Hello all,

The past four weeks we have been located on base at YWAM Samoa where we finished off the 50th year celebration which was such a blessing to be a part of. To hear so many testimonies from those who have been involved and served with YWAM Samoa has really grown my heart for those who haven’t yet heard about Jesus or the Gospel. To share the Gospel with nations who haven’t heard it yet or are heavily influenced by other beliefs has become something that pulls on my heart and could definitely be something in the near future if the calling from God is there!!!

Since the ending of the celebration, we have been heading into the centre of Apia and hitting the streets finding people who need encouragement, prayer and to hear the Good news. It’s been such a faith building and encouraging time of hearing Gods voice and seeing the fruit come from God using us to be his hands and feet is so life-giving and fulfilling. The first day we went into Apia, we combined with the other two teams staying on base (Honolulu and Queenstown) and mixed up into groups of three and started at McDonalds and dispersed from there. The group that I was part of found this young man who had just left his family to get a bit of air and time to think. As we walked past Him I gave him a wave and he waved back with a smile on his face so we went and spoke to him what ended up being two hours. We had such an amazing conversation about his family, upbringing and Jesus who he knew a lot about coming from a Catholic family. He was able to ask questions and we were able to answer with what felt like such spirit lead answers and then were able to encourage and pray for him. It was a blessing to see God meet him in that time. He was so grateful for the conversation we were able to have and wanted to repay us in someway. Before we left I gave him a hug and reminded him how much God loves him and that was one of the longest and tightest hugs I’ve had in a long time.

This week we have been given the opportunity to go into schools and bring more items/dances, testimonies and encourage the students which is so life giving as well and continue to look forward to more opportunities where we get to encourage the youth of Samoa. With four weeks remaining of outreach, I look forward to seeing what else God has in store for our team and myself to step into and serve in Samoa!

I would like to once again say a huge thank you for all your support whether it be prayer or financial!! It has been such a blessing to know so many of you have been praying and have felt very covered by you’re prayers and to those who have generously given financial support since being here in Samoa, THANK YOU!!!

Many Blessings,

Will