About YWAM Newcastle

Lisa in Missions
Serving with YWAM Newcastle Australia
April 2011
About YWAM Newcastle
G’day mate!
I’m so excited to be sharing what God has me currently doing in Newcastle
Australia. It is never a
dull moment, that’s for
sure!
In July 2010 I left my
home in Washington and
traveled across the world
to move to Australia and
joined on staff at YWAM.
YWAM (Youth With A
Mission) is an organization founded by Loren
Cunningham. It’s original
design was to focus on
youth and see them
trained in missions. The
whole main purpose of
YWAM is for youth to
know God and make him
known. YWAM is currently operating in more
than a 1000 locations in
over 180 countries.
YWAM Newcastle Australia’s main ministry focus is on the youth. Australian youth are pretty
rough around the edges
and a lot of fun to work
with. They’re extremely
honest in where they’re at
and their lives aren’t
masked or hidden. What
you see is what you get.
There is racial discrimination, gangs, high percentages of domestic violence, drug use, alcohol
use, abortions, and suicide.
On Saturdays we run a
youth program called
Youth Street which is
focused on interesting all
sorts of social groups and
creating a safe environment where they can socialize. We run a skate
team, surf, dance, sports,
and music. Each team is
focused on different interests and draws youth
that are involved in those
areas socially.
Each YWAM base globally runs schools called
DTS or Discipleship
Training School. It’s main
focus is to equip Christians to serve in missions
in varying fields. Our
base this year is running
10 schools. That’s over 100
people being trained in
missions and going out to
impact the nations!
DTS, staff development,
student development,
arranging speakers who
teach on schools, where
we’ll be sending teams in
missions on outreach,
and training in the community.
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Evangelizing to International students
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Helping run an International Church service
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Branching out in
more mercy ministries in the city of
Newcastle!
Inside this issue:
My role at YWAM Newcastle
Since joining on staff in
July 2010, I have been
working in what is called
the Training Department.
This department focuses
on anything having to do
with training people in
missions. Our department is what organizes
Special points of interest:
My day includes talking
to people from all around
the world whether via
Skype, the phone or in
person. It’s such a blessing to be in a place where
I can influence the nations!
About YWAM
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My role
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University
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Church
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Trafficking
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Refugees
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Payment detail 4
Serving with YWAM Newcastle Australia
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Ministry at the University
Serving lunch at International Church
“It’s amazing
to see how one
act of
obedience can
change the
nations!”
Group Picture
Recently some friends that
I work with and myself
have been going to the
University of Newcastle.
Together we have partnered with an International
church group and go to the
University to evangelize
and offer support to International students. The
women we work with who
help run the International
Church cook a mass
amount of food every Tuesday and we bring it to the
University and set up a
lunch for students who
can’t afford to buy their
own lunches.
The University has a large
group of International students that come from
around the globe to study
in Australia. Most of them
come from poor family
backgrounds or are in Australia on refugee status.
Through building relationships with these students,
we are able to offer support
to them emotionally and
spiritually.
Many of these students
come from Hindu, Muslim,
Buddhist, Taoist, Shinto,
Jainism and Mysticism
backgrounds. Through our
group, many of them are
hearing the gospel for the
first time. It’s amazing to
see them so eager to hear
about the gospel and wanting to come to our International Church service.
Through the work of Jesus
and building a relationship
with him, they’re renouncing their old beliefs and
sharing the gospel with
their families! It’s amazing
to see how one act of obedience can change the nations!
International Church Service
As a follow up to our evangelism at the University of
Newcastle, we invite students to come to an International Church service.
The church is run by a
group of YWAMer’s. We
are the ones who actually
put on the service. Different ones of us take turns
leading worship, sharing
testimonies, and giving a
sermon.
for students on the DTS to
come and grow in skills in
evangelism and leadership.
Every school quarter we are
joined by students from the
DTS who help us run the
church service.
tions and the International
University students can
voice their questions.
I myself feel challenged as
God is growing me in public speaking and preaching
in many different settings. I
After the service, we prohave helped lead worship,
vide lunch to all the church given my testimony, and
members and have a time preached. I’ve loved every
of fellowship. After lunch
moment of it and look forwe go downstairs for a bi- ward to more opportunities
ble study session where we in the future.
It’s an amazing opportunity can have open conversa-
International Students
Worship at church
April 2011
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Human Trafficking in Newcastle
In July 2010 when I first
came back to Australia, I
was involved in helping run
a Not For Sale conference.
Not For Sale is an organization focused on abolishing
slavery in this modern age.
(for more info visit
www.notforsalecampaign.o
rg)
titution was that it would
cut down on the cases of
human trafficking. However it had the opposite
effect by creating a large
appetite where more was
wanted than what the typical massage parlors and
brothels promised, including under aged girls.
There are more than 30
million slaves in the world
today. Australia is a destination country for victims
trafficked from East Asia,
South East Asia, and Eastern Europe. In Australia,
prostitution is legal. One of
the hopes of legalized pros-
I myself have been working
alongside others who have
a heart for mercy ministry
towards researching the
local brothels in the area.
Together we have uncovered that most of the trafficking rings are run by
local biker gangs. Because
of the laws in Australia,
most of the rings are protected by police refusing to
research a suspected ring
unless there is a personal
statement from a victim or
witness.
In June, Not For Sale is
putting on an Investigators
Backyard Academy in Sydney focusing on training
people in how to research
trafficking rings in the safest way, how to work with
local authorities, and how
to make a difference. I am
planning on doing this
academy.
Picture with David Batstone. Founder of
Not For Sale
“God is not unjust; he
will not forget your
work and the love
that you have shown
him as you have
helped his people and
continue to help
them.” Hebrews 6:10
Refugees in Newcastle
Something that has recently gripped my heart is
befriending and getting to
know more about Sudanese
Refugees. In 1983 the Second Sudanese civil war
started. Roughly 2 million
people were killed, either
by attack or famine and
disease as a result of the
war. The war ended in
January 2005 but over 4
million people are still displaced and in refugee
camps.
The Australian government
has taken in thousands of
refugees and many refugees from Sudan have
made their way into Newcastle. These refugees are
displaced from their home,
their family, and country.
On Christmas I met a Sudanese refugee couple and
their children. The father
Hadassi shared with me
that he became a Christian
through a missionary that
came to visit them in the
refugee camp in Sudan.
Hadassi said he prayed
every day to God and asked
him to rescue them from
the camp. He told me that
God promised him that he
would bring his whole family to Australia one day.
They were in the refugee
camp for over 10 years!
However, Hadassi held
onto God’s promise. Now
there is a man of faith!
I want to work with more
families like Hadassi’s,
families who don't even
know God yet. Please pray
alongside me for the Sudanese refugees in Newcastle.
I’d love for my ministry to
focus on teaching them
English, helping them find
jobs, and receive healing
from all the pain they’re
been through.
Group picture at Christmas with our
Sudanese friends
YWAMNewcastle
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Thank you for everything,
Lisa