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Justice DTS 2010 – Students, Speakers & Staff
As September gets closer, so too does our upcoming Justice Discipleship Training School, scheduled to begin at the end of that month. Our student roster is already almost completely full (but we still a few openings left!), so we thought we would share with you the great crew we have lined up for this year. [...]
Summer Program Update
It seems like such a short amount of time since our blog title was “Mission Adventures Summer Staff Needed”, especially considering it’s already been several weeks since we said goodbye to our summer staff after an extremely full summer! That being said, a summary will have to suffice. First, a bit about our amazing summer [...]
Doing Justice & Missional Formation
Recently, several people have mentioned our frequent use of Micah 6:8 in our materials. They wondered if it was just because it was a popular verse on justice or if we had really thought through what it means to us. It is a good question, because it is a very significant and formational verse for [...]
Mission Adventures Summer Staff Needed
With summer coming, we are gearing up to run our exciting Mission Adventures program! We are still looking for short term staff for this summer, as it shaping up to be our biggest one yet. Alongside experienced, full-time staff, you will have the opportunity to jump in and get your hands dirty, explore the needs [...]
JDTS 2009/2010 – Final Blog Post
From Jesse Hunter, JDTS student blogger: It’s strange to be sitting in our Winnipeg living room yet again. The month in Thailand and ten days in Vancouver were packed with a wide variety and great quantity of experience, however, it feels like it slipped through our hands and into the past in a heartbeat. The pictures [...]
JDTS Returns to Winnipeg Tomorrow
The JDTS has not had the kind of access to the internet that allowed them to regularly update the blog. However, their time in Thailand and Vancouver has been great. Tomorrow they return to Winnipeg for their final week of debrief. Keep an eye out for some great updates and final posts to the blog! [...]
Thailand Update #2
Update: Jesse Hunter, DTS Student It has only been two weeks in Thailand and honestly so so much has been happening. We stayed in two different villages, one for 4 and one for 5 days. The first was a hill tribe of Karen people from Burma. We stayed in bamboo huts. On a tangent, bamboo [...]
Thailand Update #1 – Team Arrives Safely
From YWAM UMWinnipeg staff member, Lindsey Ainsworth: Hey all! We just wanted to let you know that we have arrived safely, despite a lost passport (then found) and several other minor mishaps on the way. My first time on Korean Air was slightly disappointing due to the false advertising regarding personal t.v. screens (on an [...]
Outreach Week 1 – UGM – JDTS 09
NOTE: The JDTS is now in Thailand on outreach, so updates will be less frequent as they have access. After a brief nine day holiday that saw most of us going home, our first week back in Winnipeg was spent working at the Union Gospel Mission. UGM is a non-denominational urban mission in the North [...]
Relationships – Kara T. – Week 12 – JDTS 09
The final week of lecture phase was graced by the presence of Kara T. and her teachings about relationships. Having studied for a degree in psychology and working towards her Masters in marriage and family therapy, combined with years of first hand experience, Kara brought with her a versatile selection of tools to aide us [...]