Preparing To Come – Hawaii

If paying by Visa, MasterCard or American Express please add 3% to cover bank fees. Any fees incurred from receiving payments to YWAM Ships Kona will be passed on to the trainee.

You can also pay by Checking/Savings, USD cheque, USD money order, or a wire transfer.

For questions regarding methods of payment, you can contact the YWAM Ships Kona finance office: [email protected]

For questions regarding fee amounts and balances contact: [email protected]

Please Note:

When paying by wire transfer please add USD $35 for bank fees.

 

• Enrollment Fee/Application Fee: Non-Refundable
• All student fees:
  • Prior to Arrival – 100% 
  • During Arrival Week – 90%
  • During 2nd Week – 75%
  • During 3rd Week – 50%
  • Beyond 3rd week of classes 0%

** Please note that in the event of extenuating circumstances, prices may be subject to change. This includes any additional travel costs that may arise unexpectedly. We will communicate any changes promptly and transparently.

▸ Payment Schedule UofN Course

• Enrollment Fee: $100 – Due upon signing up (Initial Invoice).
• Room Deposit: $100 room deposit – Due upon enrollment confirmation.
• Lecture Deposit: $500 Course deposit – Due upon enrollment confirmation.
• Lecture Fee: $3,700 – Due 1 month prior to arrival.
• Outreach Phase: Not Available for all Courses
  • Outreach Deposit: $2,500 – Due Week 4 of Lecture Phase.
  • Outreach Remainder: $2,500 – Due before the end of Week 6.***

    *** Unable to give exact outreach costs until plane tickets have been booked. Cost may decrease or increase depending on outreach related expenses.

Please come to all campus and school events “prayed up” and with an attitude of faith, fully expecting that God will show up! Your personal attendance, punctuality and full attention at all campus and school events are very important.

Hawaii is known for its casual atmosphere and warm climate. God calls us to a lifestyle of purity within our hearts and in the way we ‘outwardly’ live our lives. Let’s together go the extra mile to make sure we present ourselves with modesty and in a loving way regardless of our cultural grids by taking the more conservative road to keep from offending not only those from other cultures and backgrounds but also to represent ourselves, YWAM Ships and the Lord in an honouring way.

General: Dress code should always be modest. We realize this means different things to different cultures so we ask that during business hours or while events are being held on our decks, please wear footwear, avoid short shorts, spaghetti strap tops for girls, displaying undergarments, and guys please wear a shirt with a sleeve.

Pool Deck: We have an unusual situation here with our offices and living area built around a pool so there are often staff and guests moving around with swim wear in full sight. We ask that when swimming in our pool, girls wear a one-piece suit or a tank top over a bikini and please cover up whenever you are going between the pool and your room.

These are not only YWAM values but we believe it is on the heart of God for us to live our life pleasing to Him, loving and preferring others and loving ourselves.

We believe in marriage and want to be a community that supports the development of healthy relationships. What better place for two people who love God and are called to missions to “find” each other?! However, the development of any relationship—whether romance or friendship—should not divert an individual from growth or separate people from the community. All relationships should be built on openness, inclusion, integrity and purity.

For the sake of respecting each other’s private space, cultural sensitivity, and so that our “good is not evil spoken of,” we ask that single men do not enter single women’s rooms and vice versa.

Jesus called us to refuse to allow any form of immorality in our midst (Revelation 2:18-29). Immorality is any sexual activity that is outside the heterosexual marriage covenant, whether physical, verbal or technological (Internet), etc. 

(Romans 1:18-27) If you find yourself struggling in any of these areas, please confide in your school, department or ministry leader, or another godly leader on campus that you respect so that he/she can help create a process of support and accountability for you. Our commitment to purity is strengthened when we have solidarity as a spiritual family in our unified stand for holiness.

All YWAM Ships trainees should be addiction-free and refrain from engaging in any behavior that is illegal, harmful to their bodies, or damaging to the discipleship process of others. If you find yourself struggling in any of these areas, again, please confide in your course, department or ministry leader, or another godly leader on campus so that he/she can help create a process of support and accountability for you.

Smoking, consumption of alcohol and all illegal drugs are prohibited at YWAM Ships Kona.

In the Bible, there are some standards for conduct that are “absolute.” Refraining from being drunk is one of those absolutes. However, the drinking of alcohol in moderation is not so clear-cut. Jesus turned the water into wine, not grape juice…but God also commanded John the Baptist not to drink wine.

Romans 14 addresses areas of “cultural sins” that are relative to the values we received through our families, cultures, denominations, etc. We want to appeal to you to take the most conservative view regarding alcohol, in order not to stumble or to cause others to stumble.

Whatever your personal convictions—and we do not judge those—we request that there be no drinking of alcohol in any YWAM facility or at any YWAM course/seminar, department or ministry event, whether on or off campus.

Please do not encourage anyone from a non-drinking background to take

even one drink. You may not know their family history regarding alcoholism or

what it could cost them within their cultural or denominational background.

Rather, do everything possible to help everyone succeed in their walk with God and enter into their full spiritual inheritance.

NOTE:

All DTS trainees are not to drink alcohol during the entire length of their lectures & outreach.

Hawaii is generally a humid island. Evening temperatures year-round range from 65-82 F (18–27 C). Daytime temperatures are higher. December thru March, it gets cold early morning and late at night. You may need long-sleeves such as sweat shirts and a blanket, especially during these months.

YWAM Ships Kona housing is dormitory style. All single trainees are housed in rooms with 4 people. Families and Married Couples are given their own room.

We encourage you to bring a laptop or other wireless device. The responsibility for the security of personal items is yours, so please be prepared to be prudent with all personal items of value.

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Coin operated washers and dryers are available for use at YWAM Ships Kona.

Mondays through Fridays are focused on course work, work duties, and other class activities. Weekends are generally free with the exception of projects that may be assigned by your program.

Only second level course trainees may live off campus. The trainee must declare their intention no later than a month prior to Arrival Day.

Make sure you have a valid passport for at least 12 months from the time you arrive. Please bring your passports with you.

C/O *Your Name* YWAM Ships
75 – 5687 Alii Drive
Kailua Kona, HI
96740, USA