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God Speaks in the Most Unusual Places

I was in awe for most of the session. Apart from the physical pain I was feeling, I couldn’t believe how amazing my latest tattoo was coming out. The shading, the lines, and she hadn’t even colored it yet. I kept saying, “Wow” or “That’s so cool, it’s so pretty.” I had just finished 5 years of staffing with YWAM...

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First Blood

A story of epic proportions by Daniel Sniadecki.This is a true story. With our lodging accommodations in Haiti being quite rugged, it was there that many of our finest memories were produced. The setting of...

The Icebreaker

It was the YWAM Liberty’s first outreach in Bougainville, an autonomous region of Papua New Guinea. When we arrived, the government put on a lovely welcoming ceremony for us in the town square. They brought...

Hearing from God

When I came to YWAM Ships Kona to do a DTS I mostly just signed up so I could do some traveling. I did not feel called to it. I really was not that close...

February 12, 2021

New Year, New Vision

Well, it’s a new year, and that’s a time for new starts, new vision, and a fresh perspective. I realized that with everything that I went through last year, I had forgotten how to walk...

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Promised Landing

I had just finished reading “Is That Really You God” by Loren Cunningham. It was our very first worship night…

February 6, 2021

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But Now I See

On my DTS outreach in Cambodia we visited a village a few times to share about Jesus with people. On…

January 29, 2021

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Katawa

During a morning prayer time on outreach to Fanning Island, in the Line Islands, a woman on our team got…

January 23, 2021

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The Turn

I was at a Monday night ministry time and for some reason I was just not engaging like I usually…

January 15, 2021

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The Priest

I stood above a giant, spring-fed pool. Once a site for baptisms, it had become a nationally renowned hotspot for…

January 9, 2021

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Dream Baby

I went home after my DTS in 2016 with the plan of coming back and staffing the next year. Then,…

January 1, 2021

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The Outcome

In 2018, I was walking out the front door of Port YWAM Kona to go to the communications office. I…

December 24, 2020

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Yellow

During my outreach to Papua New Guinea, I was interceding on our regular team prayer walk when the word “yellow”…

December 18, 2020

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Speak Up

On my DTS outreach our team went to a small village in Cambodia. There were no houses, just tin shacks…

December 12, 2020

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Man in the Mirror

Eight days after arriving in Papua New Guinea our team felt led to go to one of the many local…

December 4, 2020

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Isla Tigre

We were traveling to assess a new village for ministry. Our guide pointed to an opening in the mangroves hardly…

November 28, 2020

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Hospital Healings

We were in Papua New Guinea (PNG), about halfway through our outreach. At our team meeting that morning, everyone was…

November 20, 2020