The Invitation, November 9, 2023

In the midst of a fierce civil war in north Sudan, a YWAM team of nearly 30 Sudanese staff continue to live and serve. Before the war, which began in April 2023, most lived in and around the capital. All of these staff have moved themselves and their families to safer areas of the country. They continue to look for opportunities to serve in the midst of the war, hosting “revival” meetings in their new locations, gathering women together to encourage them and looking for opportunities for mercy ministry. Please take a moment right now to pray for the people of Sudan and the YWAM team there, and please also pray with us on November 9, our monthly prayer day for the prayer initiative called The Invitation.

1. Pray for provision of food, water and medicine for the Sudanese people. Very little international aid has made it into the country due to the fighting and instability. The Sudanese people, including the YWAM team, are struggling to find their daily needs of food, water and medicine.
2. Pray for ministry to happen in the midst of the war. YWAMers and other Christians carry the good news with them as they are displaced. Many Sudanese Christians have found themselves in remote areas, living among unreached tribes. There is an openness to the gospel and we are hearing testimonies of evangelism and discipleship.
3. Pray for plans for mercy ministry. YWAM has been involved in mercy ministry in Sudan for the last 20 years. They are now looking for ways to distribute blankets to the displaced as the weather is getting colder in the displaced areas.
4. Pray for the peace of the country. Both the government army (SAF) and the militia (RSF) have committed atrocities during the fighting in the last six months. Most Sudanese people are not sure who could return their country to peace. Pray for the plans of Satan to steal, kill and destroy to be frustrated. Pray for peacemakers to be raised up in the country.

Take Action

To find out more, to make a donation, or to find out how to get involved with Sudanese refugees in Egypt, contact sudanese@ywamcos.org.

How We Prayed

YWAM Flotilla, October 2023

• From D. H.: “I have wanted a boat for years and am finally in a position to buy one. I always wanted a mission for me, my wife and the vessel. I want to help.”

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The Invitation, October 14, 2023

In the Pacific lie 936 isolated islands with no airports or regular ferry services. How can we reach all of the people on those islands? Even with YWAM’s 27 vessels worldwide, we can’t get to everyone. YWAM’s new Flotilla ministry partners with private yacht owners to reach isolated areas, thus opening more opportunities to reach the most remote islanders, people loved by God. Please take a moment now to pray for these isolated islands. Please also pray with us on October 12, our prayer day for YWAM’s prayer initiative called The Invitation.

1. Pray for French Polynesia. Sixteen isolated islands in the Tuamotu group have no airport. We have two yachts reaching them this year. Pray for more access to become available.
   • Operation Christmas Child. Pray for continued partnering with this organization so every child may know God’s love for them.
   • Oral Mother Tongues. There are nine known mother tongues in this region, but we are told there are many more. Pray that everyone can have the Bible in their language.
   • Community assessments. Pray for deep connections with the local people as we dream about God’s heart for each community.
   • Translation. Pray for French speakers to have a heart to help local people to translate.
2. Pray for Southeast Asia. In parts of Asia, islands with fewer than 500 people are considered uninhabited. God sees every person and has plans and purposes for their lives.
3. Pray for new locations. Flotilla yachts are either already active or planning ministry in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Solomon Islands and Fiji. Pray for more groups of ministries to partner together.
4. Pray for Christian yacht owners. Pray for more to answer the call of the Great Commission, because there are many more isolated places to reach.

Take Action

• Visit www.ywamflotilla.org.
• Talk to Christian boat owners who might be interested in volunteering their vessels for missions.
• Consider doing a School of Navigation to be equipped with marine skills for sailboats.
• Pull a team together and go. We position our boats near airports so that volunteers can fly in, get on board, and then sail out to isolated islands. We match the needs of the isolated Islands with the many tools that YWAM has to offer.

How We Prayed

September, 2023: YWAM Leadership

• Ivory Coast: A YWAM team prayed for unity and for YWAM leaders “to keep carrying the spirit and flame of YWAM.”
• South Korea: A YWAMer prayed for growth after pruning: “It’s time to grow again, time to transform, and time to seek more of Him!”

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The Invitation, September 14, 2023

This is a significant time for the YWAM movement and its leaders. YWAM’s founder, Loren Cunningham, is continuing to influence the mission with energy and vision despite stage four lung cancer, maximizing the days he has. During this post-Covid season there have been many regional and focused YWAM leadership gatherings, including a group of 242 young leaders who met in Hawaii in April to consider how to “strengthen the steel” in their leadership. The first YWAM global gathering of leaders since 2014 is taking place this year in Chiang Mai, Thailand from September 14 to 18. At least 650 leaders will attend. God has always led us in major leadership gatherings and we are expecting Him to do this again. Please pray for a deep and powerful move of the Holy Spirit among us. Please take a moment to pray right now and please also pray with us on September 14, our prayer day for the YWAM prayer initiative called The Invitation.

1. Pray for YWAM leaders globally that they would be guided by a “GPS” of Generosity, Purity and Servanthood. This message strongly emerged from the Strengthen the Steel gathering in Kona, Hawaii.
2. Pray for preparation of every leader’s heart for the Chiang Mai gathering and provision of resources to get there. For protection over all in the YWAM family, ministry locations and campuses as leadership gather from around the world.
3. Pray for the backbone team, for wisdom and skill for those working behind the scenes on logistics, tech, registration and other areas preparing for and during the gathering. For the Thai venue and accommodation facilitating team to know great grace on them as they seek to serve us. For protection and security over every aspect of the gathering to ensure the health and well being of each participant.
4. Pray for God to be glorified through all that is said and done during this time together. For Jesus to be lifted high above all YWAM ministries.
5. Pray for unity, for the gathering to be marked by a deep spirit of humility, unity and love–that we know a oneness in spirit and faith together at a new level.
6. Pray for the convening team, for an anointing of wisdom on the convening team, and those presenting or facilitating things publicly. For the “word of the Lord” to be discerned clearly and followed through on each day.
7. Pray for wisdom and clarity in strategy as we look forward to the decade ahead and beyond. Pray for a renewed understanding of our role as a movement in the Body of Christ in these days and a release of faith and boldness to go to the next level globally.
8. Pray for each participant to be encouraged, strengthened and empowered by the Holy Spirit during the gathering.
9. Pray for the Cunningham family at this tender time. Pray for Loren Cunningham, for strength and guidance as he shares the vision God has given him about oral Bible translation in every mother tongue on earth.

How We Prayed

YWAM’s Broader Family, August 10, 2023

A participant in The Invitation asked us to pray for her relationship with a YWAM friend. As she prayed with us she thought of a possible misunderstanding between them.

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The Invitation, August 10, 2023

Most of those who have had any involvement with YWAM will have heard the saying, “Once a YWAMer, always a YWAMer.” There are an estimated three to four million individuals who have had some involvement with YWAM. They form part of YWAM’s broader family now. But leaving a YWAM training program or a YWAM staff position can involve a difficult transition. It can be hard for the person to find Christian community. It can take time to find clarity about God’s calling. Please take a moment right now to pray for YWAM’s broader family and join us on our prayer day for The Invitation on the 10th of August.

1. Pray for increased connection. Pray that all those currently within YWAM would strengthen and encourage those who have been involved with YWAM. YWAM Associates International (ywamassociates.com) has been doing this for 35 years, but this month we want to pray that God would guide all YWAM ministries to care for the individuals who leave their ministry location no matter how little or long they have served there.  
2. Pray for the influence of YWAM alumni. Many are serving in one or more spheres of society (family, religion, education, economics, media, celebration or government). Some are praying to find their place. Pray for the transformation that this broader YWAM family is bringing for God’s kingdom. 
3. Pray for increased networking among those in the spheres of society. Pray for more connection opportunities, for them to be able to encourage one another and share how they’re taking God’s kingdom into their spheres.
4. Pray for reconciliation. The fact is that with so many people involved with YWAM, there will naturally be the need for reconciliation in some situations. Where this is the case, please pray that this will take place as we humble ourselves as a YWAM family.
5. Pray for the environment that those leaving YWAM are going back to. Pray that each person will be involved in a loving Christian community in the place God has called them, and to live the values they learned in YWAM.

Take Action

• If you know people who have been involved with YWAM, consider if God is leading you to reach out to one or more of them, to strengthen and encourage them.
• Perhaps this month’s prayer topic has stirred up some past connections that you may want to make right. If you individually or as a YWAM ministry want to reach out and re-connect or offer apologies to certain people the Lord might be highlighting, now is a great time to do that.
• A good tool to help people with the transition from a mission-field setting is Peter Jordan’s book, Re-Entry (https://www.ywampublishing.com/p-256-re-entrybrmaking-the-transition-from-missions-to-life-at-home.aspx).

How We Prayed

The Send, July 13, 2023

YWAM Kilimanjaro reported how they prayed for every prayer point. They sensed God leading them to many Bible verses, including Psalm 86:9: “All the nations you have made will come and worship before you, O Lord; they will bring glory to your name.”

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The Invitation, July 13, 2023

The Send is a stadium experience with the purpose of activating believers to live a missional lifestyle by adopting and reaching real mission fields at home and abroad. The Send partners with local and international organizations and churches to help onramp individuals who feel inspired by the Holy Spirit at an event and coaches them through the process to get them equipped and sent into their desired mission field. The Send week will be taking place in four different locations in the United States over the next year: Lancaster, Pennsylvania (July 31-August 4); Grand Rapids, Michigan (August 30-September 1); Boston, Massachusetts (September 13-15); and Nashville, Tennessee (January 29-February 2). Please take a moment right now to pray for The Send events and please also pray with us on July 13, our prayer day for YWAM’s prayer initiative called The Invitation.

1. Pray that God brings the right people to our gatherings in the four USA locations over the next year. It’s more than tickets sold–it’s an opportunity for a life to be transformed. Please pray that as individuals show up, they will be gripped with the message of “Go.”
2. High schools: Please pray that thousands of Jesus Clubs are planted in local high schools.
3. Universities: Please pray that a new student volunteer movement would grip the hearts of Gen Z, particularly within the universities.
4. Local churches: Please pray that local churches would be strengthened and encouraged. Pray that practical needs would be met and evangelism would become the center of conversation for each church.
5. Nations: Please pray that different organizations would be able to accept, train, and send Gen Z to impact the nations.
6. Vulnerable children: Please pray that there would be a greater awareness of this issue and that people would be moved to take responsibility for vulnerable children in their communities.
7. Pray for the spirit of unity for our teams. Please pray that there would be no division large or small within our teams. Please also pray for guidance as The Send teams are exploring future events in many countries.

Take Action

• You can get involved by becoming a “Send Rep”. Follow this link.
• Become a partnering church!
• Give toward a gathering!
• Buy tickets and invite your friends to an Arena gathering happening near you! Found out more!

How We Prayed

Haiti, June 8, 2023

YWAM Vancouver, Canada prayed for families in Haiti, for churches, for freedom from the cycle of violence and corruption, and for good businesses. They prayed for, “A new chapter, a new season of growth in Haiti’s history.”

• In the Take Action section, one YWAM location in Haiti was accidentally left off the list. Please visit the website for YWAM Les Cayes, Haiti: www.ywamlescayes.com.

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