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*note: this blog post was written by a student on June 12th, 2020 🙂 * Today is the day that  I thought I'd be graduating from YWAM Maui’s DTS program. I thought I’d be returning from outreach, celebrating and sharing all the things God had done overseas and reminiscing about all the memories we had made. …
I’m Rebekka, from Germany, and I was a part of the Winter DTS of 2020! During my time on Maui, the biggest thing that the Lord taught me was to enjoy living in community. I grew up with four siblings and I really loved being around them. I also loved hanging out with friends. But …
When I was asked to staff the Surf DTS my mind instantly flooded with anxious thoughts. Thoughts like “why me?” and “I’m not equipped to be a leader.”  Leadership has always been a weighty word for me, a word where so many names would come to mind, but never my own. Bethany Hamilton, Loren and Darlene …
Looking back on my DTS I can’t help but feel like it was a dream. It was such a beautiful experience that I am so thankful to have had, even though it ended sooner than I had ever anticipated. DTS was a season of “refining” for me. I use the word refining because there were …
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Worship is such a cool thing, it’s so cool, not to be repetitive but it is so cool. I learned pretty young that worship was a lot more than someone singing a song while the congregation clapped along. I was blessed enough to grow up in a house where worship was in everything, despite the …
Hello everyone!!! I am so so excited to fill you in on what the Lord has been up to here at YWAM Maui. The past few weeks have been filled with lectures, quiet times, work duties, weekend adventures, intercession, cliff jumping, heart pruning, outreach prep, shenanigans, hard things, homework, worship and SO. MUCH. JOY. It's …
HI EVERYONE!!! I am currently sitting on my bed (the top of a three-tier bunk bed), with a pretty sick sunburn (yes already, even with sunscreen), surrounded by 12 sweet girls who are all beginning the same adventure, and BOY am I grateful. Every moment thus far, including this one, has felt very surreal. And …
Here we are, this almost feels surreal. As I write this, there are only nine days until we hop on a plane to the Philippines. I wish I could accurately describe how I'm feeling but, if I'm being honest, I'm not even sure I understand. Lecture Phase has FLOWN by, it feels like yesterday that …
I must have been in third or fourth grade at the time. Church retreats were always a good time, it was more or less a three-day sleepover with a bunch of friends while the adults did stuff. I remember one time in particular where me and my friends were running around, and as I ran …