The Multicultural DTS

The DTS that goes to as many different cultures as we can during the two months of outreach.

During the Multicultural DTS school there will be a special focus on missions and reaching unreached people groups. We will look at many of the different cultures around the world, and discover what it is that they need and how we can reach them. Cross-cultural communications and learning languages all form part of this exciting Discipleship Training School.

The Multicultural DTS is a dynamic learning experience that involves both students and the staff. Your time in the school will bring you challenges that encourage you to respond according to Christ’s character and to get to know Him more through:

• Individual and group prayer
• Small group devotionals
• Worship
• Study
• Dynamic and challenging classes
• Reading the Word
• Practical work and activities
• Deep friendships with people of other cultures
• Openness
• Discipleship
• Pastoral attention
• …and more.

The purpose of the Multicultural DTS school is to help you to replace old habits with those found in God’s Word. In this way we achieve the same vision as God has for the world, coming to understand the need and urgency for cross-cultural missions and preparing to get involved.

The need is there. God is calling. Will you be one who responds?

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Be a trailblazer.

Bringing the light into a land of darkness, against all odds.

There is something unique about being the first, knowing that nobody else has ever been this way before, or done what you have just done before. Paul was a trailblazer in his time, setting up churches in Macedonia and other places where nobody had ever taken the message before. David Livingstone was a trailblazer through Africa, Hudson Taylor trail blazed his way through inland China, Jim Elliot in the jungles of Ecuador. You too can be a trailblazer.

Trail blazing is taking the light of God to the places where it is most needed. It is pushing your way through against all resistance. It is a determination to lay fresh foundations, based upon the truths of God. It is taking risks, being uncomfortable, focusing on the goal and not the process. It is one of the most rewarding things you can be involved in.

The trailblazer DTS is a Discipleship Training School with a focus on trailblazing. It is a DTS where you will learn about some of the most amazing people who were trailblazers and discover some of their secrets. It is a place where you will be able to take risks, to step out as a trailblazer, to learn how to grow in God and follow His voice. It is a challenge.

Youth with a Mission has as its motto, “To know God and to make Him known.” So as with all Discipleship Training Schools, the Trailblazer DTS focuses on our relationship with God, and how we live this out in practical ways. This includes areas such as our character, relationships with others, and acts of mercy. With three months of theory where everybody lives in the same place together, there is plenty of time to get to know each other. During these three months you will learn about many aspects of God, including such things as:

•  Our Identity in Christ
• Hearing the Voice of God
• Intercessory Prayer
• The Nature and Character of God
• Studying the Bible
• The Fear of the Lord
• Renewing the Mind
• The Great Commission
• Sharing the Gospel with the Lost
• Discipling Nations
• Cross-Cultural Communications
• Gifts, Calling, Destiny
• Sin, Repentance, and Restitution
• …and many more.

The Trailblazer DTS, as with all DTS’s, is a life-changing school. When you have finished your training with us you will never be the same again. Those students who, after their school, decide that they want to be trailblazers will be encouraged and assisted in their decisions. Those who return home will be encouraged to maintain their renewed relationship with God.

For whatever reason you decide to come and do the Trailblazer DTS (taught in both English and Spanish), whether it be because you want to come to the “End of the World”, you want to go out into all the world, or you just want to know God better, you will not be disappointed.

The Trailblazer DTS in Ushuaia. Growing in God. Growing in character. Going where nobody has gone before.

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Kings Kids Ushuaia

Kings Kids is now here in Ushuaia. A ministry with a focus on mobilising and discipling young people through activities, music, camps, and outreaches, to give them opportunities to grow in their faith and share it with others, and to participate in extending the Kingdom of God.

In March 2011, Kings Kids started here in Ushuaia at YWAM Austral, run by a young lady with a passion for children and youth. Cecilia has been a part of Youth with a Mission in Ushuaia since it began, and has a desire to disciple young people and see them grow in their relationship with God.

Kings Kids meet every Saturday from 10am to 3pm at our YWAM Base, which is quickly becoming too small for such an energetic group, and has now formed part of our weekly activities. Everybody helps out during this time, whether it be cooking or teaching, praying or simply listening to the stories that the children want to tell.

Each week we see how they are growing in their knowledge and understanding of God, and in their relationships with others. Already the children have been able to give from the things that they have been learning, with a performance at a local missionary conference in July.

Kings Kids transforms not just the children, but also impacts everybody around them. It reveals that children have a lot more to give than we often believe they do.

Kings Kids believes in children.

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Bible Reading Marathon

The Day of the Bible falls on the 25th of September this year, and what could be better than reading through the entire Bible non-stop to celebrate it. That’s right, from Friday morning, the 23rd of September, until Sunday evening, the 25th of September, we will be holding a Bible Reading Marathon, where we will read through the entire Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, both Old and New Testaments, without a break.

A Bible Reading Marathon sounds like a crazy feat, but reading the Bible from cover to cover only takes around 71 hours. Three days non-stop gives us 72 hours, so if we keep going then we are going to be able to finish it all.

Of course, for one person to be able to stay awake for three days without sleeping is going to be virtually impossible, and even more so if they want to try to understand what they are reading. So the idea is to form small groups and take turns amongst the groups. Some people will be able to come during the night, while others will arrive early morning. Some will spend the day with us, while others have to work.

The Bible Reading Marathon is a community project, not an individual effort, although if somebody wants to attempt it then we will not stop them. At the end of the Bible marathon reading, there will be a moment of celebration and some prizes given out for those who managed to stay the longest.

Many people have only ever scatter-read their Bible, opening it up to one page and reading a little there, and then opening it to another place the next time to read from there. One of the blessings that will come out of this project is that many people will get to read complete books of the Bible, perhaps even for the first time in their life. The Bible convicts, transforms and renews those who read its pages. The people who participate in this Bible Reading Marathon will be greatly blessed by it.

We hope to see you there. Where? Here at YWAM Ushuaia.

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The Bible Give Away Project

We believe in the power of the Bible to transform lives and we want to give one Bible to every house in the city. We believe that when the people receive the Bible and start to read it, their lives will be transformed and as their lives are transformed so will the city be transformed. That is why The Bible Give Away Project is so important.

With around 70,000 residents in the city, we need a lot of Bibles and a lot of people to help us with this project. But we are encouraged by the fact that the Bible give away has been done before in other places around the world, and each time it has, there has been a tremendous transformation of those places.

Therefore, this September we are planning on buying several hundred Bibles to give away during the weekend of the “Day of the Bible” that is celebrated here in Argentina on Sunday the 25th. The Bible Give Away Project begins with designing the cover for the Bible, then ordering and waiting for it to arrive here in Ushuaia. At this point, after prayer, we will be giving them all away as God directs us.

He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.
Jim Elliot – Missionary.

If you would like to help, please contact us.

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Summer Days DTS

With Ushuaia being so far south in the world, most of the year we enjoy a cold winter climate. However, over the Christmas months the weather warms up enough to be able to enjoy the national parks and nearby mountains. There is nothing like worshiping God amongst the nature that He has created.

That is why we now have, starting in 2011, our Summer Days Discipleship Training School (DTS). This school will spend a lot more time outdoors amongst God’s creation. It is a great opportunity to get to know more of Ushuaia while getting to know more about God.

The DTS is a dynamic learning experience that involves both students and staff. It will challenge you to respond according to Christ’s character as you get to know Him more through:

• Individual and group prayer
• Small group devotionals
• Worship
• Study
• Classes
• Reading the Word
• Practical works
• Friendships
• Openness
• The Gospel
• Pastoral attention

The purpose of this school is to help you to replace the old habits in your life with those that God’s word encourages. In this way we achieve the same vision as that which God has for the world, coming to understand the need and urgency for missionaries in the field.

Perhaps you too will become one of them.

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Snowboarding

That’s right, with such great snow down here in the southermost tip of the world, we have decided to offer a Discipleship Training School (DTS) for Snowboarders. All are welcome, from experienced snowboarders to those who want to learn. It will be a mix of classes in the classroom and classes on the mountain.

We are still working out all of the details but if you are interested please send us a comment and let us know. We will keep you informed.

UPDATE (July ’11): The school has been rescheduled for winter 2013. We are looking forward to having a lot of fun learning about God on the mountain.

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6a-GtoWu0U

Where is Ushuaia? What does it look like? Where is YWAM Ushuaia? These are some of the questions asked by those who hear of Ushuaia. Others have heard that it is called the “End of the World” but don’t really know why.

Ushuaia, known as the southernmost city in the world, has a unique location at the bottom of the Americas, but better than explaining it is seeing it on a map. So we have created this short video to answer all of your questions and more.

If you have further questions, please feel free to contact us.

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2 Week Bible School

A two week intensive Bible training course from the 21st June to the 2nd of July. Two weeks to learn more about God, to discover the Bible in a new light, to learn techniques that will help you continue to study the Bible for years to come. Search out the depths of the Scriptures to find the truths of God using proven methods.

If you have always wanted to study the Bible, or learn how to; if you have a desire to discover more of God’s truths found in His book; or if just reading the Bible is no longer enough: then this is the next step. Learn, discover, enjoy, be challenged, and delight in the Word of God as you study the Bible and allow yourself to be transformed by what you discover.

21 June – 2 July 2011. Be there.

Contact us for further details and applications.

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Ushuaia under Snow

On May 9th we start our DTS in the southernmost city in the world. In winter. Snow. Lots of snow.

DTS Under the Snow

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