Blog – YWAM Tyler | Missionary Training

13 Nov 2020

Is A Gap Year Worth Taking?

Paige Prescott

Outreach, YWAM Tyler, Gap Year, YWAM DTS, Travel, Missionary Training, gap semester

Is A Gap Year Worth Taking 5am on the dot, an eager anticipation for adventure abruptly woke me from my deep sleep. I vividly recall a joyous light-weight atmosphere all around a group of children and I, while we danced to piano keys and a foreign upbeat song. It must've been an African tribe I was standing in the midst of, with nothing but love in my heart for them. At this time, I never...

16 Oct 2020

One Dream God Didn't Let Me Forget

Allison Bice

Training School, YWAM Tyler, Missions, Direction, Obedience, YWAM DTS, Missionary, Missionary Life, Hearing God's Voice, Redirection, Missionary Training, Teenagers, SST, plans, ywam staff

ONE DREAM GOD DIDN'T LET ME FORGET In 2013, I attended a Season of Service and Training (SST), a summer camp for teens at YWAM Tyler. One afternoon, we teamed up with multiple staff members to help with their different roles on the campus. Some of us helped in the kitchen, some in the Ag-Tech training area and some of us in the Hospitality department. 😳

02 Oct 2020

Reaching the Nations in Your Own Backyard

Jordon Lippiatt

Outreach, School of Evangelism, Urban Missions, YWAM DTS, YWAM Outreach, Missionary, Missionary Life, Missionary Training, Urban DTS, Urbanization, Missions in America, ywam chicago, chicago

Reaching the Nations in Your Own BackYard As believers, we understand that part of the commission given to us by Jesus is to go into all nations. With the times we are living in today, it’s not always possible to do what's on our hearts in following Jesus' command.

28 Aug 2020

I was Drowning in Depression

Mia Buckley

Missions, Relationship with God, Trust God, Knowing God, YWAM DTS, Missionary Life, Encounter God, Get to Know God, Missionary Training, Dependence on God, Deeper with God

I was drowning in depression Before I knew God, I drowned in dark depression, deceit, and lived in fear. Sin and suicidal thoughts controlled me, and I had no escape. I struggled to find so many things: purpose, love, peace, joy, zeal for life, and much more. Meeting the Lord of all creation brought me out of the trap I was ensnared in and gave me life abundant. Not life without struggles, but...

29 May 2020

Plans Have Suddenly Changed

Neil Greb

Family, Family Adventure, Change, Life-Changing, Family Adventures, Families in Missions, Family DTS, Family Missions, Missionary Training, Family Discipleship

Plans Have Suddenly Changed, But Don’t Panic My family and I were happy about our next missions adventure. We had an incredible experience in Brazil, several months earlier, as part of our YWAM Tyler training school outreach. Now we were preparing for ministry in Turkey and Spain. Little did we know a viral storm was brewing that would very suddenly, change our plans. Enter the COVID-19 crisis.

25 Apr 2020

From Acorn to Oak Tree | Missionary Life

Madelyn Johnson

Missions, Purpose, Trust, Hope, YWAM, Faith, Missionary Training, Overcoming

FROM ACORN TO OAK TREE | MISSIONARY LIFE Last year Jesus gave me a vision. In it I was in a packed van, full of friend's voices when I suddenly heard no more noise, and saw nothing but a wide-open field. In the middle stood an oak tree that was magnificent, massive, strong! I felt total peace and I knew that this was a vision from God. I asked again and again what it meant, It took an entire year...

16 Apr 2020

I Said Yes To God But Never Imagined This

Areli Brandenburg

Outreach, YWAM Tyler, Missions, YWAM DTS, YWAM Outreach, Missionary, Missionary Life, YWAM, Missionary Training, Missions in America

I SAID YES TO GOD BUT NEVER IMAGINED THIS When I first came into missions, I thought I might end up working with the people who lived in garbage dumps in the Philippines, thousands of miles from my home. When I said yes to God, that’s what I thought He would have me do.

03 Jan 2020

The Greatest New Year’s Resolution I Ever Made

Jonna Russell

Crossroads DTS, Family Adventure, Family Adventures, Missionary, Missionary Life, Family DTS, Family Missions, Missionary Training

You have heard the stories in the Bible. In Genesis, God said to Abram, “Go…”. In Matthew, Jesus calls Simon (Peter) and Andrew and says to them, “Follow me…”. In John, Jesus speaks to the people saying that he is the light of the world and once again invites them to follow him. But these are the stories of people long ago. I grew up thinking the reality of these things happening again is so...

02 Aug 2019

I'm 15 and I am a Missionary!

Audrey Fish

YWAM Tyler, Missionary, Missionary Life, YWAM, Missionary Training, SST, World Changer, Deeper with God

Have you ever entered an event or season of life with a certain expectation and left it with the complete opposite result of that former belief?

13 Jun 2019

God Fulfills the Desires of Our Heart!

Tyler Tom

YWAM Tyler, YWAM DTS, Missionary, Missionary Life, YWAM, Missionary Training, Marriage

I was living in Tennessee as part of a very small church when my heart began to stir for missions. One day during Sunday school, a missionary came to our church and heard me share how I would love to do foreign missions someday. I was on fire and ready to go!