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What SOMD graduates are saying...
Recent graduates of the School of Ministry Develoment share about their experience:
"I highly recommend the School of Ministry Development. You will gain a wider perspective of what ministry truly is. The SOMD offers
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SOMD Week 9 - 'From the Roots to the Fruit'
We spent the ninth week of the SOMD with our speaker from Costa Rica, Giacomo Coghi, who challenged us to go deeper in the relationships that we have in our YWAM community and the communities where we develop different projects.
He also
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EDM - Semana Nueve "De la Raiz a los Frutos"
Pasamos la semana nueve de la EDM con nuestro orador de Costa Rica, Giacomo Coghi quien nos desafío a ir más profundo en las relaciones con las personas de nuestra comunidad JuCUMera y las comunidades en las que desarrollamos
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This is what the students said about Week 1-5:
 HILLARY HURST:
"All for all it's been a really good experience. There's a good balance between school (classes) and outreach opportunities, and in all areas we are challenged to know God, and I've learned to trust Him more through
this."
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EDM - Semana Cuatro "Un Empujón Hacia Delante"
Cuando llegas a un punto en tu vida que te sientes conforme o cómodo con lo que eres y haces, es realmente el tiempo para recibir un empujón hacia delante.
La EDM ha traído buenísimos oradores quienes nos
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SOMD Week Four: A Good Push in the Right Direction
When you get to the point in your life when you feel comfortable or used to where you are at and what you do, it’s really time to get a good push in the right direction.
The SOMD has brought great speakers who have challenged us
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SOMD Week 2 - 'Co-Creating with God'
The SOMD has started!
Our first week of teaching was actually the second week of the school...but who's counting? We had Vanessa Pavely all the way from YWAM San Jose, Costa Rica, as our speaker. The topic for the week was
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World Class Speakers at the SOMD
 The School of Ministry Development (SOMD) has a line up of world-class speakers and topics for the fall school at our Tijuana del Mar campus. If you are looking for a place to grow as a leader, learn God's passions for the world, and learn
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Maestros de Primer Clase en la EDM
La Escuela de Desarollo de Ministerios (EDM) tiene una lista de maestros y topicos de primer clase para la escuela de otono en nuestro campus de Tijuana del Mar. Si estas buscando por un lugar a crecer como lider, aprender las pasiones
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Kuna Yala Trip
This week we paid a visit to the Kuna people of Panama. The Kuna are a fascinating people, and among the most studied indigenous people group in the world. They are a matriarchal society, and next to the Pigmy people, the shortest people
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DTS in Puebla!!
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A River Runs To It
We had a slight change of plans this week. We were going to go to an Embera village to do a songwriting, and ethnomusicology class. The village had just had a team the week before, and they villagers would be less likely to take time out
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DTS Tecate outreach, Mexico!!
 Second week on outreach. City: Pachuca, Hidalgo.
We are very excited for the things that God has done. We had the opportunity to visit a church, (Brazon de Misericodia), and we were able to help out the youth in a 3 day visit. We were
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staff to Guatemala
 Well we are back from having an amazing time in Guatemala. It was a great success, and one trip where lives were impacted, lives changed, and many encouraged! To see so many smiling faces on the youth, kids and parents of San Miguel Chicaj was
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week 3 outreach/Tecate
This is our third week of outreach. We arrived at the small town of Xochimilco and during the week we were working at one of the local churches. More than anything we were working directly with one of the pastors, helping him and ministering
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Azuero Peninsula
 This week it was off the Azuero Peninsula with the SOW outreach team
Our contact here at YWAM Panama set up a tour of Four-Square churches in Azuero Peninsula of Panama. We headed out with a pastor who oversees all of the churches in the
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Into the Mountains
So here we are in Panama. The school of worship outreach is here from June 30 until Aug 26th. One of the things that we're doing is working with some of the indigenous tribes. We'll be doing some teaching and song writing workshops among
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DTS Tecate, week 7. Something New
 We had a great time this week at the Enesenada Center, had a great week of teaching with Vanessa Pavely from San Jose, Costa Rica. What was different about this week was that the students recieved Vaness'as teaching through GENESIS.
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DTS Tecate, Week 8. New Challenges
 We had another great week here in Tecate. Already into end of our 8th week and enterning our 9th, we are definantely on a rollercoaster. This is the time where students are being stretched more then ever. With new lessons and revelations, the
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DTS Tecate, week 9
 This week was had an amazing time with Tom Bloomer, one of the great speakers of University of the Nations .It was really great, and to also spend the week at the T.J center, along wtih several other school's participating
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DTS Tecate, Week 10- Donna Macgowan
 Coming close to the last couple of weeks, we have had some great moments in the last few weeks. We had an amazing week with Donna, the students got really close to her and were able to share so much. She spoke to us on the Fear of the
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week 11- Tecate NIKO
Wow..what can i say about out week..we first started off by having some training for outreach. Edgar came down from the center in Monterey to give us a hand, and teach out students some great tools for evangelism. He showed them great
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SOW Week 9: John Conner
This week was a bit of a shift for our school but was another great week. We had John Conner from YWAM Denver with us teaching on the power of arrangement. This weeks teaching had a bit more of a practical hands on side to it. We talked about
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NEW videos for School of Ministry Development
Check out these videos about the School of Ministry Development (SOMD), happening this fall at the Tijuana del Mar campus. If you are wondering whether the SOMD is for you, be sure to take a look. You’ll take a tour of the
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SOW Week 8: Character of a Worship Leader
This week we had the privilege of having Kenny Peavy with us. He has been with us before with his wife Rebekah and also with us during our staff training. This week was building on what God was speaking last week. God has been speaking about
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SOW Week 7: Intimacy
This week our speaker came to us over Genesis, which is a video conferencing technology that allowed us to see and hear our speaker who was all the way in Costa Rica. Our speaker for the week was Vanessa Pavely the wife of Spencer Pavely who
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Escuela de Desarrollo de Ministerios - Tijuana
¿Quieres desarrollarte cómo un lider en misiones? Pues, ¡la Escuela de Desarrollo de Ministerios (EDM) es para ti! La EDM es para cualquiere graduado de un EDE quien quere crecer cómo
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SOW Week 6: Nature and Character of God
This week was yet another great week for School of Worship. Yet again we are with the Tecate DTS. They will be here one more week with us as well. It has been great to have them here in class with us. The speaker this
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DTS Tecate week 6
 This week we had the opportunity to join the Ensenada center with the Worship school. We will be here for 2 weeks, spending time with them at lectures, and other activities. the first week, we had the opportunity to listen to Spencer Pavely,
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Week 4 Great success!!
 This week we were at the Tijuana campus, along with the SOW. It was an amazing week with worship and intercession. It was great to see the students get to hang out with other students from another school, and just be in unity with the
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Wk3 Tecate, going camping!
We had another great week, full of new lessons for each student. The students are doing such a great job working as a team and becoming more involved in each other's lives. We
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Week 4 SOW... Tijuana Here We Come
This week School of Worship spent the week at the new campus in Tijuana! We were there along with the DTS from Tecate. We all had class and meals together and it was great to get to spend time with them. Our speaker for the week was Dwight
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Week 3: Biblical and Historical Basis for Worship
So this has been yet another amazing week.This week we had Kevin Norris with us teaching on the Biblical and Historical Basis for Worship. It was a great week! Kevin really encouraged the students and us to have a vision for knowing God
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Week 2 DTS Tecate
 We are having some great times here in Tecate. The students are gettting to know eachother more, and what it is like to live in community. The students are learing so much, and being stretched. They are experiecing new things, along wtih new
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School of Worship...It's just the beginning
So we have just completed the first week of our first ever School of Worship! Wow! It has been such a wonderful week. The students all arrived by the 5th of April and we had tons of fun that night, eating tacos and sharing
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Week 1- DTS Tecate
We are really excited for all that has happened in our first Disciplship Traning School here in Tecate. We had an amazing week, with the priviliege of having Sean and Janet Lambert, sharing with us the history
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International School of Ministry Development
Join us for a ground-breaking season of growth and development this fall at the Tijuana del Mar campus. The International School of Ministry Development (iSOMD) is for any DTS graduate who wants to grow as a leader and develop their
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Week 10
This week we had David Stevenson with us speaking on Evangelism & Youth Culture. It was great to hear about different ways to share the gospel specially with the youth now a days. We learned on how important it is for us to build relationships
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One Voice
This week, we participated in the One Voice event, with 10 other YWAM bases from all over the world. The event is a video link with worship at each location. We had a really great time, and God moved as we worshipped him. The next event
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Time is coming
We are leaving for outreach soon. Three more weeks and we will be in Mexico City. We will be staying there for 14 days. After that we will be flying to Colombia for a month and half: Leticia, Cartagena and finally Bocachica.
We are very excited
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week 9
Wow wow wow, GOD IS GOOD!!!!!
For those knowing Kenny Peavy and his walk with God, his testimony and his abilities to bring the word of God, it will not be a surprise that the week was amazing. He taught about worship and spiritual warfare
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Week 8
Thank God we had another great week discovering more about his plan for us.
This week our topic was "Destiny" by Breanda Lewis. We all loved having an amazing woman of God here with us for 5 days.
Some of the things that we heard are;
Destiny
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week 7
During this week, we had the opportunity to hear from our own coworkers within YWAM San Diego Baja.
We had great speaker such as; Tym Kemp, Karen Curtis and others. One of them taught about how God created us with different abilities and
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week 6
This week, Jeff Pratt was teaching about PASSION. This was an amazing time where all of us: students and staff have been very challenged.
Is God our Passion? How much am I in Love with Him? We can have as much affection and passion for God
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week 5
Hearing God's voice was the topic and it was taught by Luba Iliyn. She has an amazing testimony could present the topic with many amazing personal stories. She described all the ways God uses to talk with us, how to recognize His voice and how
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DTS Tijuana - Home Again
 This is pretty much how we felt:
...after eight weeks of this:
...we were all ready for this:
...and were so thankful for this:
... a reminder of all God's promises for us.
On February 13, 2009, the Tijuana
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God brings the right people together in His time!
This DTS is a group of 10 people from seven different nations. We have seven students and three staff members. During this past week we have had an opportunity to grow closer to Jesus and grow closer with each other. We have heard speakers
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DTS Tijuana - God-Acts
One girl among many. This little lady was one of about 300 people that our DTS team was able to help feed this week. The church that we're working with in La Paz oversees three feeding centers throughout the city. Along
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Respiración
In preparation for the upcoming school of worship, we've begun a new initiative here in Ensenada. Every Thursday night we're having an open time of worship. We call it "Respiracion", which is Spanish for Breath, as God's presence is as
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DTS Tijuana - All Aboard!
All aboard! Next stop, world missions!
Our final Sunday morning in Loreto, Baja Calfornia Sur, took us on a trip around the world. Flags from around the world hung from the front of Ancla de Fe’s sanctuary. A
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DTS Tijuana - A Father's Heart
What stood out was the pink. She was dressed from head to toe in the bubble-gum color that brings to mind fairy tales and princesses. She and her brother watched intensely as the YWAM Tijuana DTS presented puppets, dramas, songs,
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DTS Tijuana - Ministry in Migrant Camps
Greetings from the historic city of Loreto, Baja California Sur! We arrived here on December 29, just in time to ring in the new year. Pastor Benny and Blanca Romero have opened their house and church to us and we’ve
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DTS Tijuana - You Know You've Arrived...
You know you’ve arrived in small-town Mexico when…
…people recognize your dog before they recognize you.
…you can leave you doors unlocked and belongings on the front patio and not worry about them disappearing.
…the
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DTS Tijuana - A Christmas Surprise
Rain, fog, and wind – a gloomy outlook to an exciting day. After a week of local ministry in Tijuana (including ministering at a prison, orphanage, rehab center, and local church), the DTS departed the Playas campus to begin
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DTS Tijuana - Have You Ever Thought...
...you were headed in one direction and then ended up somewhere entirely different? That’s what has happened to the Tijuana DTS in the last few weeks.
We planned and prepared to go to Kyrgyzstan and Chiapas for outreach,
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Week 9 - Dean Sherman
This week was a busy week. The Tijuana DTS joined us here in our campus for the week. We had teaching all together and it was good to be able to hang out with them and hear about how things are going with their school. It was like
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DTS Tijuana - Trusting God for the Impossible
"We are committed to do all that we can EVERY day...and we're trusting God for the impossible."
During a recent time of intercession, the Tijuana DTS students and staff had a "creative" time of prayer. Each person
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Week 8 - Archie Honrado
This week we had something different in our DTS. It was a camping experience called NIKO. NIKO in Greek means "overcomer," and that's what we were able to do on the NIKO. We hiked a total of 23 miles on some rugged trails and
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DTS Tijuana - We are Overcomers!
When have you ever heard a student being thankful for sleeping in until 6 AM? Or relieved to hike two miles with their 30 pound backpacks? Or cheering for rice and Top Ramen for dinner?Welcome to NIKO!!!
Early morning
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DTS Tijuana - Operacion Luz
On one of the darkest days of the year, light was shining brightly throughout the city of Tijuana.
“Operacion Luz” reaches all over Tijuana, involving over 110 churches this year. It’s a family friendly celebration
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Week 7 - Brenda Lewis
Our speaker this week was Brenda Lewis and her topic was Destiny.
Here's some reactions from the students from the week:
Amanda (US): "I really liked it! It was one of my favorite weeks! I Liked because she is a girl."
Gordana
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DTS Tijuana - feet to our prayers
 We put feet to our prayers.At the beginning of the DTS we had a prayer time where students heard from God about how to reach the city of Tijuana. They were challenged to DO something about it.On Saturday, November 1st, they did something.Organized
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GoFest 2008 in Mexico City
Go Fest 2008
Various YWAM bases from all over Mexico have been getting together, for a week of fellowship and teaching. This year, the GoFest was in Pachuca, about an hour's drive from Mexico City. We were asked to come and help out with
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Week 6 - Ben Gort
Ben Gort was our speaker this week, and what an amazing week it was! Ben's topic for the week was about the Holy Spirit. We learned more about the gifts of the spirit and how we use them, and Ben also prophesied over the students as he taught
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The mobile team in cancun!
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This past week we were in Cancun. We arrived very tired as we flew the red eye in from Tijuana. There were 16 students 12 mexicans and 2 Europeans and 2 Americans. After we'd had a chance to recover from the Journey the DTS leader asked
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"Let's Build a House!"
Finally - a few days OUTSIDE of the classroom!
Here are a few pictures of the Tijuana DTS house build on October 17 and 18. The funds for this house were generously donated by another group so the Nava Hernandez family could receive
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The Mobile Team Continues!
The mobile team continues! Last week we spent a few days in Tijuana, and then we hopped on a plane and went to Juarez, which is right across the border from El Paso, Texas. The DTS there was wrapping up it's lecture phase, and they are
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Week 5 - Giacomo Coghi
We spent the week in Tijuana with their DTS sharing their speaker, Giacomo (pronounced jack-a-mo). Giacomo shared about Biblical Worldview. He opened up our eyes to new but inportant things. For the students mixing and meeting the Tijuana DTS
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Weekend House Build
Over the weekend of Friday, October 17th and Saturday, October 18th, we had the privilege of traveling up to Tijuana to build a brand new home for the Cruz Valeriano family. We had a lot of fun working together and spending some time getting
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Week 4 - Kenny Peavy
This week we learned about why we worship God. The students connected very well with Kenny and the topic. God really showed up. Kenny asked the students to write Psalms like David in the Bible. We believe it was a challenging but releasing
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DTS Tijuana - some important questions
How do I view God? How do I view the world?
Answering these two questions can determine much of who we are and how we behave. Grappling for answers, the students in the Tijuana DTS have been challenged over the past two weeks
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Tijuana DTS - "Toma, Tomalo"
Enjoy this video of the first few weeks of Tijuana’s DTS. So far the students have:• Ministered in a juvy prison and orphanage.• Helped staff a Homes of Hope house build.•
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Week 3 - Jack Hill
We had another Jack this week, Jack Hill, sharing on relationships. Jack had a unique way of teaching this week. Most of us thought that he would dive right into all the juicy stuff about relationships, but he went a different route. He spent
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Week 2 - Jack Kody
This week, Jack shared on the Father Heart of God. Some of what he discussed was how we view God impacts how we pray and read the Bible, and he talked about different characteristics of God as a father. It was a great week hearing from Jack
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Eyes Wide Open
Eyes wide open
We stood in amazement at the wonder of our God as we began to hear two languages merging together - one perfect symphony worshiping God. A sense of unity filled the room people in their own language drew together
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Thailand Update - Giant Krabach Tree
(Tuesday, October 14: We just arrived back at the YWAM base in Bangkok after a 5 hour bus ride from Northern Thailand. Here is something I wrote to when we were still in the village of Doi Muser.)
October 10, 2008
Lately, I have again been
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Another Update From Thailand
Hello again from the jungle of Thailand. We have decided that we are living in a little piece of paradise. Every day someone discovers a crazy new bug or fruit or flower or something that we never imagined existed. We are constantly being
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In the Mountains of Thailand
We are in a National Geographic photo spread! Our group has traveled into the lush green mountains outside of a town called Tak in north west Thailand. This area is populated by the Lisu and Lahu tribes and we are the first team of foreigners
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J-City
Hey everyone, greetings from J-city. Unlike the Mexico City team that hit the ground running with ministry, we have hit the ground praying and praying and praying. We've also been praying in case I forgot to mention that. The city we are in
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Arrived in Jakarta
 Recieved from team leader Felicia Monson in Jakarta.
We have arrived in Jakarta. Had a little bit of a rest and now are out to grab a bite. The flight was nice and uneventful. Tomorrow we will take the day as a team to rest up and
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Arrial in Mexico City
Hello family and friends
We have arrived safe in Pachuca Hidalgo Mexico. Our first outreach was this evening at three pm. we shared a couple dramas and a testimony of Gods Grace with about fifteen youth of the detention center. We are excited
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Temples and Prayer
Today was a day of temples and prayer and sweating! We toured 4 famous temples in Bangkok today praying for the people of this beautiful nation all along the way. We got to experience all kinds of transportation, bus's, sky train's and even
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Mexico Team
 We are all in Thailand for six weeks. We (the Mexico City team)
need to get used to a new time frame. It's 15 hours ahead of pacific coast time here. Cinthia we are all praying for you. She has posted the circumstances of her visa issues
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Mexico City Team
We are going to Mexico City tomorrow morning for the rest of our time until we leave to go to Thailand (Friday night). We spent a few days there last week, also. It has been great to be here and just to be a help to this base and
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Week 1 - Orientation, Sean Lambert, Brett Curtis
During our first week, we all go to spend time getting to know each other through sharing our testimonies with each other and exploring the city a bit. We spent some time learning more about YWAM and it's foundational values, we got a bit of
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Week 1 - It was a long week but worth it!
It was a long week but worth it!Sometimes our pasts hold us back from where God wants to take us in the future. The DTS students in Tijuana spent the past week reflecting on where they came from, where they are now, and where God is
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First Day of YWAM Tijuana DTS
Ten years was long enough! This morning began a new chapter in YWAM Tijuana - Discipleship Training Schools are back.
It has been almost a decade since a DTS has been held on the Tijuana campus. The 17 students from three nations
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Week12 Outreach Prep
 Week 12 - Preparing to go and share the love of God with the people of Mexico City, Jakarta, and Thailand. We have lots of drama practice and cleaning in store for this week. We are buying our last minutes things that we need for
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Week 11 - Mary Cronin
 Week 10 - This week was about our school focus, justice. Mary Cronin was here to share with was about the subject. Why does injustice happen? Does God really care? Why doesn't God stop injustice? God is Justice
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Week 12 - Tina Mollers
 What is the purpose for our lives? Why did God create us? This week we heard these questions answered. Each person is designed and created to live and create together with God. He wants a real, tangible relationship with
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Week 10 - Kenny Peavy
 Week 9 - Kenny Peavy came to town this week to share with us a lifestyle of worship. Kenny is the School of Worship and Warfare director and worship leader at his church. So what is worship? Is it really just singing and music?
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Week 9 - Dean Sherman
 We spent this week in Ensenada, Mexico, which was fabulous!!!! I think it was good for all of us to be in a bigger place where there is more breathing room and new faces. August 2nd and 3rd, we spent building a home for a family in Ensenada.
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Week 8 - Marty Meyer
Week 8 - San Diego summer DTS, Marty Meyer, and evangelism. This week we had the marvelous opportunity to hear Marty expound on the subject of evangelism. How do you really share the gospel? Why do we need to do it?
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Week 6 - Pete Iliyn
Week 6 of YWAM San Diego's first ever DTS had the honor of hearing the North American Director of YWAM speak on "Lifestyle of Repentance". The best way to overcome your sins is the act of repentance. Repentance is simply making
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Week 5 - Jack Hill
This week Jack Hill came and taught on relationships and intimacy. He used science and the bible to show how big God is and how intimately He wants to know us. One of the ways that we know God is through what we beleive to be true
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Week 4- "Fear of the Lord" with Donna McGowan
This week, the summer San Diego DTS had Donna McGowan speaking on “Fear of the Lord.” It was a great, un-intimidating topic, even though it sounds a little scary. Donna covered this topic beautifully, being a very wise,
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Live from Cape Town South Africa
One of the technological advances in recent years is the ability to use telepresence systems to bring in the best speakers from around the world. This system in YWAM is called GENESIS - Global Electronic Network Educating Serving
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Week Three Speaker - Maureen Menard
Introducing Maureen Menard
Maureen was born in Springfield, Massachusetts into a predominantly Irish catholic context. She came to know Jesus as a person in 1974 through the reading of the Word which was sparked by the rock opera "Jesus
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Week Two Speaker - Jack Kody
This past week, we had Jack Kody as our speaker here in the San Diego Summer DTS speaking on the topic, “Father, Heart of God.” It was incredible to see God move and touch the hearts of the students this week, as Jack portrayed
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