Quick Facts about YWAM
-Founded by Loren and Darlene Cunningham in 1960
-Operates in more than 1,000 locations within 149 countries
-Current operating staff is more than 16,000 (the staff volunteers their time - no salaries)
-Nearly half the staff comes from non-Western Countries (Brazil, Korea, India, Indonesia, Nepal)
-Sends out 25,000 short-term missionaries each year
Here is a video of the history of the University of the Nations campus in Kona, Hawaii
This is a video put together by some of the students who did the Compassion DTS in Kona, Hawaii that finished in March, 2009
The leaders for my school, Pieter and Dawn Heres, have been involved with YWAM since 1984 and are doing amazing things. Their website explains more: www.heresfamily.com
I would be thrilled to go work with children in Cambodia or anywhere else God may call our team. We will pray about our missions outreach the first few weeks of school and should know where we will be going by the beginning of October.
Other websites you may want to look at: (just select, copy, and paste in a new browser window)
www.ywam.org/contents/abo_introduction.htm
www.uofnkona.edu
www.uofnkona.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=179&Itemid=128
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