After leaving Cairo, our outreach team travelled to Israel for our remaining three weeks. It was very different from the time we spent in Egypt as we moved four times in those three weeks and worked with four different ministries.

We lived in Bethlehem in the West Bank for ten days. It was surreal to be in the City of David, to look around and imagine what it was like when David wandered the hills as a shepherd boy and to stand in The Shepherds’ Field reading the story of the angel’s announcement of the birth of the Messiah.

The barrier separating the West Bank from Israel runs along the outskirts of Bethlehem, and so the conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians concerning rights of land ownership is impossible to escape. During our time in Bethlehem, we listened to many stories of Palestinians and praying for restoration of relationship, particularly within the body of Christ.

Then we moved to Tel Aviv. We stayed in a hostel in Old Jaffa and worked with a Messianic congregation, serving in their soup kitchen and packing bags of food for distribution. In Old Jaffa there is a very large Russian immigrant community, many of whom are elderly and homeless. Refugees from Sudan and other African countries have also taken up residence in cities like Tel Aviv and there is a great need for ministries like that of the Tel Aviv Messianic Center.

After three days in Tel Aviv, we packed our bags and took a bus to Jerusalem. We spent three days at the Jerusalem House of Prayer for All Nations, a 24/7 prayer community on the Mount of Olives. Every afternoon between four and six, we participated in a prayer watch for the Jaffa Gate (United States and Canada), interceding on behalf of the church of Christ in those nations and praying for revival. We also had the opportunity to walk into Old City, Jerusalem. We walked the Via Dolorosa and visited the Garden Tomb near the hill that is said to be Golgotha. Having seen those places, the story of Jesus’ death and resurrection comes to life in an incredible way.

We spent our last week of outreach doing service projects on a moshav (a farming community similar to a kibbutz) near Tiberias on the Sea of Galilee. Unlike in Bethlehem and Jerusalem where churches have been built at so many biblically significant places, Galilee is still mostly farmland and looking around, we could almost see Jesus and his followers walking from place to place, doing ministry and teaching the kingdom. It was so good.

And now it is time for the next chapter.  Jyoti has plans to travel to Asia in the fall, visiting her brother and sister-in-law in Laos and serving a missionary family in her home country of Nepal. On April 1, I (Tanya) will begin a one year internship with Restoration Ministries in Washington, DC, working with girls who have been trafficked. We hold onto the faithfulness of God and who he has proven himself to be. The stories of His provision encourage us and grow our faith as we begin the new things to which God has called us.  ~Tanya

We have just celebrated Thanksgiving, the day to express our gratitude for all the Lord has done.  Our thanks continues year round, however,  as we  look forward to celebrating the birth of our dear Savior Who died to save us and give us abundant life through Him and anticipate the blessings of the New Year!  Here is our latest update:

Property Purchase

We so appreciate the patience and flexibility of HOHC as we have navigated the sometimes turbulent waters of fund-raising for our Buck Run Road property.  As of the writing of this e-mail, we have only a few more papers to sign before we will close on the property at $70,000 instead of the original $117,000 as stated in the original agreement.

We are so thankful to the Lord for this house and land where we plan to build a small training center for world missions. We eagerly anticipate seeing how the Lord will bring to pass His dreams for this place. We invite you to be part of this exciting process through your prayers and financial support.

Celebration Banquet, November 4

Hard work and attention to the details and especially prayer, paid off as close to 700 supporters of YWAM Coatesville and YWAM Haiti met at Shady Maple Banquet facilities on November 4th.   It was such a precious time of fellowship as we lifted up the Lord as the glorious, living God that He is.  We rejoiced along with Island Breeze and their lively, colorful expressions of worship in their own unique culture!  Many of you were there and we thank you again for your generous giving on that night and your continued support of our ministry here.  Together with supporters of YWAM Haiti,  we raised $65,000 for YWAM Haiti and YWAM Coatesville; this amount includes table sponsorships.  May the Name of the Lord be praised!

Discipleship Training School

The weeks have flown by and we have observed the personal and spiritual growth in each of our four students.  Their understanding of God and their walk with Christ have been stretched and expanded as they were exposed to such topics as: “The Father Heart of God,” “The Nature and Character of God,”  “The Cost of Following Christ,” “The Cross, Sin and Repentance,” and “The Marriage of Prayer and Missions.”  It has been an exciting and sometimes challenging time for both staff and students.

After a short break for Christmas, staff and students will leave for the Middle East for eight weeks.  They will return in mid-February for a time of debriefing and end with a graduation dinner and ceremony on February 25!  Please pray for the school as they prepare for outreach and raise the needed funds of $3500 each!

YWAM Coatesville Welcomes New Staff Family

We are excited to welcome a new staff family here at YWAM Coatesville.  Samuel and Mamatha Jacob and their three children are from Bangelore, India and will arrive sometime in January.  We hope that many of you will get to meet and welcome them!
Ministry Training and Opportunity
YWAM Coatesville along with members of the local faith community are exploring the possibility of a half-way house ministry for veterans dealing with substance abuse and for former in-mates transitioning back into main-stream life. In preparation for this possibility our base will host a seminar on January 6-8 that offers training in counseling individuals with these types of needs. The seminar will be open to YWAM Coatesville staff and anyone who feels called to this kind of outreach. If you are interested in attending the seminar, please call 610-384-1001 for further information.

May you all have a blessed Christmas and New Year!

Prayer Requests

-For the Lord to miraculously provide the finances needed to pay off our Buck Run Road property.

-For financial provision for outreach for our DTS staff and students.

-Safe arrival for our new staff family and grace to adjust to a new culture.

-For the Lord to lead and guide in the formation of the counseling ministry to ex-prisoners and substance addicted veterans.

And, as always, we extend our appreciation to all of you who continue to stand by us with your friendship, giving and prayers.

Please continue to be in prayer for my team and I as we finish up the last few weeks of lecture phase (focus!). Also pray that God would be at work in the hearts of those we will pour into on outreach now, so that the soil of their hearts is ready to hear Jesus. ~Tanya Huyard

Thoughts from the week:

*We were born into a war. We are a family. we are an army. And we do war Braveheart style. As a daughter of God, I’m royalty. I’m not a lowly foot soldier. I ride into battle on a white horse beside my Father God, the Commander and Chief! (i loved loved loved that!)

*Paul prays Apokolupsis (unveiling, disclosure, manifestation, appearing) over the super faithful Ephesian church. Faith means believing in the things that we cannot see and God wants us to believe by faith but he also wants to reveal to us why we believe. The more time we spend just BEING with God in silence and waiting, the more we will begin to recognize God showing himself to us.

*One of the most amazing things that i learned this week and that really really changed the way i thought about spiritual warfare was the teaching we received about the keys of authority. When God created
man in the beginning, he gave them authority over all the earth. (Genesis 1: 28-30) When man gave into the temptation to know all good and to know all evil, he gave the keys of authority to Satan. So when Satan came to Jesus in the wilderness and tempted him with all the kingdoms of the world, they really did belong to him. But Jesus the Son had become man to take the authority back. When he died on the cross, rose from the dead and became the ultimate sacrifice, he took the keys back. We as believers and brothers and sisters of Christ have the authority!

God is doing so much in my heart. i appreciate those of you who have sent me emails and letters and packages and encouraged me. it means so much! keep us in your prayers as we go into the Biblical Worldview
week. Much love! ~ Tanya Huyard

Keep praying! God’s been here! ~ Tanya Huyard

I’m very excited for next week’s teaching (Passion for the Word of God) and the way it will build on what we learned this week. Please be in prayer for us!
I appreciate your support so much! ~ Tanya Huyard

Celebrations of the 50th anniversary of YWAM’s founding are going on all over the world.  Youth With A Mission Coatesville is hosting a celebration night here in Lancaster County, PA on November 4th, 2010.  The purpose of this gathering is to honor the Lord, churches and families that have sent missionaries from Pennsylvania to the nations through YWAM and various mission organizations over the past fifty years.  Though Loren and Darlene Cunningham, our founders, will not be at this location, we will have YWAMers representing every continent, joining in to celebrate what God has done, is doing, and will do in the completion of the Great Commission in our generation.  So, mark your calendar for November 4 2010 and we look forward to having you celebrate with us!     More Information