Inspiring stories from around Central Europe
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Come along or just be inspired! Either way, at Youth With A Mission Central Europe we love sharing our stories with you and the world. There is always something exciting happening at our different locations and in our communities. Read about our amazing DTSes or outreaches to students, children at risk or trafficking victims. You can also read great teaching articles that have come out of years of hands on ministry and experience. We love passing on all that God is doing in our midst…Come check it out!
Score a goal or win the championship? – Football Camp in Romania
The pandemic created many questions and unknown factors during the last two years of our ministry. We cancelled some of the summer camps or decided to move on with other projects. But overall, we've tried to obey God; if He said "Go!" then off we went. And we asked...
Covenant Weekend with Kings Kids Poland
We've started a Mission School like a mini DTS here in Kings Kids Poland. It's for youth who love God and want to make Him known. They come from all over Poland to learn how to serve in missions in another country. During the school year, we have four Missionary...
Walking on Raging Waters – DTS in 2021
March 2021. Questions. Prayers. Do I still want to throw myself into the void? Do I want to risk once again a quarantine, a disease in DTS? Am I ready to take responsibility for more than thirty people exposed to the virus? How far am I ready to go in faith? These...
Faith and Conflict
For the 5th Bosnian and Herzegovinian Faith and Conflict we went to a completely new destination, Tuzla. We were joined by a DTS team from YWAM Enniskillen and others from YWAM Rostrevor, both bases in Northern Ireland.We had a wonderful week, with many learning...
House Blessings in Serbia!
This is a story about a couple, Ivan and Elizabeta. They live in a small village, close to the city of Niš, South East Serbia. The COVID-19 pandemic and the restrictions on day to day life which ensued, left us and the outreach team we work with unsure of how we could...
Romania: Through My Eyes
I recently spent 3 months in Romania, working as a volunteer with YWAM Constanta. My main purpose for this trip was to work alongside the base, offering my expertise and knowledge with media and communication skills. A large part of this mission was to photograph the...
The story from in front of a fireplace: A man who met Jesus!
Brother Gheorghe, a man who met Jesus March 2020 - all of Europe entered into lockdown; beyond our continent more than half the world had locked down, even though comparatively few people had been diagnosed with COVID at that stage. In fact, COVID did not start as...
A great Mini DTS in Bulgaria
This year we have again cancelled the standard 6-month DTS for several reasons. The lack of students was a big factor. A few of the teachers were unclear about their vaccinations and over the course of a few weeks a lot of things changed and it brought me considerable...
Slovenia
Hello YWAM Family! These past couple of weeks here in Slovenia have been an absolute blessing and testament to God’s infinite love and grace! A team from YWAM Grimerud, Norway, as well as a staff from the Cologne, Germany base, stayed with us for two weeks while...
Homes of Hope Cluj
Mountain? Seaside? Surfing? Hiking? Traveling or just relaxing? So many options to choose from when it comes to how to spend your vacations. But this year God made me an offer in addition to the ones mentioned above: What about building a social house in 6 days? I...
“I feel so stressed!”
It happens to all of us. In one way or another, we all experience some level of stress in our lives. The good news is that it's not all bad! Yes, that’s right, some stress is good for us, but too much can wreak havoc on our lives if we don’t learn to deal with...
Found In Prague
How do you reach your young people during the middle of lockdown? This was a question I found myself asking at the beginning of this year when we were still struggling with lockdowns here in the Czech Republic. The youth group I lead hadn’t been able to meet in person...
We have TCKs in our midst!
We have WHO around us? That is what I often hear. TCK is the acronym for Third Culture Kids. In the book, Third Culture Kids, Growing up Among Worlds, that is like the “bible” of TCKs, here is the definition: “A traditional third culture kid (TCK) is a person...