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Dates: September 16, 2012-March 12, 2013

Cost: $3350 (Lecture) + $2500-$3500 (Outreach)

“By our efforts, we have lit a fire in the minds of men. It warms those who feel its power, it burns those who fight its progress, and one day this untamed fire of freedom will reach the darkest corners of our world.”

This cry for freedom echoes around the world. It echoes behind dark curtains in Indian brothels. It echoes through African villages ravaged by drought. It echoes in the hilltribes of Myanmar where young boys are kidnapped and forced to become soldiers. So long as just one of us is bound, none of us is free.

Rescue Ops DTS will answer the cry from every man, woman, boy and girl who long to be free. The journey to find them is long and fraught with peril. We must be strong. We must be bold. We must “endure hardship as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.” (2 Tim. 2:3)

Our bodies must be fit, our minds sharp, and our spirits entwined with God if we are to encounter the darkness and overcome it with the light. We will begin with three months of bootcamp and lecture in Madison, WI. The day will begin at the crack of dawn with physical training and workouts. We will then join the Children at Risk DTS for several hours of worship, lecture and small group to train our hearts and minds to think as God thinks, act as God acts. The afternoons will include practical skills training that will be invaluable on the mission field (auto repair, construction, clean water initiatives, etc.). We will also break away from Madison for camping trips and wilderness survival training for a couple weeks.

After bootcamp, we will spend two months overseas. Outreach will take you to the darkest corners of the earth where the cry for freedom echoes the loudest. Past DTSes have gone to India, Thailand, Myanmar, Uganda and Kenya. On outreach, we will work with street kids, slum communities, sex slaves and refugees, as well as reach out to people of all ages through evangelism.

Rescue Ops DTS is the first step in our plans to develop rescue teams to free child soldiers, sex slaves, child laborers, and refugees.

“Help him to defend the poor, to rescue the children of the needy, and to crush their oppressors. He will rescue the poor when they cry to him; he will help the oppressed, who have no one to defend them. He will redeem them from oppression and violence, for their lives are precious to him.” (Ps. 72:4,12-14)

To learn more about the Discipleship Training School, visit the YWAM DTS homepage. (Rescue Ops DTS is everything that a YWAM DTS is, plus an additional focus on developing rescue teams.) If you are interested in receiving additional information or attending, please contact dts@ywammadison.org.

Past Outreach Highlights:

Rescued from a Brothel Read the dramatic story of the rescue of two young children from an Indian Brothel.

Meeting Jesus Under the Mango Tree Read about a Ugandan refugee (forced from his home by the LRA) who crossed paths with our team and told us that we were the answer to his 25 year prayer for his clan.

Clean Water for KenyaRead about our team’s adventure deep in the bush of Kenya where water is the most valuable resource.

{Photo at top by Children At Risk Foundation – CARF (www.carfweb.net)}

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A woman hiding in a dark closet. Her greatest fear: The john who would use her.

A boy running from his captors. His only hope: Someone like you or me.

These aren't made up stories or statistics. They are real people in our world today. We have met them. We have listened to their horror stories. And most of all, we have heard their cries for help.

The question is: Will you?

Raising support can feel like one of our greatest challenges as missionaries. But it doesn’t have to stay that way!

Join us for a one-week YWAM Fundraising Workshop that will give you the tools you need to succeed. Veteran YWAMers, Wick Nease and Steve Pontius, will share inspirational stories and concrete steps you can implement to radically increase your support. Whether you are in YWAM or serving with another ministry, you will benefit from this training.

Wick Nease joined YWAM in 1972. He served as YWAM North America’s Central District Director for a number of years. As Director, he noticed one common struggle. Missionaries would start strong, but end up leaving the field because they lacked funding.

To address this issue, Wick & Steve started running a one-week fundraising seminar for YWAM staff. In the first year, hundreds of staff attended. As staff implemented the strategies in the fundraising seminar, their support doubled that year! This trend continued. People who would have left the field could now accomplish the vision God gave them!

YWAM Fundraising Workshop includes:

• The biblical basis for fundraising
• Inspirational stories of God’s provision
• How to develop and refine your vision/mission statement
• How to develop a fundraising packet
• How to set up fundraising trips
• How to grow a support team
• How to communicate with your support team (newsletters, blogs, phone, gifts, etc.)
• How to maintain relationships with your donors

Register Now

Workshop Only $52.00 USD Workshop + Food/Housing $103.00 USD

Roommate Request (optional)

Dates: June 9 – July 21, 2012

Cost: $1800 (Tuition, Room and Board)

Seminars: We welcome YWAMers or members of the community to join us for any week of the Children at Risk Seminar. Commuter costs are $200/week (includes lunch each day). Resident Costs are $350/week (includes all meals and housing).

Apply: To attend any of the six weeks of the Children at Risk Seminar, complete your application here. You will also need a reference from a Pastor or a YWAM Leader and a reference from a Christian friend.

YWAM Madison is partnering with the Women and Children’s Advocacy Centre to offer a six week Children at Risk Seminar. Each week will feature teaching from ministry and social service professionals who have extensive experience helping children at risk. Through lectures, discussions, small group interaction, community living, assignments and research, you will discover new strategies to rescue and restore children at risk.

The stories of children around the world are staggering. Throughout the world millions of children are orphaned through war, through AIDS, through extreme poverty. Every seven seconds a child dies from a preventable disease. Drug addiction runs rampant. Children are sold into prostitution or forced to become child soldiers. They’re lost and they have no place to live. These children have no hope. And these are the ones that are on the heart of God.

The Children at Risk Seminar will focus on the needs of children around the world and the issues that put them at risk — sex trafficking, poverty, AIDS, abuse, child soldiers, and broken families. We will also focus on the heart of God who promises to be a “Father to the fatherless, who sets the lonely in families.” (Psalm 68:5,6)

CURRICULUM

Week 1-2 (June 11-15 & 18-22): Janna Moats & Colleen Millstein

• Overview of God’s heart for children at risk
• Think Like God thinks. Act Like God Acts.
• What the Bible says about orphans
• What are the needs of children
• Discovery of your gifts, strengths and skills that can be used to help children at risk (what each of you personally bring) + Strength Finders Testing
• How to work with international organizations (Networking).
• How do we use the UN Convention on the rights of a child?
• 3 Threads/Grid > God/World/You
• Child in the Middle
• Begin team projects

Week 3 (June 25-29): Steve Bartel (Practitioner from Columbia)

• How to rescue and restore street children

Week 4 (July 2-6): Dr. Carol Boyd

• How to restore attachment and bonding for orphans & children at risk

Week 5 (July 9-13): Lance Rawlins

• Developing new models for children’s homes
• Developing holistic strategies to affect impoverished communities
• What tools are out there to meet the needs of children at risk

Week 6 (July 16-20): Various Staff from the WCAC

• Problem solving various scenarios at risk kids face
• Student Presentations

Woven throughout all 6 weeks:

• Skype interactions with practitioners on the field who are working with street kids, AIDS orphans, child soldiers, etc.
• Team Children at Risk Projects

Children at Risk Internships (Ministry Partners)

For graduates of the Children at Risk School, the possibilities really are endless. Around the world, there are over 1000 YWAM ministries working with children at risk. Every one of these ministries has one pressing problem: the vision and the needs outnumber the workers. Often, a ministry’s greatest hindrance to receiving potential workers is that people are unaware of the need and what can be done to help. Our goal is to bridge the gap between children’s ministries (like schools, orphanages, street kids ministries, etc.) and children’s workers. After you complete the Children at Risk school, we can help place you as an intern to receive on the job training with children at risk.

Contained in these pages, you will find opportunities for networking, training or interning with children at risk ministries around the world. The opportunities  highlighted here are just a few of the many who can receive workers and equip them with on-the-job training.

If you are interested in another location, please contact Paul Allen via Paul@ywammadison.org. We want to do everything we can to see new workers trained and sent to work with children at risk. We will even help you research, prep and plan for CAR internships or pioneering of new ministries.

Apply Now

Past Outreach Highlights:

Rescued from a Brothel 

Read the dramatic story of the rescue of two young children from an Indian Brothel.

Meeting Jesus Under the Mango Tree 

Read about a Ugandan refugee (forced from his home by the LRA) who crossed paths with our team and told us that we were the answer to his 25 year prayer for his clan.

A Day with Pune’s Street Kids 

Read about our team providing a day of food, bathing and fun for Indian street kids.

The dinner will be Friday, November 18 at 5:00 pm and 7:00 pm at YWAM Madison’s Global Mission Center.

4802 Dakota Dr. Madison, WI 53704

Tickets: $10 at the door

RSVP below or by phone by November 16.
608.255.0500

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To learn more about YWAM Madison’s work with Children at Risk in Asia,
Africa and Latin America click one of the picture links below.

Our 25th Anniversary will be a celebration as we remember the past and look forward to the next 25 years. And of course, it will be a big family reunion! Spread the word to your DTS classmates, outreach teams, and anyone else who has been a friend of YWAM Madison!

Our guest speaker will be Jim Stier, head of YWAM’s Evangelism and Frontier Missions and former president of YWAM.

Location:
The celebration will be held at the YWAM Madison Training & Retreat Center, at the corner of Hwy 60 and Hwy N in Columbus, WI.

Schedule:
Friday, October 14, 7:00 – 8:30 PM
* We’re kicking off the celebrations with worship, testimonies from some of our alumni, a “Word from Warren,” and a message from Jim Stier.

Saturday, October 15
* Morning (10:00 – 11:30): After worship, Jim Stier will lead a “story time” with the DTS students. While this session is focused toward DTS and alumni, others are welcome to join us.
* Afternoon (1:00 – 4:30): Tour our newly renovated Training Center. Mingle with friends and swap stories. Giggle at old pictures. The new prayer room will be open if you would like to pray or be prayed for. Write God’s words for our next 25 years on our walls!
* Dinner (5:00): If you would like to join us for an informal soup dinner, please let us know!
* Evening (7:00 – 8:30): We’ll worship together and hear again from our alumni, Warren Keapproth, and Jim Stier. We will also take an offering.

If you have difficulty completing this online form, simply email us at ywam@ywammadison.org. Thanks!

By Jen, University DTS student

We’ve been in the city for a couple of weeks now, and so much has happened in my heart already. Of course everyone who travels will say that. But I certainly didn’t expect my heart to pound out such a loud a rhythm of love for the people here.

One of our first days, we went sightseeing to immerse ourselves in this new culture. Being here is like nowhere I’ve ever been. Instead of letters that form words I might eventually recognize, I see characters drawn everywhere. I don’t know if I’ve seen the same one twice yet.

It’s hot and the air is thick with exhaust, dust, and the smells of nearly 20 million people living in one city. By mid-afternoon, we were ready for a break. I sat near the side of the street and people-watched. Several people ate fresh, juicy cantaloupe on a stick as they walked by. Some stopped to throw away trash in a bin near me. After each person threw something away, a man fished through the bin to find it. He ate whatever was left or pocketed some treasure that he could sell or trade later.

“This man deserves so much more than other peoples’ waste!” I thought. That’s when this pounding rhythm in my heart grew louder. I couldn’t ignore it.

I found the vendor who sold the bright orange cantaloupe and bought one. When I gave it to the man, a wide smile stretched across his face. He looked giddy, like he couldn’t contain his delight.

There are more than a billion people in this country. It’s easy to look at that number and wonder what giving one stick of cantaloupe to one man on one street could accomplish. But I know in that moment, the juicy cantaloupe refreshed this man, brightened his eyes. In that moment, he felt like he mattered. Maybe today he doesn’t remember the foreigner who gave it to him, but I know I won’t forget. Because in that moment my heart beat with God’s heart and the sound it made was L-O-V-E.

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Part Two

At YWAM Madison, we believe that loss is not the end of the line for children at risk. We long to restore hope & joy to orphans & street kids. Our Children at Risk DTS teams put great effort into spoiling these kids. We plan extravagant parties and special outings. We deliver piles of gifts, toys, and gently used clothes and shoes. We engineer craft & game times. And we are looking for your help!

Option 1 – Become a Spoil the Kids Wish List Donor

Spoil the Kids Wish List Donors collect items from our Spoil the Kids Wish List. All items collected should be shipped or dropped off at our YWAM Madison main office.

YWAM Madison
ATTN: Spoil the Kids
4802 Dakota Dr.
Madison, WI 53704.

We will then send these items with our outreach teams to take to orphans and street kids around the world.

Option 2 – Plan a Party in a Bag

Party in a Bag Planners come up with a party idea for our outreach teams to use for orphans. Briefly outline your idea on paper and collect all the items necessary for our team to host that party. All these items should be put in a suitcase which should weigh less than 50 pounds. This suitcase would be shipped or dropped off at our main office.

YWAM Madison
ATTN: Spoil the Kids
4802 Dakota Dr.
Madison, WI 53704.

We will then take these items with our outreach teams and deliver them to orphans and street kids around the world.

(For Example – you could plan a pirate party and collect items to make pirate hats as a craft + send sugar cookie mixes that we could make cookies for the kids in the shape of treasure chests and send little candies along to decorate the cookies as the treasures. You also might want to throw in a few cookie cutters! You get the idea. Let your imagination go wild. :D)

Option 3 – Become a Spoil the Kids Cash Donor

As we host these parties in other countries, many of the items we need are much simpler and cheaper to buy there rather than to bring with us. Plus it helps the local economy and creates jobs. Lack of jobs is often a huge problem behind the children at risk crisis. In addition, it usually costs us $50-$100 in round trip luggage fees to transport the Spoil the Kids gifts & supplies overseas.

Consider donating to our Spoil the Kids fund. 100% of proceeds given to this fund will go to hosting special events for orphans and street kids.

You can mail checks to
YWAM Madison Accounting
ATTN: Spoil the Kids
PO BOX 8503
Madison, WI 53708

You can also donate online using paypal. All donations are tax-deductible.

Wish List

• Craft Supplies (crayons, markers, paints, water color paints, colored paper, printer paper, construction paper, scrapbook paper, glue, glue sticks, scissors, stickers, rolls of butcher paper, one-hole punchers, decorative hole punchers, staplers & staples, tape of all kinds from scotch to duct tape, foam & foamies, sharpies of all thicknesses and colors, beads and necklace making materials, )
• New or Gently used Shoes & Clothes
• New or Gently Used Toys
• Snacks and Candies (cookie & cake mixes, pancake mixes, etc.)
• Face Paint
• Balloons (Animal balloons, water balloons and party balloons) & Balloon pumps
• Twinkle lights (or Christmas lights)
• Party goods (hats, kazoos, whistles, streamers, decorative paper plates and glasses – like with cartoon characters, plastic disposable rectangle table cloths, etc.)
• Outdoor games (bean bag toss, frisbees, etc.)
• Sports equipment (deflated balls <soccer, basketball, footballs, baseballs> + gloves & bats, volleyballs, cleats, ball pumps and needels)
• Card and board games
• Kid’s books (both story time and learning)
• Backpacks & book bags
• Mini Makeover materials for women. We often use these to spoil the workers at children at risk ministries. We have also used these to reach out to prostitutes. Often it is their kids we are working with. (Items for hair, pedicures, manicures, lotions, perfumes, jewelry, toiletries, accessories, stationery, candles)
• Goodie bags for men (combs, cologne, gel, toiletries)
• Stuffed animals
• Toiletries for kids (toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, shampoo, lice shampoo)
• Kid’s & Adult Vitamins
• Paint Brushes and paints and canvases to use for murals