A YWAM Worcester promotional video

I would like to share this latest video about YWAM Worcester with you. It gives a very nice summery of our work here at the base, including schools and ministries etc. It was specially done for the opening of the new Lifestyle Christian Academy building on Saturday 6 September 2014.

NEWS FROM THE PIENAARS JUNE 2014

Greetings from Worcester.

With the year fast approaching the halfway point, it is with a grateful heart that we look back on the first half of the year. There are so many stories to be told, miracles that Father God has done in students' lives, and changes that God is bringing on the base. One of the first things that comes to mind is the great financial miracles that the Troubadour DTS saw as God provided for them for their outreach to Brazil. We are currently hearing beautiful testimonies of drug lords that are experiencing the love of God and young people in gangs that are being touched by the testimonies of the students. This is what one of the staff members commented on her social network “Today was an unforgettable day for me. So many emotions, so many revelations, so many realizations..... I'm blown away by God's love for me!” Praise God for what he is doing.

The end of the term is also exam time for the children. What made it a bit different this term for Chané is that she had to write her exam with her left hand due to the fact that she cracked her wrist during hockey practice. Her arm was in plaster and it only came off this week. Something that she is very grateful for.

Rozelle is also busy with her exam, but had the opportunity yesterday during one of her off days to work on a school project “Job Shadowing”. This meant that she spent the day at the christian school on the base following one of the teachers around to get a good idea of exactly what she does. She enjoyed the whole experience tremendously and actually just wants to go back to do it again.

On the topic of the christian school – we are looking forward to the completion of the school building currently being built on the base. The builders are currently in the last phases of the building process and if everything goes well we are planning to have the official opening of the new Lifestyle Christian Academy school building in August.

The BCC Bible school ends this week and that will be the lasts school for this term. The weekend of 6 July will be the start of the next term and we are looking forward to meeting all the new students as they arrive on the base. The schools that will be running next term is: The Family Ministry School, The Primary Health Care school, the Awakening Discipleship Training School and the English Language School. Please pray with us for each one of these students as we continue to disciple the nations. (Matt 28:19)

We would love to hear from you.

Blessings

Arno and Mariska

NUUS VAN DIE PIENAARS Oktober 2013 (Ons Oktober nuusbrief)

Groete hier uit Worcester. Daar het soveel gebeur hierdie laaste paar maande en ons wil graag met julle van die hoogtepunte deel.

Hier by YWAM staan ons aan die begin van 'n nuwe termyn, met studente wat arriveer van so ver as Congo Brazaville, maar ons het ook sopas ons “Awakening DTS” studente uitgestuur op hulle praktiese uitreikfase en weereens was die vreugde groot soos wat ons Hemels Vader wonderwerke gedoen het deur vir die verskillende spanlede te voorsien. Die spanne het vertrek na Mosambiek, Switserland en ook 'n spannetjie wat in Suid-Afrika bly en hulle uitreik afskop in Port Elisabeth. Ander skole wat klaargemaak het hierdie teryn was die “Family Ministry School”, die “Introduction to Primary Healthcare” en soos altyd ook ons Engelse Skool.

Nie net het ons skole aangebied nie, maar ons het ook die voorreg gehad om verskeie uitreikspanne te huisves wat in en om Worcester uitreik gedoen het. Een van die groepe, “Heartbridge”- 'n drama en dans groep- kom al die pad van van Kona Hawaii af. Hulle het wonderlike geleenthede gehad om in skole, kerke en sommer ook net in die opelug optree in die maand wat hulle hier saam met ons was. Huidiglik is daar ook 'n spannetjie studente van Denver Colorado wat ons vir twee weke huisves terwyl hulle in die omgewing werk.

Op die huisfront het ons die vreugde gehad om Rozelle se 16de

verjaarsdag saam te vier. Haar tema was “Om die Wêreld”, en sy en haar maats het die aand heerlik saam geniet. Ons kon 'n hele paar verteenwoordigers betrek van verskillende lande hier op die basis en so het die jongmense dan by ses verskillende lande 'n ietsie ervaar van daardie kultuur - tot almal se genot.

Chané het haar graad drie klavier eksamen gespeel hierdie termyn en al die harde oefening was toe die moeite werd. Sy het eerste in haar klas ge-eindig. Wat dit bietjie anders gemaak het is dat dit haar tweede keer was wat sy hierdie jaar eksamen gespeel het. Haar juffrou het besluit dat sy reg was om twee grade hierdie jaar te doen.

Soos baie van julle reeds weet het ek en Mariska 'n uitdagende klompie maande agter die rug met die afsterwe van my pa sowel as Mariska se ma. Te midde van alles kan ons getuig dat ons Hemelse Vader genoeg genade gee vir elke dag. Arno se ma kuier huidiglik bietjie hier by ons. Baie dankie vir elkeen se gebede en bystand teenoor ons gedurende hierdie tyd.

Ons sien uit na die laaste deel van die jaar. Ons is opgewonde oor wat gebeur hier op die YWAM basis en wat die toekoms inhou. Ons weet dat dit jou gebede en bystand is wat dit help moontlik maak.

Baie liefdegroete
Arno en Mariska

National Braai day in South Africa 24 September.

Getting ready for National Braai day in South Africa - YWAM style :)!!

Friends for Life workshop - a great success.

 

The weekend of the 13-15 September 2013 YWAM Worcester hosted the Friends for Life workshop. The workshop was oranized and run by Christiaan and Tineke Baas, YWAM Worcester staff members and also overseers of REAPP (Relationship Enrichment by Applying Preventive Principles) in South Africa.

Thirty six people attended the workshop. "It was the most diverse group we ever worked with!!" says Tineke. " Awesome put together. Local people from Roodewal, Avian Park and Langerug, YWAM-mers and even a couple that flew in from Nelspuit. Very interesting! God has done an amazing things this weekend in the hearts of many - and in ours."

The workshop is based on preventive principles for building relationships. Practical tools for every day use.

It was a very dynamic weekend with topics such as:

* successful communication

* using conflicts creatively, including the purpose of anger and how to deal with it in a healthy way

* teaching about intimacy and sexuality

This week they will continue to train three people as facilitators to take on the worship in Johannesburg and Potchefstroom and in three weeks time they will also have the opportunity to train the Family Ministry School students to become facilitators. This is good news as it means that REAPP South Africa in multiplying!

The Troubadour DTS arrive back from outreach and graduate.

On the 22nd of AUgust was the Troubadour DTS  graduation. The different teams arrived back on the base and as always the reunion of all the students and the catching up of all the stories was filled with much joy and excitement. The TDTS divided into four outreach groups after the lecture phase. Two of the teams went outside of South Africa , one to Angola and the other to India. The other two teams stayed in South Afirca, one of them working in and around Worcester and the other travelling to Jeffrey's bay and Whiteriver situated just north of Nelspruit in the Mpumalanga province. For some of them it is not the end of their journey with YWAM Worcester, as they will be returning to continue with the XBCC that will be running in September this year. Our prayer is that all the students will continue to build on the foundations that was laid during the TDTS, and we look forward to hearing the stories of how God has used them to make an impact where ever He will send them.

Rozelle and Chané take part in the Troubadour concert

It's the start of our second term of 2013 and Saturday night we had a great celebration organized by the Troubadour Discipleship Training School. This DTS, that has a special focus on the arts, start the term with and exciting event to set the pace and example for the students for the rest of the school. This year did not disappoint as we enjoyed an exciting and talent filled concert. Rozelle and Chané was also privileged to take part. Rozelle coached two of the dances with the smaller children (Chané danced in one of them) and also took part in a dance and a drama.