On New Years Day Keni Su’a, a contractor in Calgary and former YWAMer, was killed at a restaurant here in Calgary. He was there for lunch and happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. There were two other people killed, both with ties to local gangs.
I was unfortunate in that I never had a chance to meet him but Kani Su’a was a friend of a lot of the YWAM staff here in Calgary. He immigrated to Canada from Samoa in the 1990s to work with Youth With A Mission and started a contracting firm here about 5-years ago. It was quite a blow to his friends and family both here in town, and back in Samoa.
You can read more about Keni Su’a and his murder here.
A group from YWAM Canada visited the prison in Suva, Fiji to assist and speak with the prisoners there. Team from the YWAM base in Canada have visited the prison before, and this was their third year there.
The YWAM group made about 40 litres of soup to feel 3200 people there, and also brought school packs for 500 students. They were given a tour of the prison facility and visited a prisoner art museum that has been set-up there.
You can read a bit more about the visit if you scroll down a bit on the news article here.
Starting April 29th YWAM Turner Valley in Alberta, Canada is offering a one week “OneStory” seminar, open to anyone in YWAM Canada (or beyond) who want to learn more about how to communicate God’s Word to oral people groups. The goals of the seminar are to help the participants understand better how oral communicators think and learn, understanding their worldview and gaining knowledge of cultural considerations.
The OneStory seminar is a part of the call2all strategy to raise the churches effectiveness in evangelism and missions.
You can find out more about the YWAM OneStory seminar here.
Contact the Turner Valley YWAM base here if you are interested in participating here.
A team of 6 skaters from Red Deer, Alberta, Canada and 18 from Edmonton, Canada headed down to Mazzatlan, Mexico to join a YWAM Outreach in Mazatlan, Mexico.
The team managed to pack 10 suitcases full of skateboard gear that was donated to the local Mexican skaters when they were down in Mexico. They helped to assemble portable skateboarding equipment and run different events in the area.
The outreach was organized by Skatelife and you can read more about it here.
