Life Update- Back in England, What Next?

As some of you know I was away from England for the most part of a year working with a organisation called YWAM or Youth with a Mission. While  in Jamaica and Guyana (see previous blog posts) what I got most fired up about was community action (helping practically in the communities where it is [...]

Into the Jungle, Imbaimadai.

As we flew over 1 hour of dense jungle and beautiful waterfalls, at the end of the flight as the town of Imbaimadai came into view we saw the mountains surrounding it which coupled with the hundreds of hundreds of miles of jungle makes it nearly impossible to get to by anything other than by [...]

Off to Imbaimadai in the Jungle Interior of Guyana

Flying out tomorrow on the one hour flight in the smallest plane I will have ever been on. Tonight we are weighing all our bags and ourselves as they need to know exactly the weight of everything for such a small plane.  The flight will take us over the jungle towards Imbaimadai an Amerindian town [...]

Guyana- “The Land of Many Waters”

Along with the team headed to Trinidad we caught the island hopping plane from Kingston, Jamaica across the carribean making stops in St Maarten, Barbados, Trinidad and finally in Guyana.
That morning in team time we had been discussing how its important to not just confine the outreach work to within the projects we are doing [...]

Off to Guyana

We’re all packing now  in preparation for the 7 week outreach in Guyana; (back on the 19th June). Really looking forward to the change of scenery and to see what God has in store for us in this beautiful part of South America.
First of all we are staying in the YWAM Guyana Base which is [...]

Local Outreach

For a week we went up to Mandeville where we stayed at the Carribean Christian School for the deaf. Each day we worked around the school helping in various different ways  painting the school bathrooms, sanding chairs and helping out around the schools farm among other jobs. I learnt a small amount of sign language [...]

Feeding the Poor and Homeless, Latest Update

Time is flying by so quickly, we’re nearly in my 7th week of the lecture phase and it is little over a month before we go on outreach. It is official I am going to Guyana ; roughly half of us are going to Guyana and the other half to Trinidad. As we have been [...]

Week in Mandeville, Jamaica

Last week we spent the week in at the Stones Hope base in Mandeville which is way up in the mountains and around 3 hours drive from Montego Bay.  The scenery was incredible and with hardly any light pollution the stars were very beautful, it was interesting seeing how different the constellations were on the [...]

Our Outreach Locations Revealed

Two weeks has gone by so quickly.  The lessons we had on Biblical overview this week were really insightful and encouraging. My particular favourite was looking at the different names of God revealed in the Bible and their meanings. My highlight is  that God chooses to be known by the name that shows is personal [...]

Second Week at YWAM Mobay

I feel I’m settling well into life here at YWAM. The atmosphere around the base is uplifting and the team and staff so encouraging. I’m surprise how quickly all of us on the DTS team are getting to know each other and grow closer together. We have a great time discussing the differences in cultures [...]