/. Soul Prison Movie – Best Thai Film of the Year Create International recently celebrated 35 years of working with the power of media and technology as a transformative tool to reach even the most isolated communities. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PGHVB1AhOo Since that video they have continued to produce hundreds of videos, in dozens of different languages. Many of them can be viewed on their YouTube channel. One of Create International’s recent projects was the Soul Prison Movie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwU2aRyUSDI&pp=ygUTc291bCBwcmlzb24gdHJhaWxlcg%3D%3D Create International partnered with a local Thai producer to write, direct, and distribute an evangelistic feature film called “Soul Prison”. During the Gathering in May they were able to premiere the film in the biggest movie theater in Chiang Mai to a sold out crowd. The movie won awards for the best Thai film, and for the best Thai director, as well as awards at other film festivals worldwide. You can watch the full trailer in Thai at ywampodcast.com/136, as well as find a link to the movie’s web-site. YWAM Burundi Teacher Training YWAM Burundi is honored to host a teachers’ training for 2 weeks. It is a great opportunity to meet and learn together with different teachers from various schools in Burundi and abroad. It is a blessing to learn from experienced amazing speakers from Europe and Africa. After this training, we are looking forward to sending inspired and equipped teachers back to their schools to make a difference in their everyday work responsibilities. In addition to hosting teacher training for various schools around Burundi, YWAM Burundi also runs the Burundi Dream Academy. The Academy opening in 2014 with 20 children, and has grown to 360 students, with classes from nursey age, to Elementary VI. YWAM Burundi does a great job at regularly updating their Facebook page, which is linked to at ywampodcast.com/136. YWAM Koha Mid Outreach Update The m/v YWAM Koha is about half way through their outreach in Fiji, and we have this update from them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve0bug9_uSo You can visit their web-site through a link in the show-notes at ywampodcast.com/136, ywamshipsaotearoa.org.nz. YWAM Lusaka South Central Regional Conference YWAM Lusaka in Zambia recently held their South Central Regional conference. Different nations from with the region and outside the region gathered together to encounter God and receive from Him for 4 days You can find out more about YWAM Lusaka, and watch many of the sessions from the conference, over on their Facebook Page. YWAM Nuremberg YWAM Nuremberg in Germany released a video this month with some information about their ministry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R5uVqFjodQ Visit ywamnuremberg.com for find out more. YWAM Windhoek Soccer Camp Last episode of the YWAM News Show we shared about a soccer academy that was happing in Malawi. Another soccer camp is currently running at YWAM Windhoek in Namidia. They provided us with this update from their Facebook page. “Our coaches welcomed us very warm upon arrival and it stirred up an excitement for the weekend away from our community. We didn’t really know what to expect from the camp apart from it will be a lot of training and exercises for the team. We were well cared for even though it became tough along the way. I learnt some new things about my team members, this camp taught us how to love each other better. The coaches did their best to show us how to respect our teammates, build relationships that will help us get along on the field as well as off field. The theme was ‘Love Thy Neighbor’ and that’s what the coaches taught us through games and activities. We also went hiking early morning and just prayed together. On the second day of camp, we had a friendly match against Beautiful Kidz soccer club and it was really fun, even though we lost. I learnt how to try from my mistakes and push for better results. It’s all about God, He loves us all and we should be able to love everyone equally. I am thankful for the experience and the opportunity over the weekend.” (Bruno, Right midfielder) You can find out more about the camp on their Facebook Page. YWAM Kansas City – Egypt Healing A Messengers Frontiers School from YWAM Kansas City was recently in Egypt and they brought this testimony back from their time there. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tG4R7Hwg08w You can visit YWAM Kansas City at ywamkansascity.com to find out more about their ministry and outreach. YWAM Converge – Setting Up a Campus Missions Group In many parts of the world the school year is beginning, with millions of students heading to college and university campuses to pursue higher education. These students, and the campuses that they are a part of, are a huge possible missions field. YWAM Student Centre, also know as YWAM Converge, has a desire to reach out and connect with believers and non-believers at campuses around the world. They desire to make disciples in and through universities. One of the ways that they do this is through Missional Campus Groups. Over at ywamconverge.org you can find some fantastic resources for setting up a Missional Campus Group, which starts with starting up a Missional Table, putting together a core team, and praying weekly for the school campus. There is a free PDF copy of the Missional Table guide that you can download from their web-site. It includes an eight week plan for table fellowship discussions over a shared meal. The guide covers topics like God’s Call, God’s Character and Nature, Intercession, Being a Witness, God’s Sovereignty, Crossing Cultures, and more. Find out more on the YWAM Student Centre web-site, ywamconverge.org. YWAM Frontier Missions Testimony Here is an exciting testimony from YWAM Frontier Missions. https://youtu.be/WFLtrbZXOLM God builds his church… Find out more about Frontier Missions here. Homes of Hope Burned Home Repair YWAM Homes of Hope has been sending teams into Mexico to build homes for needy families for many years: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4ALGA3JJuQ Head over to ywamhomesofhope.org to find out more about the ministry. Kings Kids Slovakia Macedonia Outreach Kings Kids Slovakia spent some time on outreach in Macedonia. We get this update from their Facebook page. On our King’s Kids outreach to Macedonia we could be a blessing to kids, churches, families, villages and many random people on the streets of Bitola and Strumica. Our team of 22 (youngest one 3yrs old) could show the love of Christ through dancing, skits, street evangelism, collecting garbage, praying over people and much more. So proud of these amazing young people who gave their vacation time and sacrificed financially in order to go! Just one short story – on the first day we had an idea of learning a simple Bible verse in Macedonian, just to be able to share with some people. After concluding that John 3:16 was a bit too complicated, we settled for John 14:6 – Jesus is the Way, Truth and Life. What a surprise that on that same day, we met a person on the street that this verse had a great significance for, a few days later we served at a church where this verse was printed as the main quote over the entrance, we prayed this verse out while ministering… God really speaks. Visit the KKI Slovakia Facebook Page to see more about their ministry. The Story of YWAM Alesund: “The Long Lines” Trailer A couple of months ago we saw and heard a short film called “Known” by YWAM Ålesund, they have since released a trailer for a new video called “The Long Lines”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBgx01K9wY8 The full film should be out soon, and you can head over to their YouTube page to check it out. Feedback ywampodcast.com/136 Subscribe ywampodcast.com/subscribe If you liked the program, tell a friend. If you didn’t like it, tell a friend anyway …