YWAM DTS student, Nicolaj, learns how special one small smile can be.
Compassion Requires Us To…
“Compassion asks us to go where it hurts, to enter into the places of pain, to share in brokenness, fear, confusion, and anguish. Compassion challenges us to cry out with those in misery, to mourn with those who are lonely, to weep with those in tears. Compassion requires us to be weak with the weak, vulnerable with the vulnerable, and …
Fulfill God’s Dreams!
Photo by Robert West
Compassion Asks Us…
photo credit: Jackie Streng “Compassion asks us to go where it hurts, to enter into the places of pain, to share in brokenness, fear, confusion, and anguish. Compassion challenges us to cry out with those in misery, to mourn with those who are lonely, to weep with those in tears. Compassion requires us to be weak with the weak, vulnerable with the vulnerable, and powerless …
Two Sides of the Same Coin: Nepal’s missing women & Mumbai’s brothels
by Lo, YWAM Madison staff, DTS '11 graduate Our team in Nepal talks of villages stripped of women, children without mothers, and families without daughters. These women were taken from their homes and trafficked to India for prostitution. Today I walked the streets of Mumbai, India scouting a new ministry for future work. As we sat drinking chai, our contact …
Changing my heart in Thailand
by Corrie, DTS student A group of us headed out into the busy streets in Bangkok, praying over the area and talking with the people there. We have had the privilege of working with MST project, an organization that reaches out to sex tourists in the red light area. As we walked I got distracted taking in all the surroundings: …
Learning how to be loved for who I am
by Katie with Emily – DTS students Mexico City, Mexico Mexico City buzzed with the sounds of streets packed with people and cars. My team was traveling to “El Pozo del Vida,” (The Well of Life) which is a home for underaged former prostitutes. I attended an English class workshop, but felt pretty shy. I didn’t have a lot of …
Looking for Answers in the Red Light District
by Daniel, DTS student Bangkok, Thailand – MST Project Tonight I went to the streets of Bangkok with a few guys to reach out to the men. We're volunteering with the MST project, whose aim is to reach out to men who buy sex. We met a guy pretty quickly who was very open to talking. We sat down with …
I was determined she would know she is valuable
by Jenna, Children at Risk DTS student Jenna wrote here about the first time she met Pan. After such a meaningful first meeting with Pan, I couldn't wait to meet her again for lunch. I was excited to see her outside of her work environment, but I wasn't sure how this lunch time would go–or if she would even show …
Just add glitter
by Bethany, Children at Risk DTS student I was full of questions when I walked into the Women at Risk home. Full of fears that what I was about to do would be so insignificant compared with what these women had been rescued from. How would these women, who had just been brought off the streets and out of prostitution, respond …