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15 Essentials for your Carry-on Luggage

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Heading March 31, 2021 / DTS, Mission Tips, Outreach, Packing, SOMD, YWAM Life [easy-social-share buttons=”facebook,twitter,pinterest,mail” counters=0 template=”31″ point_type=”simple”] In the world of travel there are a several kinds of packers. This includes those who pack last minute (almost literally), those who are all packed one month in advance, those who are always over prepared, and…

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From North Africa: A Surprise Birthday Party

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My team met a refugee family that we really connected with. We had a conversation about the Bible the first time we met, and were eager to continue our conversation and friendship. Gratefully, we were able to meet with them again! Before we went to visit them the second time, I suggested that we pick…

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Why Your Story is Important and Should be Shared

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Before words were written, stories were shared. Stories have been passed down from generation to generation as a part of culture since primitive times. Our stories make way to connect to the heart in a deep way because of the emotion they convey. Hearing or reading what someone else has experienced allows us an inside…

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How It All Began: The YWAM Story

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The year was 1956: The era of The Cold War, Civil Rights Movement in the USA, the baby boom, Elvis Presley, I Love Lucy, Marilyn Monroe and a vision that was born. 20-year old Loren Cunningham and three other young men had formed a gospel singing quartet and they were in the Bahamas. Between their…

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From East Asia: He was hungry for the Gospel

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Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.”  – Matthew 9:37 –   Last summer I had the amazing opportunity to go to East Asia, to a country where we hadn’t sent a team before. We were part of a YWAM project to get a Bible in every…

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When God Multiplies / The Power of a Coffee Shop

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2017 was the beginning of a new thing. We sent an outreach team to Southeast Asia for the first time where we helped start an English club in a coffee shop. We arranged to cover drinks for our future students and the coffee shop gave us the top floor to use as our classroom. Students…

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From South Asia: The Gospel that Changes Lives

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“But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.” -John 1:12   God is moving around the world. He is using His people to bring healing and restoration to the broken, to speak hope in the darkest places and to bring back to…

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