Mali Compassion Ministry, Lyon Street Show, Outreach to Prostitutes
Welcome to the Youth With A Mission News Show for April 2024. This month we hear about a compassion ministry opportunity in Mali, a couple of school ministries that YWAM is running around the world, hear a testimony of God working in PNG, find out about an outreach to prostitutes in South Africa, hear about the YWAM Lyon Street Show, see what the meme of the month is for April, and more … Thank you for downloading this, the 144th episode of the Youth With A Mission News Show Podcast, I’m your host, Bill Hutchison. You can contact us, subscribe to future episodes, leave comments, and find links to all the stories we talk about on the show notes for this podcast at ywampodcast.com/144 … https://youtube.com/live/ZzpqzKVSWYU?feature=share Stories: Compassion Ministry Opportunity Mali Last month I was contacted by someone working in Mali, in West Africa, about a ministry opportunity there. Mali is a large nation in West Africa, with a population of almost 20 million, and a Christian representation of less than 1%. There has been decades of unrest in the nation, with almost 200,000 Malians currently displaced. (source) YWAM has a team that is currently working in Mali, with a focus on the refugees and the prisons. Here is a message I received from Simione, one of YWAM's workers there: I'm working with Compassion Ministry here in Mali. Focus in the prison (we visit the Prison every Friday morning), To the Refugee Camp (that was after the prison go straight to the Refugee), I'm joining Team Xtreme as well (focus on schools and university). Their might be repaint program at the prison. This what we normally do every year and do some design work at the prison. At the refugee, we have some families are Christian living there. We might need to rebuild their houses. Simione is originally from Fiji, but living in Bamako, Mali with his wife Rachel. If you want to find out more about their ministry, including how you could involved, they can be contacted on their Facebook page. Volunteer with YWAM Ships Aotearoa YWAM Ships Aotearoa has some volunteer positions currently available https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PpcuZXJr_Q Head over to ywamshipsaotearoa.org.nz to find out how you could volunteer, and more about their ministry. YWAM Windhoek Partner with YWAM Lüderitz Last month we talked a bit about YWAM Windhoek. One of the ministries that they engage in is partnering with other YWAM locations near them... As part of reaching out to local YWAM bases and ministries, a group of staff went on outreach to serve alongside YWAM Lüderitz over the weekend. During this time, they had the privilege to share stories with children from the community, host prayer and worship nights, visit a school and also helped with the “Feed A Child” program.Here’s what the base leader’s wife had to share;“It has been such a great blessing and experience to have had the YWAM Windhoek outreach team with us. During their time here, we could really see the hand of God in their favour.Firstly, it takes a lot to pioneer a base just as a family but we have been adamant about what God clearly sp...
