YWAM - Youth with a Mission - Discipleship Training School Australia

October DTS Western Province Team

communications — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:00:49 +0000

This first two weeks in Balimo have been really great as the team joined in with church and discipleship programs sharing to around 3100 people. Some highlights have been going to the local clinic and spending time with the patients there, sharing a drug and alcohol free message to 300 local high-school students. Another highlight for the team was finding two hover crafts that were used by the health centre to help the villages isolated by the surrounding mud and swamps.

After time spent in Balimo the team traveled to Awaba, a near by village, where the they will be based for five days. During their stay in Awaba they will be visiting and spending time in another six villages continuing to share about their experiences on DTS and the lessons they have learnt. They are also hoping to assess the needs of the villages they are visiting to see how we could partner with them in the future.

After four weeks in the Western Province the team is continuing to enjoy the PNG culture and are looking forward to making the most of their remaining three weeks.

October DTS Western Province Team has Arrived in Balimo

communications — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:25:50 +0000

The team arrived safely in Balimo today and have just spent some time walking through the community where they will be staying and connecting with the locals.

They are so excited, and encouraged to see a strong community where the churches are all working together and have been anticipating the team’s arrival. The team received a nice welcome as the plane landed on the grass runway, and they are staying in a church that finished building an extra room for the girls to stay in just last night.

Oct DTS Outback Team is in Katherine in the Northern Territory

Oct DTS — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:18:11 +0000

The Outback team has been busy for the past three days working in an aboriginal community north of Katherine called Werebun. It’s a small isolated community with a few families and about 12 kids. For three days the team has been running a kids program learning and singing in Kriol (which is their native language), teaching them to read the Kriol bible, and playing tons of games which the kids LOVED! They managed to weather the intense heat and afternoon storms which bucketed rain, and went out there each day giving it their all and building great relationships with the people of Werebun.

The team with the kids at Werebun

Madison reading the Kriol Bible with Damien and Callum

By the third day they had built some really good relationships with the kids and it was a special thing to be able to sit down with some of them and read the bible in their language. Brad was sitting with one 13 year old named Junior. Junior was amazed that there was an entire bible in his language and got a real kick out of looking up the memory verse and story that the team and been sharing with them and reading out loud. ”I gotta get me one of these,” he said with a smile.

The entire Kriol Bible was the first complete indigenous Bible completed here in Australia by the Bible Society Australia and was only just published in 2007. They are currently working on a childrens Bible.

Update from the October DTS Team in Bowen

Ship DTS — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:53:29 +0000

One of the October DTS Teams arrived in Bowen on Saturday and began sharing in church services on Sunday. The rest of their week has been spent at the local PCYC, helping to run programs and promoting the upcoming youth events. Check out this article to see what they have been doing!

The October DTS Outback Team is on the road!

Oct DTS — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:54:26 +0000

Ten people (representing 6 nations) in one van for 3 days… The Outback Team has left Townsville and will be driving west for the next 2 days before heading north for another day and arriving in the town of Katherine in the Northern Territory. After starting their day at 4am with much excitement, it was not long before the van became silent.

Thursday Night Events

School Of Music In Missions — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 07:03:34 +0000

Thursday Night Events (TNE) was created by the youth for the youth. The July Youth Street DTS was able to attend the event while on outreach in Gladstone, Australia. Check out this video to see what it’s all about!

Pacific DTS in Mount Isa

Ship DTS — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 03:11:29 +0000

The Pacific DTS have been busy in Mount Isa, check out this news article to read more about a cultural event that they have been a part of out there.

Stories from the Ship Discipleship Training School’s time in Papua New Guinea

Ship DTS — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 01:39:10 +0000

The YWAM Townsville Ship DTS graduated on Friday, what an adventure they have had over the past 21 weeks through lecture phase here in Townsville and outreach in Papua New Guinea. Here is a small glimpse of the things they were able to do during the time in PNG.

Youth Street DTS

School Of Music In Missions — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 08:44:22 +0000

9 students from America, Canada, Australia, and Denmark have joined together to embark on an incredible journey as they get to know God on a deeper level, learn how to make Him known, and combine their passion for youth to see lives changed in Australia.

The school is currently in week 5 and so much has happened over this past month in each one of their lives. We kicked off the school with “Hearing God’s Voice”, then moved into “Clear Conscience”, then “Identity”, “Father Heart of God”, and now “Relationships”. Each student is learning about God on a new level, learning who they are in God, and learning what it means to be a follower of Him. And every Saturday, the students have an opportunity to put their passions for young people into action by helping out with our youth program Youth Street.

Neighbour to Neighbour

School Of Music In Missions — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 03:45:40 +0000

Saturday, June 18th, the combined churches of Townsville held a community outreach day called “Neighbour to Neighbour”. Over 200 volunteers spent their day helping over 400 homes around the city in any way needed. A group of staff from YWAM Townsville, and all of Youth Street volunteered on the day.

Watch this short video to get a glimpse of what the day was like!