Foster Care in East Asia

Our base has established a long term team in Asia (the team that Vivan -below- works with). This thriving pioneering group, with international missionaries as well as local Asian believers, have now pioneered a work in a neighboring nation.

1o girls have recently moved into a border nation and established a foster care work. They are finding children and placing them in loving, healthy homes while discipling and ministering the love of God to the children and parents they interact with. In their spare time they are leading Hindus to the Lord right left and center. In their first two months 80 Hindus have come to know Jesus through their evangelism. It's a remarkable move of God, and it's only the beginning!

Ministry in Brothels

Every Thursday our base goes out and does evangelism together. This year our focus is on the poor and the needy - the homeless, the street kids, the hopeless and destitute. My team has been going to a bus station where there are many alcohol/drug addicts, a YMCA location where many homeless find temporary accommodation, and a hospital to pray for people and visit those who are alone. (More on that to come in future weeks!)

Another group has been focusing on prostitutes in local brothels. Two weeks ago, my friend Jenn got to go inside and share the whole gospel with one of the girls. Susan is Thai and had NEVER heard Jesus's name before. Ever. She was touched by the message of Jesus and when Jenn asked if they could give her a Bible in Thai she said she would like that. Last week they went into the brothel again and got to share a testimony with the madame of the house. After they shared with her, just before they left, the madame turned to my friends and said "By the way, I gave Susan the Bible and she was thrilled."

Please pray for Susan (and the madame) to be touched by the Holy Spirit through the written word!

Bringing Healing to High Schools

Last week a team of YWAMers from our base (in Perth) was able to give a week long seminar on broken family relationships in a local Australian school. God has opened doors for this ministry, called Nexwave, to share about values in secular high schools and through it they have seen increasing openness to the gospel. They shared all week about broken family relationships and then invited the teens to an event on the weekend (away from school so that there was more open opportunity to speak freely about God). At the weekend event they shared about God's response to broken families and about Jesus Christ. When they asked if anyone would like to start living a life with Jesus 21 teens made a decision to give their lives to Christ!

To find out more about the Nexwave ministry check out
http://www.ywamperth.org.au/nexwave/

Making disciples in Asia

Vivian came to do her DTS in 2009. She was a shy girl from the East Coast. She grew up in a Christian home but couldn't say she really knew God personally. In fact, when we talked about ways that we can hear God actually trying to communicate to us - to speak to us - Vivian had her doubts about whether this was true or wacky spiro talk. She learned about how God can talk to us through thoughts, impressions, pictures, visions, songs, and many other ways. The first time she recognized God speaking to her, her eyes lit up and it was like she fell in love with God all in an instant. She became a very hungry listener, she loved hearing the Father speak to her.

A couple months later, during a worship time, God said 2 words: "Asia, January" and she felt God leading her to take a school that would prepare her to do missions in Asia* for two years. In love with this personal God, she decided to obey. She has been working there for over a year now and is seeing multiplication of new believers - new believers leading other people to the Lord and leading their own house churches. Here's what she wrote about one of the men her team led to the Lord a couple years ago and whom they now work with regularly:

"Peter came to know the Lord through my team. What's stood out to me about Peter is his consistency in seeking God and commitment to wholehearted obedience. He is also serventhearted and has helped our team practically in many mays. It's exciting to see him growing in leadership. The church is very teachable and hungry to know the Bible. Peter is one of the oldest and maturest members [of the house church] and is now officially one of the leaders."

Vivian came to do a 6 month course to know God a little bit better. Now she is advancing the kingdom in Asia and loving life! What an amazing God!

*Specific country not mentioned for security purposes. Vivian's name has been changed for that reason, too.