22 Vessels in YWAM

YWAM has 22 vessels serving in a wide variety of conditions around the world. We have small cruise ships, river boats and deep-sea yachts all working in a cyclical pattern within their region. Some go out for two weeks at a time, others are deployed for months far from home relying on containers for supplies.

Some are linked to just one YWAM center, while others have the support of several. Most vessels host teams of University of the Nations students on their field assignments alongside crew and medical volunteers. Some vessels look like floating YWAM bases, while others simply carry students to isolated villages like the boat at Outpost Panama serving the Ngobe Indians.

Most YWAMers are unaware of the growth of our fleet that has happened over the last several years. By the time you read this we should have three additional yachts joining our fleet, one each from Germany, Australia and Hawaii.

PNG Asks for a University

Today we are experiencing unprecedented favor in Papua New Guinea (PNG)! As a result of seven years of trust being built up by YWAM Medical Ships Australia serving in PNG, government officials, specifically the Prime Minister and his cabinet, have asked YWAM to come in through the front door of education and establish a university system throughout the nation where only 1% have traditionally had the opportunity to attend higher education.

The University of the Nations and Ships were born to work together in such a partnership as “twins” since 1978. We read all about it in Loren Cunningham’s book Is That Really You God? Serving PNG is an amazing window of opportunity to significantly effect a nation and because of the good will that has been created, other doors are swinging wide open too!

YWAM, this is what we were made for, what we are designed to do and what we train for!

–Brett Curtis, YWAM Ships Kona

Preparation for Prayer:

• Review the map graphic above, noting where our ships are.
• Review the pictures and details about each ship below and recognize the differences in roles that each of these ships have. Usually our larger ships take on ambassadorial functions, opening nations to the spheres we train to impact, as with YWAM PNG. Our smaller ships reach some of the most isolated people in some of the most remote areas in the world. Our ships travel to some of the most beautiful and some of the coldest places on earth. One ship is currently serving refugees in Greece, while another provides hope to small fishing villages, and many provide medical services and supplies.
• Ask God to speak to you regarding how to pray for the Papua New Guinea opportunity.
• Ask God to reveal how to pray for the remaining YWAM fleet: A specific ship? Ships near you? All ships? New ships? One day? For the rest of this month? On an ongoing basis?

Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise from the end of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that fills it, the coastlands and their inhabitants.

Isaiah 42:10, ESV

Suggested Prayer Points:

Papua New Guinea (PNG):

Pray for:

• Key strategies
• Innovative University of Nations courses sending students on field assignments
• Leaders to come walk the land and pray how they should engage
• Resources in the hands of servant-hearted YWAMers
• Partners from around the world
• YWAMers to move in obedience to His words on the “twin” ministries of YWAM
• Continued fruit from this ministry

Twenty Two YWAM vessels:

Pray for:

• Each ship, or particular ships as the Lord leads you.
• Needs all ships have in common:
  • Funding
  • Crew
  • Supplies
  • Teams to deploy with them
• God to engage our hearts for Ship Equipped Ministries
• New ships and the process of receiving the ships
• Security, especially for the ship quietly serving a Muslim country
• Connection with the people being served in a way that they see Jesus

VESSELS SERVING IN YWAM

The largest vessel in the fleet is the M/V (motor vessel) YWAM PNG. She is deployed in Papua New Guinea in the southern region of the country. She is operated out of YWAM Townsville Australia and well known both in PNG and along the east coast of Australia. She has recently been outfitted with new operating rooms and is currently deployed with over 100 volunteers. Reach out to Ken at info@ywamships.org.au

The M/V PACIFIC HOPE is operated by Marine Reach out of Tauranga New Zealand and focuses her efforts primarily on the nation of Vanuatu. She is our second largest ship in the fleet with surgical suites on board and conducts primary health care clinics ashore. You can reach David at info@marinereach.com

The M/V PACIFIC LINK is deployed among the islands of Papua New Guinea in the north. She has been operated by YWAM Ships Kona since October 2015 with an operating room on board and mobile clinics ashore. She has 50 beds and is deployed 10 months of the year in PNG. Reach Brett at info@ywamships.net

The sailing yacht S/Y (sailing yacht) NEXT WAVE – Serving the multitude of Syrian refugees arriving daily in Lesvos, Greece. This schooner is uniquely positioned to host teams as they provide assistance to the 2,000+ refugees pouring into the region close to where the ship is docked. You can reach their office at inquiries@ywamnextwave.org

The M/V AMAZING GRACE is a new vessel that will soon run Homes of Hope as her unique contribution to ministry around the Sea of Cortez – Baja Mexico. She is ideally situated to bring hope to remote fishing villages within a few days sail of Mazatlan. Reach Ikaika at doriandikaika@gmail.com

The S/Y CLOUD NINE works among the remote atolls of the Marshall Islands. She partners with YWAM Ships Kona in the Pacific and conducts clinic work from the Kwajalein Atoll in some of the most beautiful yet isolated locations in the world. Connect with Scott Suderno at scott.suderno@ywamships.net

The M/V WILDERNESS EXPLORER is operated by YWAM Ships Catalina Island, 26 miles off the Los Angeles coast running schools and camps at Emerald Bay and Avalon. Outreaches are to Baja Mexico. Reach Fran at frantablas@gmail.com

The S/Y MANDOLIN serves out of New Zealand up into Fiji carrying Bibles and conducting water testing on wells with an onboard lab as she sails from island to island. She is in her first year of service within the liquid continent. You may reach out to Hinrich at hkraenzlin@gmail.com

From the YWAM Mendocino base comes MAKING WAVES.  She is a boat ideally suited to gain access to the Ngobe Indian tribes living along the rivers and inner coastal waters of northern Panama (Caribbean Sea). She makes day trips from YWAM’s Outpost Panama base. There are over 50 Ngobe tribes living within a day’s sail. Access otherwise means at least two days in a four wheeled drive vehicle then hiking a day to reach some of them. Reach Tom at Thomas.schmidt@ywamships.net or Nathan at wagnern@azlearn.org

The river boat NADEZHDA serves on the 3400 mile Ob River in Siberia. The climate is harsh enough that they can only serve for a small number of months each year before stopping for the annual freeze. These places are VERY isolated and cold. Andy would love to hear from you: andyfrecka@gmail.com

There are three river boats at the Iquitos base on the Amazon River. Their first boat is called FILIPE. They run volunteers up tributaries deep into the Amazon and are situated in Peru. These long fast boats are ideal for their environment serving some of the most challenged villages you can find. You can reach Clark at clarkbarnard@gmail.com.

The river boat SAO MATEUS is a familiar sight on the Amazon carrying medical teams up and down the river for years. She is situated at the base in Manaus 1,000 miles from the ocean. You may reach Belino at the Manaus base at belinojocum@yahoo.com.br

The river boat AUSTRALIA II also works on the Amazon from Manaus. She is an aluminum boat taking day trips along the tributaries of the Amazon with teams of volunteers and students. You can reach the Manaus base concerning this vessel by contacting Belino at belinojocum@yahoo.com.br

The river boat BETESADA works at the mouth of the Amazon and takes medical teams for two weeks at a time deep up the tributaries ministering to the tribes along the river banks. You sleep in the villages and move to new locations during the day. Amazon Reach is in the process of adding an additional boat for work from the same location. Email Joe at jnovelo@mac.com

The river boats LETICIA. There are two boats that work along the banks of the Amazon river in southern Colombia reaching villages that are remote with their students and volunteers. Reach out to Jamie at ywamleticia@gmail.com

In South East Asia there is a medical river boat that serves quietly in a Muslim nation out of YWAM. Her crew are all heroes. Pray for their safety and funding needs.

Take Action:

• Contact Brett Curtis or Ken Mulligan for more information if you sense God leading you to investigate ministry opportunities in Papua New Guinea.
• Seek the Lord for how He may be calling you or your location to serve, pray for, or partner with one of the ministries associated with one of YWAM’s 22 and growing number of vessels. Contact the appropriate resource person provided.
• Find out more about YWAM ships and opportunities to serve: http://ywamships.net/global (You can even find out where the YWAM ships currently are!)
• Visit the YWAM Ships Kona Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/ywamships and view the March 21 post to read about the first 100 days at PNG.
• Reread Loren’s book Is That Really You God? to learn more about the “twin” partnership between the University of Nations and YWAM Ships and how they were born at the same time to our mission.
• Share how God spoke to you.
  • Share on facebook.com/youthwithamission, find the post for April 14, and add a comment about how you prayed.
  • Go to twitter.com; search for #praywithywam and tweet about your prayer time/post a picture.
  • Send an email to prayer@ywam.org.
  • Share with other YWAMers in person or through other channels.

How We Prayed:

March 2016 – Area – Ending Bible Poverty

• YWAM – Blantyre, Malawi started distributing the Gospel of Mark on March 15 and provided this map showing all of the homes where God’s Word was distributed: http://batchgeo.com/map/b32e8ccf04dfd40a6418bdc62096dfe6
• YWAM – San Jose, Costa Rica prayed to End Bible Poverty in specific counties and shared notes from their prayer time. God revealed several verses from Psalms and the book of John as they prayed.
• YWAM – Create Thailand posted on Facebook and prayed for the village near Chiang Rai, for further discipleship after the Bible distribution and for God’s word to catch in their hearts.
• YWAM – Hong Kong National Office posted on Facebook and spent time praying for a One Story team close by, and repenting of distractions that keep them from His Word. They also obtained more ideas on distribution strategies.
• YWAM – Harbour City, Hong Kong prayed and tweeted Psalm 119:160 All your words are true.
• YWAM – Seamill, Scotland prayed and tweeted that ending Bible poverty is possible in our generation!

February 2016 – Local – Governments

• YWAM – Island Breeze, and YWAM – Constanta, Romania prayed for their government as a community.

Upcoming topics for The Invitation:

• May 12, 2016 – Praying for Local Concerns (Location and Community)
• June 9, 2016 – Area Topic

The second Thursday is just a suggestion. Feel free to pray close to that date at a time that works well for your location’s schedule.

Don’t Miss The Invitation

• Sign up for prayer updates. Go to ywam.org, find the “Stay Connected” box on the home page, put in your email address and click “Sign Up.”
• Download prayer updates in a specific language. Go toywam.org/theinvitation. (Currently available in Spanish, Portuguese, French, Indonesian, or request other languages.)
• Join the conversation about how God is leading in these prayer times. Comment on the Facebook post on the second Thursday atfacebook.com/youthwithamission or on Twitter @ywam, hash tag #praywithywam.
• If you sense God giving you a word or a direction for YWAM’s prayer, please contact us: prayer@ywam.org.

In October, 2015 YWAM launched The Invitation with a call to pray to end Bible poverty. This was selected as the inaugural topic due to YWAM founder Loren Cunningham’s passionate plea to YWAMers everywhere to pledge to End Bible Poverty. While there are still 180 million people with no scripture in their native language, 1,875 people have now pledged to end Bible poverty. We are bringing some of their stories to you through The Invitation. For March we suggest that you pray into areas where there is Bible poverty.

Preparation for Prayer:

• Please review the Ending Bible Poverty updates and prayer requests from specific YWAM locations that follow.
• Seek God for how He would have you pray.
• As a YWAM team, pray for God to show you how He is calling you to partner to end Bible poverty through prayer, fundraising and/or side-by-side involvement.
• Pray for any other area in which God is leading your YWAM community to pioneer new work.

I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you … Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

Psalm 119:11,105, ESV

Updates and Suggested Prayer Points:

YWAM Blantyre, Malawi was so gripped by Loren’s message to end Bible poverty that while they were preparing to work with a tribe with no written scripture they realized there is Bible poverty all around them in Malawi. While there is a full Bible written in the native Chichewa language its cost is equivalent to one third of a month’s wage which is a significant barrier for people. God has given YWAM Blantyre a vision to have a copy of scripture in all three million homes in Malawi and thus, they have begun printing the Gospel of Mark and have purchased hundreds of audio Bibles to distribute to people who can’t read.

Watch this short video to learn more about YWAM Blantyre’s Bible plan:

Pray for:

• Funds for YWAM Blantyre and other locations to purchase Bibles for the visions God has made known.
• Effective evangelism campaigns and Bible studies to accompany Bible distribution.
• Revival that brings in the harvest and prepares Malawi and the rest of the earth for the return of Jesus.

YWAM Chiang Rai, Thailand received two teams in January – one from Brazil and one from Kona, Hawaii. Together with the local YWAMers the teams handed out 1,000 Bibles. The local YWAMers have taken responsibility to distribute Bibles in a village which includes 345 homes, 2 schools and 3 Buddhist temples (which happily received the Bibles). The teams witnessed healing of several people for whom they prayed and they also visited a home where they had distributed a Bible several months earlier. This family reported that since they had received the Bible their home was filled with joy and they requested more Bibles for family members.

Watch this video about the Bible distribution in Thailand:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3M961_hNno

Pray for:

• People to read the Bibles that were distributed in January and for them to develop a true hunger for the Word of God so they will produce good fruit, seeking Jesus and leading others to Christ.
• Provision for a Bible to be given to every home, to every student and to every temple in the province of Chiang Rai (approximately 600,000 Bibles, $1.2 million US dollars).
• For YWAMers, churches and other organizations to partner together to end Bible poverty in Chiang Rai, Thailand and other Bible-less areas.

YWAM Kona, Hawaii has sent 15 outreach teams to 14 countries and has delivered over 1,700 audio Bibles in 25 different languages. Their work in the Himalayas included:

• Adoption of three districts that together consists of 43,000 homes in the high Himalayas. YWAM Kona partners with the local network of churches and is helping the churches go village to village bringing audio and printed Bibles. They are also implementing a survey process so they can track where the Bibles have gone and where they still need to go. Initially expected to take multiple years to complete this work, one district is almost finished!
• Assisting a local man to in completing an oral to oral translation of the book of Matthew in a Bible-less language.

Pray for:

• Favor with the Bible Society, the government, and wisdom on how to expand what is happening in Kona.
• Other organizations to partner with YWAM so there can be adequate funding, translation, and distribution efforts to end Bible poverty.

Praise God for:

• Providing partners for funding major Bible projects in the Himalayas.
• Providing Bibles for all 195 people in a village and for the elder who was the first to receive Christ from that village.
• The 150 people from another village who were shown the Jesus film and came back the next day to receive a Bible and to be taught a Bible study.
• The man of peace who was a Hindu believer and received Christ along with his family of ten after three days of fellowship and teaching with the team.

After hearing Loren speak about making Bible poverty history we realized that this is an apostolic call for this generation that we must be part of.

Daniel Dugmore, YWAM Blantyre, Malawi 

Take Action:

• If you haven’t already:
  • Heard Loren speak about Ending Bible Poverty, please watch this video (in English, with Spanish subtitles): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PLIT6XNTlo
  • Signed the covenant to end Bible poverty worldwide, please do so now: http://endbiblepovertynow.com/
• Contact the YWAM Kona Bible Team: konabibleteam@gmail.com to share stories of what you are doing to end Bible poverty.
• Pursue opportunities to end Bible poverty within YWAM. Here is one example: http://www.generationhero.org/opportunities.php
• Share how God spoke to you.
  • Share on facebook.com/youthwithamission, find the post for March 10, and add a comment about how you prayed.
  • Go to twitter.com; search for #praywithywam and tweet about your prayer time/post a picture.
  • Share with other YWAMers in person or through other channels.

How We Prayed:

February 2016 – Local – Governments

• YWAM Quebec, Canada prayed for reconciliation between English and French Canada, Christians who curse the government and a federal bill regarding assisted suicide for patients. YWAMers were led to wash the feet of one another, specifically, English Canadians washed the feet of the French Canadians and vice versa as an act of reconciliation that they expect will affect the government through the Holy Spirit.
• Y360 Colorado Springs, United States prayed that local government leaders would view the four YWAM locations in Colorado Springs as an organization with relevant answers and solutions. They specifically prayed for their mayor and city council members.

• A former DTS student encouraged the continued focus on operating in every sphere of society.
• Prayer requests were received for the governments and people of Tasmania, Uganda and Pakistan.
• An individual from Jamaica reported the he prayed for the elections in Jamaica that were to happen at the end of February and that God would be present in the plans and people leading the government.

Upcoming topics for The Invitation:

• April 14, 2016 – Global Topic
• May 12, 2016 – Praying for Local Concerns (Location and Community)

The second Thursday is just a suggestion. Feel free to pray close to that date at a time that works well for your location’s schedule.

Don’t Miss The Invitation

• Sign up for prayer updates. Go to ywam.org, find the “Stay Connected” box on the home page, put in your email address and click “Sign Up.”
• Download prayer updates in a specific language. Go to ywam.org/theinvitation. (Currently available in Spanish, Portuguese, French, Indonesian, or request other languages.)
• Join the conversation about how God is leading in these prayer times. Comment on the Facebook post on the second Thursday at facebook.com/youthwithamission or on Twitter @ywam, hash tag #praywithywam.
• If you sense God giving you a word or a direction for YWAM’s prayer, please contact us: prayer@ywam.org.

Save The Date:

Loren Cunningham Invites You to Kansas City:

The gathering together at YWAM KC September 4th-10th will be unlike any that we have had before. We are inviting not only our YWAM family from around the world, but our alumni, many of whom are working in the spheres.

These 5 days will help move us into the next wave of what God has for us. Please get the word out! Tens of thousands have been in YWAM and we don’t have a way to communicate with them. So we need you to let them know they are invited to this historic event.

For more information, go to the website www.ywamkc2016.org.

Darlene and I will be looking for you to join us in September.

Blessings to you,

Loren

Script for Ending Bible Poverty in Malawi Video:

After hearing Loren speak about making Bible poverty history we realized that this is an apostolic call for this generation that we must be part of. We have started to plan to make an audio translation where there is no scripture at all. But we wanted to make a difference in Malawi now. As we looked for Bible poverty in our nation in Africa we saw that we have Bibles in Chichewa and New Testaments, but these Bibles are so expensive that the poor cannot afford to buy them and there are no portions of scripture in print here. So we edited a new public-domain translation of Mark’s gospel in our language, Chichewa. On the back we put a salvation tract and together with local churches we printed the first Mark’s gospel at just 20 cents each. We have begun implementing a strategy to distribute the first 12,000 copies. We asked for a vision that needs a miracle from God to accomplish, so our vision is to have scripture in every home in Malawi. We only need 3 million copies for every home to have one. For those who cannot read we are distributing these audio Bibles. Please pray that the distribution of the Word of God will be effective. Please join us in intercession as we pray each day in our prayer house before going door to door. Please pray that the evangelism and Bible studies we are doing alongside the distribution will be effective. We will see a revival here that brings in the harvest and prepares for the return of Jesus.

Join YWAMers around the globe in praying and hearing from God. He is inviting you!

European Parliament. Source: Jeff Fountain

In YWAM “we desire to see God’s transformation in every sphere of society”. The spheres of influence are: family, government, economics (science, technology and business), religion, education, media, and celebration (arts, entertainment and sports). This month, as you pray for your YWAM location and local concerns, we invite you to pray for your local government sphere.

First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.

1 Timothy 2:1-2, ESV

Suggested Preparation for Prayer:

• Spend time with the Lord listening to what He has to say to you about your location.
  • What are the key prayer concerns for your location/your community/your city?
  • How can you pray for your students?
• Think about your city government. What are the current issues? Is there unrest or stability? Is there volatility when leaders change? Are Christians being persecuted by the government?
• Read “Praying for Local Governments.” You can find the article at: ywam.org/about-us/praying-for-local-governments/. This explanation was written for The Invitation by Jeff Fountain, formerly the leader of YWAM Europe. Many of the prayer points this month have been taken from this article.
• Identify and list key local government leaders. Be mindful how God views those in authority. “The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will.” (Proverbs 21:1)

High Court of Malaysia. Source: Hakan Uragard (Flickr)

Suggested Prayer Points:

• Pray for peace and stability.
  • If you are located in an area of peace and stability, thank God that you benefit from the influence of biblical ideas in the formation of your government.
  • If you are located in an area where unrest is common, where leadership changes often bring violence, where Christians are persecuted or where peace and stability does not exist pray for a revival of people and leaders to know the truth and to live for God’s glory.
• Ask God to show you how to be the salt and light the world needs.
• Pray for the local government leaders identified during your time of preparation, even for those with whom you don’t agree:
  • For wisdom to execute justice well for the common good (Romans 13:3-4 and Jeremiah 29:7)
  • For wise decisions for future generations
  • For open minds and listening ears
  • For discernment regarding religious issues and for healthy attitudes toward Christians
  • For effective stewardship of public resources
• Pray that God will use unbelieving leaders to accomplish His purpose in your city
• Pray for your YWAM location, that relations with local government leaders would be strengthened and that the government leaders would view YWAM as an organization with relevant answers and solutions
• Share how God spoke to you.
  • Share on facebook.com/youthwithamission, find the post for February 11, and add a comment about how you prayed.
  • Go to twitter.com; search for #praywithywam and tweet about your prayer time/post a picture.
  • Share with other YWAMers in person or through other channels.

“We may disagree with the judgement and policies of our political leaders and wish for greater character in them as persons.  But, we are still exhorted to pray for them.”

Jeff Fountain, Director of Schuman Centre for European Studies

Take Action:

• Identify a specific local government agency and/or leader
  • Become more intentional about praying for them.
  • Partner with them to be a resource with solid solutions to problems.
• Identify a local situation where there are social tensions. Seek God for how your location could bring about social cohesion. Involve your church.
• Reflect on 1 Peter 2:13-14, 16-17. What does it look like to be subject to every human institution? Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good. . . Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God. Honour everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the emperor. 
• Reflect on God’s sovereignty over cities/nations:
  • Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket, and are accounted as the dust on the scales; behold, he takes up the coastlands like fine dust. . . All the nations are as nothing before him, they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness. . . It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to dwell in; who brings princes to nothing, and makes the rulers of the earth as emptiness. (Isaiah 40:15, 17, 22)
  • The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, the decision by the word of the holy ones, to the end that the living may know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will and sets over it the lowliest of men. (Daniel 4:17)
• Learn more about spheres of influence:
  • Visit call2all website to learn more about spheres of influences. http://call2all.org/Groups/1000090335/call2All/2012/About/Spheres/Spheres.aspx#.VpxD8sv2ZEp
  • Watch video of Loren Cunningham discussing spheres of influence: https://vimeo.com/52043296

How We Prayed:

YWAM Durgapur

December 2015 – Horn of Africa and Where YWAM is Not

• YWAM Dunham (Quebec, CN) brought staff and students together to pray. They also submitted a report sharing that they prayed for God to remove sinful thoughts from the hearts of men and that God would send more workers to this region.
• YWAM Durgapur (West Bengal, India) prayed and also submitted a report. They prayed for Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, and Yemen as well as; Maldives, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, and Bangladesh.
• YWAM’s East Africa Leadership Team prayed and reached out to YWAM Horn of Africa.

January 2016 – God’s Grace Flowing to the Muslim World (video). Over 10,000 people have viewed the Facebook post/video.

• YWAM Grimerud, Norway prayed that God would enlarge the place for Muslims in their hearts.
• YWAM Townsville, Australia prayed that the church’s fear toward Muslims would be diminished.
• YWAM Rostrevor, Northern Ireland prayed for teams ministering to refugees in Europe and the Middle East.
• Y 360 in Colorado Springs, United States prayed to let the grace of God flow into the Muslim world by proclaiming scripture and writing Grace on leaves and releasing them into the stream.

Source: Jolanda Blevins-Karelse

• YWAM Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania, was led to repent for the sins of
  fear and hatred regarding Muslims.
• YWAM Harbour City, China tweeted that they prayed for breakthrough in the Muslim world.
• YWAM Seamill, Scotland tweeted that they prayed for the Muslim world.
• Leaders from the Western Area Circle Team of North America were gathered in Mexico and prayed on YWAM’s global prayer day.
• YWAM Zion, New Zealand fasted and prayed.

Upcoming topics for The Invitation:

• March 10, 2016 – Praying for Areas and Where YWAM Is Not
• April 14, 2016 – Global Topic
• May 12, 2016 – Praying for Local Concerns (Location and Community)

The second Thursday is just a suggestion. Feel free to pray close to that date at a time that works well for your location’s schedule.

Don’t Miss The Invitation:

• Sign up for prayer updates. Go to ywam.org, find the “Stay Connected” box on the home page, put in your email address and click “Sign Up.”
• Download prayer updates in a specific language. Go to ywam.org/theinvitation. (Currently available in Spanish, Portuguese, French, Indonesian, or request other languages.)
• Join the conversation about how God is leading in these prayer times. Comment on the Facebook post on the second Thursday at facebook.com/youthwithamission or on Twitter @ywam, hash tag #praywithywam.
• If you sense God giving you a word or a direction for YWAM’s prayer, please contact us: prayer@ywam.org.

Save The Date

Loren Cunningham Invites You to Kansas City

The gathering together at YWAM KC September 4th-10th will be unlike any that we have had before. We are inviting not only our YWAM family from around the world, but our alumni, many of whom are working in the spheres.

These 5 days will help move us into the next wave of what God has for us. Please get the word out! Tens of thousands have been in YWAM and we don’t have a way to communicate with them. So we need you to let them know they are invited to this historic event.

For more information, go to the website www.ywamkc2016.org.

Darlene and I will be looking for you to join us in September.

Blessings to you,

Loren