YWAM Salem Fall Staff Conference

Every September, for three days we have our YWAM Salem staff conference.  It is always a great time. This was a special conference for three main reasons when I look at it.  First, is we got to hear an amazing challenging message via the internet from YWAM's founder Loren Cunningham. What an amazing man of God!  He has literally been to every nation on the planet, and his message was tremendously inspiring to all of us YWAM'ers. I would highly suggest watching it by clicking on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-Tr64QyL8s&feature=share&list=PLRjvOusQuQkodw3rlmR15sX6rbLon8PPx and start around minute 42. It is a great message!  The second reason our conference was special was that we were able to pray out and commission the starting of YWAM Yosemite!  For the past three years, a couple has been in training at our campus here in Salem, and are now going to pioneer a YWAM base rite outside Yosemite National Park!  We are already discussing getting Mission Adventures started there for next summer!  The third reason the conference was special for me personally was I ran into a past Mission Adventures student named Peter who is on his way to Montana to go do a DTS there and go into the mission field!  And it was his time with Mission Adventures that played a vital role in that process!

Above picture during a worship time at our Fall Staff Conference

Above picture of Peter and I.  Peter came to Mission Adventures two years in a row...now onto the Mission field!

Above picture of Annie and Juba.  A beautiful picture of the multi-cultural beauty of being a YWAM Missionary.