Week 8 in Michigan

After chatting with some of my school leaders this week, I finally was able to get connected with the online Restoring the Foundations training that I had hoped to do when I first got back to Michigan. Hooray!!! This training consists of video seminars and a printout workbook; as I go through those videos and workbook slowly, I will process what I am learning and what God is doing in my own life with someone on staff from YWAM Kona. The unique thing about this training is that as a person goes through the seminars the hope and intent is for them to be receiving ministry while they are also learning how to facilitate prayer ministry for others. There are two online seminars that I hope to do. This first one is eight sessions and is called Hope Healing and Freedom; the cost was only $20.  

Over the next month or so, the YWAM Kona campus is also offering many free online courses/teachings through Zoom for all the students that had to return home. Some of the courses/teachings are one day intensives, others are 1 week long (Mon-Fri), and still others are three weeks long (meeting 2-3 times per week). Students and staff are welcome to sign up for as many as they would like! I will probably sign up for at least one but I am not sure which yet, as I am just getting started with the RTF seminars and that is where I feel like the Lord has said my main focus should be right now.

Another opportunity that the campus just announced is for people who have never done a DTS but are interested! Below is what was posted on workplace and YWAM Kona's facebook page; please pass the word along if you know someone in your life that has wanted to do a DTS.
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Intro To Missions is six-week (2 day per week) online course that gives you a taste of what DTS is like and prepares you for missions.

We will dive into the word of God and many of the amazing teachings the Lord has given us over the years, including:

• The Cost of Discipleship
• The Person of Jesus
• Hearing God's Voice
• Holy Spirit
• Sin and Repentance
• Missions and Evangelism

Classes run May 19 - June 25 with live Zoom calls featuring teaching and small groups every Tuesday & Thursday morning from 8:00-9:00am Hawaii time.

The total cost is $150. If you do your DTS in Kona, this amount will be credited towards your DTS fees.

Class starts next Tuesday, so sign up today!

APPLY HERE

If you have any questions please contact introtomissions@ywamkona.org

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The campus leadership is still praying and talking about what the future re-opening of the YWAM Kona campus will look like. They are making plans in faith, but also walking in humble respect of the state of Hawaii COVID-19 guidelines.

Lecture for Homereach Students

Here is the link to the last homereach lecture; unfortunately I didn't enjoy the delivery of this message, I think the speaker took some liberties with the scripture text and I don't totally agree with everything he says. But I do think there are some good points that can be support with other parts of scripture so I am in agreement with those.

• When God Smells Honor- T.D. Jakes

Week 6 and 7 in Michigan

Week 6 and 7 in Michigan

The YWAM Kona campus core leadership continues to talk and pray about how to move forward while also abiding by Hawaii's state regulations in the coming months. The Big Island is doing a phenomenal job of decreasing the spread of COVID; the most recent update that I heard is: there have been 74 positive cases and 72 of these people have recovered; the remaining 2 are quarantined in their homes. 

I was encouraged by the Zoom meetings that happened this past week; lots of good testimonies of God at work in the nations! Here are a few of the stories that were shared:  YWAM Kona was able to bless people in Mozambique with funds to purchase needed food/supplies and thousands of SD card bibles;  COVID is affecting these people but violence in this area is actually an even bigger problem. The campus also gave to poor remote villages and HIV/Aids communities in Myanmar sending large quantities of rice and virus relief boxes that included other foods like egg along with Bibles in their language. In our Friday meeting we heard from contacts at the base in Battambang, Cambodia and how they are expectant that in this time of COVID crisis many hearts will be open to the gospel. One evidence of this already happening is the number of people following the Battambang bases weekly community night online. Before COVID there were about 1,000 people following online, this number has now increased to 9,000!















One of the other Crossroads staff shared a link in our What's App group chat to a 6 session video/PDF ecourse called Family Time done by Nothing Hidden Ministries; they are offering this resource for FREE through May 15: https://ecourses.nothinghidden.com/courses/family-time

I have one lead about some training to be offered online in a few weeks that I might be interested in doing! The training is not offered through YWAM Kona, but I heard about it through 2 different YWAM staff, and it is similar to the Restoring the Foundations training that I was hoping to do but has not been available yet. I think it would be helpful training to have if I returned to Kona or in any ministry setting; I will update you if I decide to do this. I will hopefully chat with two of the Crossroads school leaders in the next week or two and possibly have a better idea of what I will be doing in the next couple months.

24/7 Prayer for the Nations

Every 1 hour slot has been taken by a staff member, so 100% of the week is now covered!!

In addition to this 24/7 prayer initiative many YWAM Kona staff are also participating in 30 days of prayer for the Muslim world.

Lecture for Homereach Students

Here are links to the lectures that students listened to for weeks 6 & 7. One more week of homereach left; I will post the link to that lecture in the next blog post.

• Coming Home to the Father- Allen Hood
• Bridal Revelation and Spiritual Warfare-Mike Bickle