Nov 30, 2017 | YWAM Blogs
The first time I walked into a gym I immediately took notice of how everyone inside was at different levels of fitness. You expect to walk in and see fit athletes because it is a gym after all. It wasn’t like that. There were people taking it slow on the treadmills at...
Oct 24, 2017 | YWAM Blogs
About ten years ago I was meeting with my boss sharing that I thought it was time for me to leave the company. I had worked for them for four years and they told me I was next in line for a promotion. I had really enjoyed working for the company and it had helped me...
Oct 11, 2017 | YWAM Blogs
“Come on a journey “to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilisations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.” I’m a huge fan of Star Trek. I love to see what weird and wonderful alien life forms the directors can come up...
Sep 11, 2017 | YWAM Blogs
I was a Senior in High School and 17 when I decided I would not be doing a YWAM DTS. Never mind that I’d been considering it since I was about 10. Never mind that every time I thought of an adventure in a foreign country my heart pounded with excitement. Never mind...
Aug 17, 2017 | YWAM Blogs
This January will mark 10 years since I gave up my career and took a bold step into full-time volunteer work with Youth With a Mission (YWAM). I was 28 and had been working for a cruise line for 4 years, traveling the world and running the youth programs. I had a...
Aug 16, 2017 | YWAM Blogs
I remember when I first arrived in Australia. On my way to the YWAM Townsville campus from the airport, people started chatting around me. Very soon words like ‘maccas’, ‘arvo’, ‘how are ya going’ and ‘no worries, mate’, were thrown into the conversation. I was...
