Greetings friends,

Yes believe it or not you have

received a Christmas newslet-

ter before Christmas!! Yay!

You are reading this letter

because you have been part of

my journey and I want to

thank you for your partner-

ship with me. For without

you I could not be serving in

the call God has given me.

The last few months have

been ones to remember with

an abundance of things going

on and on a few occasions my

brain getting fried!! :) We

have had the National Leaders

Meeting and also the Ship

hand over Nation meeting.

Also the Slingshot Interna-

tional Leadership training

which I had the privilege of

been apart of. With this off

the back of the Mission Ad-

venture outreaches to Palm

Island. Then last week we did

some intensive training with

AusLife, which run an amaz-

ing ministry in many public

high schools across Australia.

Am currently involved in

preparations for Impact Sum-

mer, which is part of the

youth arm of Stable on the

Strand which is a huge com-

bined churches and missions

outreach in Townsville each

year. Focused on a drama-

tized reenactment of the birth

of Christ. It is a huge evan-

gelism opportunity with num-

bers of people going through

each year in the 40 to 50

thousand people category.

Throughout this God has

been at times painfully refin-

ing me. I‟ve felt a bit like the

Apostle Paul at times… Spirit

leading one way and flesh

wanting to walk the opposite.

Palm Island-Queen Fish we caught

drag net fishing with locals.

Happy Birthday Jesus-Christmas Greetings!

YWAM Australia is moving

into a season of quite large

expansion, with a number of

bases increasing training op-

portunities and expanding.

Three of the national minis-

tries that have been major

focal points this year have

been the Mega Cities, an ini-

tiative started out in Perth

base– a vision to saturate the

targeted Mega Cities of the

world (currently in Mexico

City) with teams of love in all

shapes and sizes. Also the

Mercy ministries has released

millions internationally. Then

the ship ministry nationally is

now based in Townsville with

the gift of the medical ship a

month ago. We need your

partnership, your prayer, your

participation and provision

that comes from your hand to

move into the next great

phase of our journey. Could

you pray about partnering

with a YWAM Australia base

and or a national ministry.

Big Picture-YWAM Australia

Tim’s YWAM Adventures

December 2010

Volume 1, Issue 3

Tim’s YWAM

Adventures

Prayer points:

Putting God above all

Building deep bloke

relationships

Ministry boundaries…

‘saying no’

Keeping Jesus central to

all that I’m doing,

resting in him

Pursuit of Network oppor-

tunities

Opening up of relation-

ships with PNG and Palm

island contacts for Mis-

sion Adventures

Godly visionary ideas

Small group choice next

year-with local church,

what day…

Local church

commitments balance

Palm Island Jetty- Accidentally baptized a

YWAM phone that was in my pocket

here… :) woops!! Unfortunately it could

not be revived…

Continue to pray for these beautiful people of

Palm.

Stable on the Strand Jesus’s Birthday!

Photo from previous year

Impact Summer Camp

Youth will serve at Stable on

the Strand in various capaci-

ties… café, prayer rooms,

skate ramps, soccer, dramas,

live bands plus more.

Stable on the Strand

' I will pour out my

Spirit on all people.

Your sons and

daughters will

prophesy,

your young men will

see visions,

your old men will

dream dreams.

Even on my servants,

both men and women,

I will pour out my

Spirit...'Acts 2 17..

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Looking back… Palm Island...snapshot from prayer letters “But hey, Palm Island... God is moving. There seems to be a real spiritual shift on the island, even the gradual opening up of the people over the few weeks we were there. You would not have believed how many things went wrong during the three trips, with groups missing ferries, kitchen facilities no longer available, accommodation no longer feasible, such open spiritual warfare with even in the first week a demon manifesting and then physically attacking one of the staff, things been stolen etc. But in complete contrast, a number of the MA students gave their lives to Christ and some of the local kids made first time commitments. One particular story that really encouraged me was during the third week, then myself and the staff including Doug and Suanne Knight (old Wycliffe Bible Translators that were once in PNG) were praying and discussing how the students were going, when we were interrupted by a man shouting up the driveway of where we were staying. One thing led to another and Jarred and Andrea asked us to pray for them. As we began to pray and listen to their story, we discovered that Jarred had actually been planning and on his way to hang himself and Andrea was trying to talk him out of it. We had the privilege of leading them to Christ as they recommitted their lives to him”.

Mission Adventure Possibilities

YWAM Medical Ship happenings...

I am patiently waiting to see what God has in store for mission adventures and all the possibilities that entails. Cur-rently we (youth depart-ment) have put through a proposal to begin to multiply mission adven-tures up to and beyond 2013. It is exciting to pray and see what God is putting on our hearts. This may entail mobiliz-ing and training and equipping local youth in Papua New Guinea, which I am really, really excited and passionate about. Currently I feel as though God is really teaching me about his timing and also realizing I can not please every-one. Currently I have a number of schools wanting clarification and commitments for next year. However currently due to a number of changes we have to put it on hold. Part of me wants to honor

them and make promises, but I am beginning to realize that I can not always do this. Which may mean we lose

schools temporarily, but Gods plans are always better and much bigger. The other thing I am really beginning to un-

derstand and grow in, is mov-ing from being my own boss and been able to make things happen fast yet not always

with quality to been involved in a team and following a lot of protocol and waiting on God‟s timing a lot more than running in like a bull at a gate like I used to.

But that‟s enough for me, I pray that you have a really refresh-ing break and enjoy spending time with your family. As in the end, as God keeps reminding me, it is about relation-ship with God and people. By our love for each other we are known...

Bless you guys!! Love you heaps! Enjoy Celebrating Christ‟s Birthday!!

success. Here is a quick snap-

shot of what happened and

what you could also be in-

volved in helping out first

hand on the ship in the future.

Check this out:

http://www.youtube.com/

watch?v=jHlI6xw2OPk

So as many of you know, the

Medical Ship has spent quite

some time now up in PNG

and has now returned to it‟s

home port in Townsville.

Thanks to the many thou-

sands of hours volunteered,

glasses, toothbrushes, birthing

kits and medical equipment

donated the trip was a huge

Early next year the ship

will spend time up in

PNG for six months.

For repairs and then

ministry. As our base

director reminded us

the other day, please pray for us. As we are experiencing a lot of

favour and success that we do not lose sight of keeping Christ

central to all that we do and to give him the glory. As a mate of

mine said on DTS, “Keep the main thing, the main thing”.

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Whether you eat

or drink, or

whatever you do,

do all to the glory

of God —1

Corinthians 10:31

This would be a good place to insert a short paragraph about

your organization. It might include the purpose of the organiza-

tion, its mission, founding date, and a brief history. You could

also include a brief list of the types of products, services, or pro-

grams your organization offers, the geographic area covered (for

example, western U.S. or European markets), and a profile of

the types of customers or members served.

It would also be useful to include a contact name for readers who

want more information about the organization.

Youth With A Mission

Youth & Mission Adventures

PO Box 6221

Townsville QLD 4810 Australia

Ph: +61 7 4771 2123

E: tims@ywamrto.org

www.ywamrto.org

Skype: tim.stewart777

Mob. 0408369880

Updates are on Facebook, via „Tim‟s

YWAM Adventures‟ group, request link on

Tim‟s Facebook page

Palm Island-Local girl participating in face painting! :) Mission Adventures

Donate This is hard for me to ask for,

but as many of you know,

when working for YWAM you

don’t get paid. So I’m relying

fully on your financial support.

Thanks so much for your

partnership. Bank Details:

T R STEWART

BSB: 704230

Account no: 100320198

(Westpac-police credit co op)

Or through the base: http://www.ywamrto.org/finances

Tim’s YWAM Adventures

Photo to Left

Locals waiting for Medical Treatment

Pray It never ceases to amaze me how

I see God work through our

prayers. Thanks you so much!

For those that feel called to inter-

cede and pray on a more regular

basis. Please email me and I will

put you on my more regular up-

date/prayer email group. Love

to hear what I can pray with and

into for yourselves also. Thanks

for being such a blessing

Contact Love to hear from you,

either via letter, email,

postcard, phone. I feel so

encouraged and blessed to

be involved in praying and

hearing how you are doing.

It is so encouraging. Feel

free to come up to Towns-

ville for a break or visit :)

For contact details see top

Left of page. Thanks :)