My name is Ashely Myers, and I have served as the Medical Coordinator on board the YWAM Liberty in Papua New Guinea.  On one outreach we went to a village that no YWAM team had ever been to before. We had to take an hour-long Zodiac ride to get there. Everyone was so excited as we were setting up for the clinic. I was the Triage Nurse that day so I was registering the patients that came to see us. There was a lady who came over and told me that her daughter was at home and could not get to the clinic. She asked me if someone could come and see her, so I took a friend with me and we went to this lady’s house.  The daughter’s name was Edith. She was twenty-two years old and had been treated for Tuberculosis about six months ago. She had also...

YWAM Ships Kona, operating in PNG, in the last three years has planted a YWAM Base permanently in Madang town.  Much has been accomplished with a 50-year lease on a dock, and warehouse facility that is being transformed in to an orality training center assisting our translation movement in YWAM. Here are a few of the plans underway. The translation movement is receiving wonderful traction from the local elders, chiefs and pastors. This picture is 100 of them gathered and committing to further the work on 9 Mother Tongue Oral Translations this year alone. Currently there are 42 staff, and many teams working hard, over 100 of them will be on site next week. We would value your prayers as we grow, rent more housing, being the Orality Center build out and prepare to receive the M/V YWAM Liberty at our very first privately secured dock. We have made a...

We are grateful for your prayers over these last two weeks since the Arusha Tragedy. We have felt your love from around the world, and have seen God’s hand guiding us through this.  We are happy to share that all of those injured in the accident are recovering well, and that my mid week all 11 remains have been repatriated back to the families spread out in eight countries, and all funerals will have been completed  . We are grateful for the doctors and hospital staff in Arusha and elsewhere who have given great care to our dear friends. We ask that you continue to pray for the injured as they continue to recover and heal both in the hospital and at home. Some will require much longer in hospital, but after air vacs, have been completed, everyone is where they need to be now to receive their on going...

February 25, 2024, 11:30AM HST With the ripples of the difficult news of the death of 11 YWAMers in a terrible traffic accident in Tanzania, our prayers are with the family and friends of the deceased.  There are five injured individuals still hospitalized and two more people in critical condition to be rallied around in prayer.  We thank the Lord that one of the hospitalized, Isaac B., has been released to return home. (Due to security reasons, we cannot release the full names). Local and international leaders from YWAM are gathering to support the team on the ground who are now faced with many details of repatriation, medical evacuation, family support, funeral arrangements, and many other logistics. We invite you to help with these expenses with an opportunity to give on the following link. The estimated cost of all of these arrangements is approximately $350,000. Thank you to those who...