May 28, 2018 | YWAM Blogs
Words have a way of lingering in your inner thoughts at times, whether good or bad. I don’t remember being self-conscious much as a child. I rocked my cowboy boots, my hat and braids, and I didn’t worry much what people thought. I do remember in...
May 25, 2018 | YWAM Blogs
When I was 12 years old my mom and dad sat me down at our kitchen table and explained to me that they loved me and they loved each other, but that they could no longer remain married. When my parents told me they were getting divorced, I had my first experience with...
May 24, 2018 | YWAM Blogs
1) You have a leader crush on Darlene Cunningham I mean, who doesn’t!? The woman is a ball of energy, passion and truth! To have two weeks of input directly from her is a pretty great privilege! 2) You want to see one of the most beautiful parts of the world. Its...
May 16, 2018 | YWAM Blogs
I was working double-time in a job that I loved, but that I had lost all perspective in. My back was hurting and my eyes had turned bloodshot from staring at a screen for hours on in. Burnt out and overworked, I knew I needed a little change. I had always heard to...
May 16, 2018 | News & Stories
Over 180 year nine students from Ignatius Park College visited the YWAM Medical Ships Townsville Campus yesterday to learn about community service and volunteerism. The YWAM Medical Ships City Campus serves as a dynamic hub for registered training, youth work,...
May 16, 2018 | YWAM Blogs
I got my first job at age 15 serving burgers at a drive-in fast food joint. It wasn’t the most glamorous job around, but it was the only place hiring and I was eager to make some cash of my own. Five years later I was a crew leader, working full time...
May 15, 2018 | YWAM Blogs
It’s quite common for young people today, especially students or city dwellers, to live in a very small space or shared accommodation with other people. It might be easy to move into a dorm room thinking that “I’ll just put up with this until I can move somewhere...
May 15, 2018 | YWAM Blogs
“Go to all the world.” When I first read that I should go to all the world to share about my faith I was a little overwhelmed. When I think about the context of this statement it may not mean that every person has to go to the entire world, but...
May 11, 2018 | YWAM Blogs
The day I became a mother, I was a mess. The boy inside of me was 10 days overdue. Labour had been slow, long, and stilted; then suddenly quick and chaotic. But the time he came, I was screaming my head off with overlapping contractions and hooked up to oxygen....
May 11, 2018 | YWAM Blogs
I grew up without a dad I know, I know, you are thinking, but this is a Mother’s Day post…what does this have to do with your dad? I also didn’t grow up in a Christian family. My relationship with God was limited to periodic bouts of anger toward him because I...
May 2, 2018 | News & Stories
Morobe Province Governor, Honourable Ginson Saonu and Provincial Administrator, Ms Sheila Harou are in Townsville for the next two days for strategic meetings with YWAM Medical Ships. Since 2015, YWAM Medical Ships has been deploying the YWAM Training and Medical...
Apr 26, 2018 | News & Stories
Alotau Provincial Hospital’s ophthalmology (eye surgery) team performed sight restoring eye surgeries at Watuluma Rural Hospital, Milne Bay Province, in collaboration with YWAM Medical Ships last month. The purpose of the visit was to provide ophthalmic surgical...
Apr 24, 2018 | News & Stories
Major dental supplier, Henry Schein Halas, was awarded with the Australian Dental Industry Association Partnership Award last month, in recognition of their support of YWAM Medical Ships work in rural areas of Papua New Guinea (PNG). The award recognises success in...
Apr 24, 2018 | News & Stories
Townsville based charity, YWAM Medical Ships, has signed on as a placement host for James Cook University’s (JCU) nursing and midwifery students in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Nursing and midwifery students will have the option of completing a clinical placement as part...
Apr 3, 2018 | News & Stories
It was a routine day of clinics when the YWAM primary health care team first met Grace* and her two-month-old baby girl, Ruth.* Grace sat crossed legged on the floor on a woven mat with her crying baby in her arms as she shared her story with the nurse. Grace was on...
Mar 26, 2018 | YWAM Blogs
Do you ever get tired of being asked what you want to do with your life? For the longest time it used to bother me how I never seemed able to answer that question. I knew God had great things in store for my life, but it was so hard to see working in the back...
Mar 22, 2018 | News & Stories
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Treasury in the national government of Papua New Guinea, Honourable Charles Abel MP, will visit Townsville in June for YWAM Medical Ships’ annual business event, Breakfast by the Sea, to be held on Friday, 15 June. In...
