It’s a bit sad to me that with the end of the Olympic Games, there is somewhat of an exodus out of the city and life returns to “normal.” The Paralympic Games seem to ride on the coat-tails of the Olympics. Here at YWAM Vancouver we’ve had to take that into consideration to figure out [...]
The Daily – Feb. 25
*Prayer Stations – I had a ton of conversations today, they were really good. We went to the park on Commercial Drive. First I spoke with a Christian woman who had given up hope for her son to ever find Jesus. We were able to pray encouragement for her as well as her son. We [...]
We are in the middle of preparations for the Paralympic outreach and it’s a strange place to be in, one hand looking back at the amazing things God did during the Olympics, and then on the other hand holding our breath and looking into a big open expanse of everything else that lies beyond that [...]
Buying Sex is not a sport…..Today was the biggest action yet, with more than 60 people present, and it was one of the biggest audiences for our action, with one hockey game emptying out and one hockey game loading into Canada Hockey Place.
Commercial Drive Warming Stations…I saw someone that I remembered from the first time [...]
by Katherine Loucks
“I don’t want you to pray for me, and I don’t want to hear about God loving me”. Those were the first words out of Kathryn’s mouth when I sat down to talk to her on the sidewalk. I had stopped and spoken with her before, but today something in me really wanted to hold [...]
We’ve been busy. So busy. But now the busyness is not about writing schedules and planning accommodation, it’s all about final debrief times. We’ve had 15 teams from all over the world participating in this outreach, and after a lot of work and prayer and joy and tears, they are all starting to go home. Some [...]
by Hannah deKleer
Another installment from the daily report-back on this Tuesday evening:
A few people from the Vancouver DTS went to the Downtown East Side – Hastings area. Prayer walking and had a sign that said ‘Free Prayer’, also helped set up some tents for the homeless in the area. The presence of the Lord was [...]
From 7-8pm, Monday-Saturday, we have what we’ve been calling “The Daily”.
It’s a great chance for us to get together and share stories about what has been going on and all that God has been doing. To share encouragement, thoughts, ideas, hopes, fears and to be reminded that every cup of hot chocolate poured, every person [...]
by Jonathan Schmidt
Along side of all the beauty of Vancouver, and the excitement around the Games, I have also seen many things that have broken my heart. I will only write about one example. The night before last a old women in a wheelchair approached me on the street. Her legs were so small and hung [...]