Sunday, May 10, 2009

YWAM Conference in Costa Rica

In November, the week before heading off to outreach during my DTS (Discipleship Training School) we had the opportunity to go to Costa Rica for a Conference where the founder of YWAM (Youth With A Mission), Loren Cunningham, would be speaking. Fui a Costa Rica por una semana para asistir una conferencia de JuCUM. A few of us took this opportunity and flew from the Dominican Republic where we were completing our lecture phase to San Jose. This picture is of a fellow student (Sara) who was able to proudly display the Dominican flag during a procession of all the different nationalities that attended. Aquí está la bandera de la República Dominicana y amiga mia que tiene mucho flow.

During the conference I learned about OneStory. It is an amazing opportunity to go to an unreached people group and translate a bunch of Bible stories into their native tongue. You only have to dedicate 2 years of your life to this project. You get trained at one of several training centers around the world, you start learning the language while living amongst the people, then you begin translating stories and teaching the locals to pass it on. Eventually you end up with audio recordings and a plan for long-term opportunities like church planting, discipleship, and leadership development.

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