"It’s odd to think how I used to spend my Friday nights just months ago," says Pete. "I thought only of myself and how much I deserved a night of fun and relaxation." Here he tells of what his Friday nights look like now he is part of the Discipleship Training School, and what he is learning about reaching out to others with compassion.

"Before I came to my Discipleship Training School, I wasn’t really sure what it would be like. Sure, I had some general ideas that I would be taking classes and doing outreach and living with others … but I had no idea what it would actually be like." Pete lifts the curtain on a real-life DTS - follow his journey here.

On the morning of 9 March 2013, residents of a Christian neighbourhood in the city of Lahore, Pakistan, fled for their lives following reports that a large mob was on its way to raze their homes to the ground. Around 2,000 people have been affected by the violence that followed and are now destitute and hungry. YWAM has a good network of relationships in the region and is working with others to deliver immediate aid to the minority Christians currently being accommodated in a tent city. Find out how you can help.

Pete is just beginning his Discipleship Training School in the Czech Republic. You can follow him on his DTS as he shares his experience of learning about God in the context of a multicultural community. In this post, Pete explains how he made the decision to take 6 months out to be a trainee with YWAM, and what he hopes the DTS experience will mean to him.

As the people of Mozambique suffer devastating floods, Mercy Air - a Christian aviation ministry that partners with YWAM in the country - takes to the air in search and rescue efforts. Pilot Matthias Reuter talks about his experience with YWAM's national leader for Mozambique, saying: “It was overwhelming to see, we were not prepared for that” and asks us to join in praying for flood-affected areas.

What can artists and musicians do about chronic poverty and exploitation? That’s a question Liz Mannchen of YWAM Herrnhut, Germany asked herself.

Liz and other artists from YWAM Herrnhut had been deeply moved by their visits to countries like Ethiopia. They met orphans and heard about women trapped in the sex trade. They wanted to do something about it. “Music is the talent God gave me,” Liz realized. “Art is the biggest tool to reach our generation.”

She and several YWAM friends formed a musical group called Liz and the Lions. The band has teamed up with a YWAM arts ministry called Pick a Pocket. Together, they are working to raise awareness of sex trafficking and injustice in areas of extreme poverty.

Jesus said, “I am the bread of life.” Therefore, we must conclude that because of our relationship with Jesus, we are also, “the bread of life.” Bread plays a very minor role in the context of Western life; the grains that make bread are merely one of the five food groups. In some sense, one could surmise that our relationship with Christ can become just one of the segments, or food groups, in our busy lives.

However, here in the Middle East where Jesus lived, bread is essential to life. The lowly loaf, or pita, is eaten with everything from breakfast until dinner and is available to everyone. For Jesus to say, “I am the bread of life,” has a lot more meaning attached than we from the West might initially grasp.


With 900 million followers, Hinduism is the third largest religion in the world. The majority of Hindus live in India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, where they are also some of the last people on earth to hear about Jesus and experience His message of salvation and transformation. The U.S. Centre for World Missions recently reported that a survey conducted in India of the 15 most widely spoken languages revealed that six out of 10 Hindus would like a Christian to tell them more about Jesus. Despite that desire, millions of Hindu people will live and die without ever meeting a follower of Jesus. They are among the least-reached people on earth.

YWAMers in North India are passionate about changing those odds. They want every Hindu to experience the goodness of God as shared in Jesus, and they are inviting you to help.

The nation of Indonesia consists of almost as many islands as there are languages and cultures. The island of Bali is one of these distinct societies, lying in the southern portion of this large and diverse country. Known to many as the “Island of Hinduism,” Christianity has a distinctly small following in Bali. But despite comprising only two percent of the population, God is still working miracles through his Balinese Christians and University of the Nations base located on the island. Three recent testimonies gathered by University of the Nations staff make this evident.

Youth With A Mission Heidebeek, a training centre from the Netherlands, recently welcomed home a team of ophthalmologists after a 4 week outreach in South Africa. During this period the team, known as "Eye Wave" provided prescription glasses to 1150 patients in and around one of the poorest areas of Durban.

The team focused their mission on children. Team leader, Miranda Tollenaar reports, "Why glasses and why children? Because glasses can prevent accidents, improve the eduction and the employment & salary prospects of children when they grow up."