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Christian Heritage Our Christian Heritage is told within the pages of the Bible. The Bible is not just separate stories told to encourage us in our faith but it tells a bigger story as well. The story told in the Bible is about us. It tells of how God chose a family that would eventually bring a saviour into the world who would save everyone  ...
Top Five Positions Needed at each Base   The positions listed below are the most urgent needs for long term staff.  There are of course many more open positions being prayed for here at YWAM San Diego/Baja.  Please contact hr@ywamsdb.org for details.  How to Apply.   Ensenada Campus Transportation Manager   ...
You Are Invited To Serve Short Term YWAM San Diego/Baja and Mission Builders International partner together providing meaningful and safe opportunities for short term workers to volunteer anywhere from 2 weeks to 3 months lending a hand in a variety of ways at our Mexican Campuses just a few minutes south of the border.  It is a short safe drive  ...
Project Planning Seminar October 25-29, 2010 - 5 days with Jim Stier YWAM San Diego/Baja is offering a seminar at the Tijuana Del Mar Campus during the Leadership Training School with Jim Stier.  This week is one of his most popular topics - Project Planning   You are invited!   For more infomation please contact brett.curtis@ywamsdb.org  ...
Inductive Bible Study - Bible Core Course Many debates and arguments have come from interpreting the Bible differently. Even blood has been spilt over different ideas and interpretations. Have you ever wondered what’s really right? Who’s view is correct? Here in Tijuana, Mexico we are committed to teaching an Inductive approach to studying the Bible.  ...
Human Trafficing - Abolitionist Academy 2/07/11 Not For Sale: Abolitionist Academy Primer Questions?  amanda.noyes@ywamsdb.org Where? Tijuana Del Mar Campus When? February 7-9, 2011 Morning and evening plenary sessions, afternoon 5 break out tracks   Cost? $149 Academy only $199 Academy (including lunches and dinner) We live in  ...
Female Circumcision Each year millions of girls between the ages of infancy and 15 years of age are subjected to what is called female circumcision, also known as female genital mutilation (FGM). The WHO define FGM as all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital  ...
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Attention Alumni - 50th Celebration of YWAM   Hosted at YWAM San Diego/Baja's beautiful new Tijuana Del Mar Campus Welcome to the 50th Celebration for the West Coast/Southwest region. We are thrilled to be hosting this event at our YWAM Tijuana Del Mar property Sunday Sept. 5th to Wednesday Sept. 8th.  We are so proud to have Loren and Darlene  ...
Children At Risk School Comes to Tijuana Mexico Children At Risk School Comes to Tijuana Mexico With the global awareness of human trafficking growing and the exploitation of woman and children becoming more understood, YWAM San Diego/Baja is bringing a school to it's Tijuana Campus that will help shape the way we view and address this significant issue.  We  ...
Leadership Training School in Tijuana Mexico ENGLISH - SPANISH - PORTUGUESE Hosted by Jim Stier and YWAM San Diego/Baja September 27th 2010   English Application (Part 1)   (Part 2) Portuguese Application (part 1)   (Part 2) Spanish Application (Part 1) (Part 2) There are a number of limited scholarships available.  Once  ...
Inductive Bible Study Seminar - Oct 4-8 Tijuana October 4th – 8th 2010 our Tijuana Campus will host a one week seminar teaching how to use the inductive Bible study method and will go through the entire book of Philemon.  Christian Fox will run the event and any interested in attending can apply on line. Phone +1 (619) 240 7868 or email registrar@ywamsdb.org  ...
Biblical Core Course in Tijuana September 2010 Need help? Chat to us live? Biblical Core Course (BCC) One of the goals here at YWAM San Diego/Baja is to develop our staff into missionaries who know how to handle the word of God and  ...
Children At Risk School Children at Risk School (CRS) Starts Jan 6th, 2011 registrar@ywamsdb.org    +1 619 240 7868 Fees: The breakdown of fees for the school are as follows: A nations: $3100 B nations: $1500 C nations: $800   Dates for 2011 Quarter 1        Arrival Date:  ...
Breast Ironing Breast ironing is a practice of the pounding and massaging of a pubescent girl's breasts using heated objects, in an attempt to make them stop developing or disappear. The UN says that 3.8 million West and Central African girls are at risk of  breast ironing. The "ironing" involves massaging a child's  ...
Sexual Abuse Sexual abuse in all its forms is unacceptable. It is not something that happens only in Western countries or in nations such as Thailand, Vietnam and Sri Lanka where sex tourism is a huge problem. Goverments around the world spend millions each year to try to stem the flow of pedophiles and other sex tourists into  ...
Sex Trafficking Sex trafficking is part of the larger problem of human trafficking. People can be trafficked for many reasons such as; the provision of cheap labour, slavery, migrant smuggling, the harvesting of body organs or for involvement in the worldwide sex industry. Sex trafficking then can be defined as human  ...
The July Quarter Begins... Our 13 new staff have arrived and are on there first week in the 'staff training seminar'. Also our winter July DTS is off to a great start with the welcome BBQ involving kangaroo meat and hanging out with Koalas. Its been an action packed week already with plenty of new faces, a dynamic base day involving worship and intercession  ...
Conferences and Seminars This is a list of upcoming Conferences and Seminars for YWAM San Diego/Baja.  For inormation on each one click on the links below YWAM 50th CELEBRATION CONFERENCE September 5-7, 2010 Biblical Core Course Seminar Oct 4-8, 2010 Critical Decision Making Seminar - Oct 4-8, 2010 GENESIS  ...
Introduction to Performing Arts and Media School We are currently witnessing a movement of God to utilize the area of the arts and media to transform nations. Come, partner with God and join this movement through the Introduction to Performing Arts and Media School at our Ensenada campus. The Introduction to Performing Arts and Media (IPM) is a five-month training  ...
Pachuca Musician's DTS 2011 The next YWAM Pachuca DTS will run in March 2011. This DTS have a focus on music* and Mexico City. Read more in the school section of our website: ywampachuca.org/school.htmlBe checking in with us for more activities, volunteering and Mexico City updates! www.ywampachuca.org*Every DTS consists of some very similar components,  ...
School of Worship in Ensenada - Sep 2010 Eager to worship God more? Learn how to lead others in worship? Learn how to play/sing in a team in step with the Holy Spirit?          Click here to contact the school registrar See the power of God change both you and those you lead during your worship times? To  ...
School of Ministry Development For more information on upcoming SOMDs, please contact our registrar at registrar@ywamsdb.org What SOMD graduates are saying... My favorite topics were StrengthsFinders and Project Planning. I really put the two hand in hand. Getting to find out about 'me' - my strengths  ...
Defender Hospitality Center Opening Soon The Defender Hospitality Center at Tijuana Del Mar will soon be welcoming arriving teams, volunteers, and YWAM supporters.  This 8,000 square foot structure is the result of many visionary planning sessions, generous donations, tireless volunteers, and the work of skilled craftsmen. The Defender Hospitality Center  ...
What A Difference A Year Makes When we first met the Ramos Silva family, it was by coincidence.  A group had just finished building a home for another family in need and during the dedication ceremony there was a distinct "mewing" noise that kept drifting over from the Ramos Silva's fence. It turns out it wasn't a cat, but  ...
AA Degree in Missions YWAM Mexico campuses through the nation are collaborating together in order to offer an Associate of Arts Degree in Missions through the University of the Nations (U of N).  This means a student can receive an AA Degree through the U of N without having to leave Mexico.  This has been made possible  ...
Training Courses Offered   YWAM San Diego/Baja trains missionaries on both of our main campuses just south of the border in the Baja.  We offer these training school  ...
CONSTRUCTION SEMINAR! June 7-11, 2010 - 5 day Seminar on the "HOW TOs" of Basic Construction   YOU ARE INVITED! Learn how to plan and execute a project through a basic understanding of each area of construction from reading plans to final inspections. This course is designed to expose you to as many areas of construction  ...
the home strait It was our final week of ministry this past week and we got to do some really interesting things. On Tuesday we started the morning with a ministry related to parables. We were given 10 rupees each and were asked to get as much from the little we were given. We ended up pooling our money and buying water and goods for certain  ...
English Teachers wanted! Has God put it in your heart to reach the generations through foreign language? Do you have the desire to teach English as a second language to the nations? If so, YWAM Pachuca needs you! There is a desperate need and longing here in the heart of Mexico for youth to learn English. Our base has the facilities needed; we  ...
week 6 update in india (backne?) st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) }   The majority of this week was spent doing some sweet paintwork. We were at another old person’s home at a different location but associated with the previous one we were at. It was more remotely located, that was really pretty, and we got to explore the area  ...
School Of Evangelism, Weeks 5 and 6 School of Evangelism, Week 5&6 WEEK 5 OVERVIEW Our week began with being invited over to the house of a pastor we are working with, it was incredible! The pastor and his family knew that Monday was our free day so they simply wanted to bless us for the afternoon. After the wonderful blessing from the pastor  ...
Tips for a good link How do we create a good GENESIS experience? Here are a few tips you may find helpful. Clear Communication Communicate content, purpose, time of event, duration, translation, connection information and special needs. Pray In evertything we do, prayer is vital to see God's purposes accomplished. Prayer is also  ...
Broader Inclusion Working among cultures and languages you have probably encountered a situation where you either got stuck communicating, or found great help through translation. As with people, this is also often the case with technology. Praise God for creativity, where people invent new things that serve our lives. In a global mission  ...
School Of Evangelism, Week 4 School Of Evangelism, Week 4 Our week started off with the opportunity to visit a christian orphanage. We got to help take care of the children that are currently living there. We helped with making beds, ironing clothes, playing with the children, and before leaving we helped with feeding the children lunch. On  ...
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October DTS 2010! The October DTS 2010 is well underway.  We're booking speakers, planning camping weeks, calling future students, and getting very excited for everything God is going to do during this school.  The last October school was pretty incredible and we're expecting more from this one. It all kicks off on Tuesday,  ...
School of Evangelism, Week 3 School Of Evangelism Week Three Our week started off by being invited by one of the pastors we are working with to go to a "waterfall" turns out there was a miscommunication and it was a swimming pool. After our hangout with the pastor and other church members, we went to a nearby park for an evangelism time. We met  ...
Streaming Course Work Online from Tijuana Mexico University of the Nations Streaming Course Work Online from Tijuana Mexico – At No Cost to You!   YWAM San Diego/Baja at it’s Tijuana Campus in Mexico is streaming UofN course work on line at no cost to other YWAM Centers.  Using video conferencing equipment with Live Stream and UStream this allows  ...
we're turning 50! This year is YWAM International’s jubilee year. Of course, our training center in Louisville didn’t exist when YWAM was founded in 1960 — neither, for that matter, did any of our staff — but we’ve all felt the impact of the vision of launching young people to the nations. Around here  ...
Next Stop- Papua New Guinea! Hello all, It is a bitter sweet goodbye as we depart from Darwin and head on to our next outreach location, Mt. Hagen, Papua New Guinea! We feel so blessed to have made many great new friendships and are confident that God will continue to grow the seeds that we planted through the many different ministries we were  ...
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School of Evangelism, Week 2 Second week in Mexico... What did we do??? We had the chance to partner with a different local church and play football with local high school students as an evangelistic tool. After both the boys and girls games we all went back to the church to share lunch together. We finished our bible reading and moved  ...
Streaming Live with Darrow Miller Streaming Live with Darrow Miller and You are Invited! May 3-7, 2010 YWAM San Diego/Baja will stream on line live a Community Development Seminar with Darrow Miller at the Tijuana Del mar Campus.  Go to www.genesisnews.com.  The seminar will be in both Spanish and English and run each morning Monday through Friday  ...
Video Archives Now Available Please click on the below links to see previous videos from uStream GENESIS News - Mega Cities - Lynn Green - April 28, 2010 GENESIS News - Nigeria, Chile, Haiti - April 16, 2010 GENESIS News - YWAM Haiti - Feb 04, 2010 GENESIS Devos - Danny Lehman - Feb 03, 2010   ...
the week of VBS india part 2 st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } Two weeks in already. has been amazing and surprising and eventful and challenging. It’s such a beautiful country with even more beautiful people. They are easily some of the most friendly, hospitable people you can find, willing to cater to us to an almost awkward degree. Last  ...
1st Stop- Darwin! Week 3 Hello everyone, Wow, what a busy week we have had! God has been so good to us and proved time and time again that He loves to be involved in every aspect of our lives, no matter how great or small. We have been given the incredible opportunity to lead 3 Church services a week for the Bagot Community, the aboriginal  ...
School of Evangelism, Week 1 Yes, we are indeed in Mexico City! It was a long journey including trains, planes, and automobiles but we have finally settled in to our new home. We are really excited for what is to come, this week is dedicated to preparing to do ministry. We are doing prayer walks with members of the church as well as reading through  ...
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1st Stop- Darwin! Week 2 Hello all, It's our second week in Darwin and we are having an amazing time! We have been keeping busy with heaps of local ministries and have been so blessed by the community. We have had the opportunity to go into some middle and high schools to hang out with the students and talk to them about what we are doing here  ...
1st Stop- Darwin! Hello everyone! We arrived safely last night at our first outreach location, the YWAM base in Darwin, Australia. It is beautiful here and the YWAM Darwin staff have been incredibly hospitable and made us feel right at home. This morning we joined the base for intercession for the local community, which was very encouraging.  ...
2 Photography Seminars in April 2010    YWAM Tijuana will be hosting its second Photography Seminary with Wendy McAlpine April 5-9, 2010. Our first ever Photography Seminar last fall was extremely well-received, with the final evening's public showcase of students' photography drawing well  ...
YWAM-GENESIS Seminar at Ensenada Campus Next Seminar - Feb 7th - 11th, 2011   Email event coordinator   Youth With A Mission bases are taking advantage of video conferencing systems as a way of running operations and bringing world class speakers to training classrooms around the world. A two week seminar will be held at our Ensenada campus in  ...
LIFT Seminar LIFT Seminar WHEN: May 11th – 14th, 2010 WHERE: Tijuana Campus of YWAM San Diego/Baja.  Click here for Directions Email:  Karen Hawlins naoffice@mac.com A four day Best Practices Consultaton will be held at Tijuana Del Mar Campus by invitation of Peter Iliyn, YWAM North American Director.   ...
The April Quarter starts now! This week our April Quarter begins with the April DTS attending their first day of lectures including orientation. The Eldership and Exec Team met the new students this morning over a cup of hot drink and scones; a very Australian morning tea :)  The January Summer Plus DTS has left for outreach with the last team  ...
Oz --> Malaysia --> South Africa --> Mozambique Hello everyone! Well we just ate our first sit down meal in Johannesburg, South Africa! We had chicken alfredo that Dan and Jono made. It was great! We arrived into Johannesburg at 6 this morning and we have been going, going, going ever since. We were picked up from the airport, got to our cute little backpackers  ...
last week of lectures The last week of lectures, both sad face and happy face because that means we go on OUTREACH SOON. YAAAAY. This last week was Kingdom of God week. We spent time watching a dvd entitled They Love Jesus But They Don’t Like Church. The dvd discussed peoples confusion at the inherent differences between what Jesus  ...
6.9 Quake Rocks Northern Baja - But We're OK YWAM San Diego/Baja experienced the 6.9 earthquake from neighboring Mexicali area in Northern Baja this afternoon. We're all OK.  No damage.  Thanks for all of the kind inquiries.   Brett Curtis  ...
Criticial Decision Making Seminar October 4-8, 2010 - 5 days with Jim Stier A seminar with one of his most popular topics in LTS Critical Decision Making   You are invited!   Mornings: With Jim in LTS Afternoons: Additional electives include: ·        The Art of follow through ·         ...
Photography Seminar YWAM Tijuana will be hosting its second Photography Seminary with Wendy McAlpine April 5-9, 2010. Our first ever Photography Seminar last fall was extremely well-received, with the final evening's public showcase of students' photography drawing well over 100 people to attend. Wendy McAlpine will be leading the school again,  ...
the battle we are on Battles are won easier when you know who your enemy is. You know how they function, what their weapons are, what their tricks are, what their weaknesses are. They are also fought easier when we know how we ourselves work. What our strengths are, what our weapons are and by whose authority we fight. In spiritual  ...
Dying to ourselves. Living for him Shut up and die shut up and die!! This was one of the main themes of lordship week. God calls us to certain things that our flesh doesn’t like. Including – liking people we don’t normally enjoy the company of, living in the jungle that doesn’t have internet, not eating for periods of time, not sleeping “enough”, being  ...
CALLING AND VISION Every calling is great when greatly pursued. - Oliver Wendell Holmes Dreaming with the creator of dreams of purposes is one of my favourite parts of dts. A week set apart to see Gods calling on our lives both universally Know God and Make him Known. Our corporate calling To our local church body, family or  ...
Spring DTS News: YWAM Guadalajara God’s heart is burning with love and passion over Mexico right now and we are feeling it for this upcoming DTS.  Our start date is right around the corner as we need all students here by April 18, but we still have space.  This looks like it will be a smaller school and our focus is to really step into the  ...
Outreach Stories + Blog Interested in our breaking news? Check out our outreach stories and blog. Visit the YWAM Madison blog for YWAM stories.  ...
News From YWAMers in Chile From Ricardo Rodriguez Southern Cone YWAM director Dear friends Today is a sad day for all of us, because we are just now realizing that Chile is going through its worst crisis in its history. When the earthquake happened, our houses in the Santiago base, were strongly shaken during the night, at 4 a.m.. Nobody  ...
Tuition Costs   Fees: The breakdown of fees for the school are as follows: A nations: $3100 B nations: $1500 C nations: $800 Have questions? Email us  Click here Have questions chat live to us     Afghanistan C Albania   ...
Children At Risk School Children at Risk School (CRS) Starts Jan 3rd, 2011 registrar@ywamsdb.org    +1 619 240 7868 Fees: The breakdown of fees for the school are as follows: A nations: $3100 B nations: $1500 C nations: $800 Youth With A Mission San Diego/Baja will run a 9 month Children at Risk School  ...
Taking back land. “God is capable of far more then we assume.” Missions week. A quarter of our name, Youth With a MISSION. Our speaker Bruce Skinner from the Wollongong base has inspired us, shocked us, blessed us and empowered us further to change the world with, as Ben Harper says “with our own two hands”.  ...
YWAM Ship Heads to Sydney It was a great week for the YWAM ship's visit to Newcastle. Over 500 people toured the ship on Saturday which also boasted a youth street festival at the foreshore. There have been thousands of spectacles and toothbrushes donated. The ship crew had several testimonies of people's hearts engaging in the mission including  ...
Spiritual Partying Can anyone say HOLY SPIRIT PARTY??? A quote from a wise man about our week: “So probably for a lot of you, when I say the Holy Spirit, you either say, woah that's scary or wow he's crazy. And I agree with both of these. The Holy Spirit is crazy and scary, and people who are led by him are also rather odd.”   ...
Community Development Project Updates Town Of Cedros Our focus is to transform communities.   One way that God has lead us to work in Cedros is with the children.   There is a great need to educate godly principles and values. In two separate locations we gather more than 50 kids each week for bible study. Every Wednesday, we share a  ...
Making a Difference We stood there—shell shocked. Wiped out. Joy, love and an overwhelming sense of fulfillment swept over us like the breeze off the Coronados on the Baja coast....   Making a Difference Building on the Baja By Nancy Cotterill Watching a movie on the long flight to join our mission group for a trip into Mexico  ...
The YWAM ship is here!!!! Come and check out our YWAM medical ship in Newcastle harbour this week. It has been a hive of activity with local radio, newspaper and television stations visiting the ship and hearing about how Australia can get involved. There have been hundreds of YWAMers from Brisbane, Adelaide, and Townsville not to mention Newcastle  ...
Defender Hospitality Center Nears Completion The Defender Hospitality Center that will be hosting much of campus life nears completion.  This picture is taken from the soccer field which the building overlooks toward the ocean.  You can witness spectacular sunsets from about anywhere on the property but this certainly commands the better view of the  ...
David and the Gospel Week 6!!! Returning from Thursday night evangelism we reflect on a powerful eye opening week of amazing lectures, authoritative stories, potent outreach, fun and loving intercession and a bbq/worship family time with 180 brothers and sisters from other YWAM bases from all around Australia. Evangelism week. A man named David  ...
GENESIS Seminars The GENESIS Seminar Since the small beginnings of this very intensive and hands-on training time in 2003, the GENESIS Seminar has grown to be an effective tool in equipping GENESIS Coordinators, school leaders, staff and leaders alike to implement values and practice on their location. Most recently the seminar was held  ...
One Voice Celebration One Voice Celebration It is again drawing near to the One Voice event where nations assemble to celebrate Jesus in worship, proclamation and redeemed cultural expressions. Since its beginning in 2003, thousands have participated in this very special gathering. Every time many come together in every continent to seek  ...
GENESIS News Event Mobilizes For Haiti GENESIS News event Mobilizes For Haiti The earthquake that hit Haiti on January 12 was a tragedy that impacted all of us. As a global mission, we also felt it because a part of our body is ministering in this nation. Through technology news reach the ends of the earth within seconds, giving a global audience to a local  ...
50th Anniversary Celebration @ Guadalajara. Guadalajara Celebrates 50th Anniversary of YWAM International http://www.ywam50guadalajara.webs.com/   During the summer of 1981, in the northern Mexican city of Juarez, YWAM embarked on a bold new venture to bring about long-lasting discipleship, training and evangelism to Mexico. YWAM Mexico was born and 28 years  ...
DTS Spring 2010 We will be launching our inaugural Spring DTS in 2010. April 18 will begin having DTS in Guadalajara year-round. Tenamos una EDE el 18 de Abril de 2010. Ven y se parte de lo que Dios esta haciendo en Mexico! visit www.ywamguadalajara.org for more information!  ...
India week 2 and 3, plus Nepal week 1 It's been 3 weeks since our last update, and so much have happened. We are in a new country first of all, and everyone is loving Nepal and it's beautiful nature. But first you might want to know how our last weeks in India was like. Let me give you an update. We went back to Sam Pauls church, and got to encourage church  ...
CAMPING WITH GOD How do you start an update about two weeks of camping with 28 people hearing sweet stuff from God about their identity? I will start like this: The first day only the men went out to set up the camp. Pushing a trailer full of gear for 30 minutes then getting lost on the second trip made for a strangely fun start  ...
"The SOMD...completely transformed the way I live" How does the School of Ministry Development impact lives?  Keep reading to find out! “The SOMD was an amazing experience that has completely transformed the way I live. Through the school I came to understand that God has created me with unique and precious giftings that make me not only needed in the  ...
Spanish Language School - Feb. 22-Mar. 19, 2010 Be more effective in missions and in your personal relationships by learning a new language and breaking cultural barriers!  Come to our Tijuana del Mar campus for a month of intensive Spanish Language School.Vision:Our vision for the Language School is to offer a platform for men and women who have the desire  ...
New Zealand week 2 and 3! Week 2: Kids and Parachute At call2all we met a fijian man named Jon Dari. He invited us to his church and introduced us to his pastor, who suggested that we could help with the holiday program that week. We had a good time with those kids, and spent time at Jon’s house and got more acquainted with him and his  ...
were in Mexico!! How many Australians does it take to open an industrial sized yoghurt tub? It’s a good question. Our team is Remco, Wing, Steffen, Raychell, Jesse as leader and myself (Kezz). So our outreach to Mexico began.. And it began like an adventure. As we arrive in LAX airport I notice that America smells different and  ...
Thank You Haiti Supporters Simply put we thank everyone who contributed to help us get supplies to Haiti from the Dominican Republic.  Trucks are being loaded up regularly and driven across the border 6 hours from Santa Domingo, then another 4 hours down into our YWAM Campus at St Marc.  Here are some shots of supplies and the convoy.   ...
India, week one! Hi everyone!   So, we have finished our first week of ministry and taking today to rest and get ready for this upcoming week. We arrived here on Saturday, January 23rd and spent the first two days at the base meeting the staff/students and getting accustomed to the culture. The first thing we did was work in the  ...
Smiling Haiti Before I came to Haiti I found myself sitting on the couch in my living room watching the news of the Haiti earthquake and wanting to turn off the TV. 8 day’s after the quake I found myself sitting at our office in National City watching Terry Snow, the YWAM Haiti national director calling us to come and to help  ...
Relationships!!! week 3 The January Summer Plus DTS has just had an amazing week of lectures on relationships from an amazing woman named Jenny Gruenenwald from New Zealand. She spoke of the relationship table having legs of Love, Trust, Honour and Understanding. We learnt about our relationships with each other and finished the week with a  ...
Hurricane Jimena Update Hurricane Jimena News Update   Last year Hurricane Jimena ripped through the southern Baja region causing flooding and wind damage in the towns of Mulege and Cuidad Constitucion. YWAM San Diego/Baja was able to minister to these two towns through the support of our donors. In Mulege, where there was major flood  ...
Teaching English (TESOL) School-August 2010 YWAM Guadalajara presents… Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) August 29-September 24, 2010   Our Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) course includes four weeks of intensive training in basic theories and methods of teaching English, intercultural communication  ...
Week 2 Fear of The Lord. I am writing this to you from the dinning room of the Ywam base in Canberra, the capital city of Australia. We traveled here as a whole base on Sunday morning to be a part of the 50th year of Ywam, our Jubilee year! We have heard from Aboriginal community elders, a politician who has taken Bibles into some of the  ...
Happy 50th Birthday YWAM! Did you know that this year YWAM is now 50 years old? Being the avid baby boomer YWAM is celebrating at loactions all over the world for an entire year. It is important to stop and acknowledge what God has done. YWAM Australia had 2 locations for their 50th JUBILEE week long celebrations on the East Coast and the West Coast.  ...
Help Haiti Today The small Caribbean nation of Haiti has gone from poverty to total devastation after a 7.3 earthquake hit on January 12th this year. The desperation of the Haitian people is seen on the news each night and it is easy to respond with a feeling of despair, as it seems like very little aid is getting to those who need  ...
Nurses Needed at YWAM Center in Haiti We need nurses to help here in St. Marc for the next two months. Yesterday a young boy with serious head and leg injuries began to cry as he lay on a straw mat at our YWAM arena gym floor. He is just one of 76 others trying to find medical assistance. As our YWAM volunteers tried to comfort and understand what was wrong  ...
English Teachers Needed inHaiti A CRY FOR TEACHERS! Due to the destruction of many schools and homes in PAP we are now getting request from English speaking Haitians to accept their children in our functioning educational school. These children were attending English speaking schools in PAP before the earthquake and are now in need to continue with their  ...
Boots on the Ground in Haiti In two days from now, Jan. 25th, 5 of us from YWAM San Diego/Baja will be leaving for Haiti. We are not going to be heroes or saviors, we are going because there is a need and we want to humbly help in any way that we can. It has been almost two weeks since the earthquake and rescue efforts have officially been stopped.  ...
Want to go to Haiti and help? If you would like to go to Haiti and help then please go to our on line application and begin processing NOW. Our YWAM Center in Harpenden England is coordinating efforts on behalf of our Haiti Center.  They are desperate for administrators over the next 60 days, if you have those skills please indicate that when  ...