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Friendships that Last a Lifetime: Why I Love My YWAM DTS

These last few weeks have been a crazy whirlwind of learning and fun! It’s insane how much these 50 people that I’ve only known for 7 weeks feel like family. God has truly blessed me with friends here with whom I feel safe to be totally me. We recently drove to Oklahoma for the YWAM Go Conference to connect with other DTSes …

Rockin’

By Paul, DTS leader How could we top this week? Better yet, how can we remember all that God has done in our lives, the specific prayers he answered and the promises we made to him? None of us will be the same after this week. I remembered the scriptures in Joshua 4 where God tells the leaders of the …

Good News Day

by Paul, DTS leader Remember yesterday, when the speaker at the Go Conference challenged us to look in the newspapers to see if God had answered our prayer? We prayed that there would be no murders in Juarez. In the middle of one of the meetings today, I got a text message from John, who’s in Juarez. I had told …

Only stand if you mean it

By Paul, DTS leader I hardly have the words to express how amazing it is here! The morning classes have been awesome. The speakers are Misha Thompson, Colleen Millstein, Fred Markert and Brian Hogan. Each has told incredible stories that have inspired the student’s faith that God is doing lots of miracles even in our day. They’ve also given powerful …

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Intercession that Changes the News — Praying for Drug Cartels & A Day without Murder

Yesterday, we (the whole conference) prayed for Juarez, Mexico. Two of our school staff are actually in Juarez right now. Juarez has been rated the most violent city in the world—the gang and drug warfare has gotten so intense, and many innocent people are caught in the crossfire. Seven people are murdered each day there.As we prayed, our hearts broke for the city and the people. We caught a glimpse of God’s broken heart for them, too. We split into groups of seven and each group prayed for a different day of the week. It was a very powerful time of intercession.

Going to GO

After driving through the night, two vans arrived in Estes Park, CO. The Discipleship Training School students and some YWAM Madison staff were ready for a week of being challenged to GO into all the world. They were at YWAM’s annual Go Conference. The Go Conference forms a dynamic bridge between YWAM’s international leaders and the new generation of leaders …