Josh YWAM DTS
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When I was a kid, I always believed I would grow up to be a missionary like my parents. It just seemed like that was what I was supposed to do. As I got older, I discovered I had a passion for making videos and wanted to become a film maker. When I was 19 years old, I went to a World Mandate. It was there that I felt God telling me that I was going to do both, mission work and creating videos. I didn't know how or when, but I knew this was going to happen.
For years, I’d have my day job and then do mission work and make videos on the side. This is what I thought God must have meant. I would have an office job and with my free time I would go on mission trips and make videos for my church. This was the only way I could see what God had told me actually happening.
Then one night after a church service that stirred up my heart, I felt God had created me to do more then this. God meant for me to have more than just a day job to pay the bills and more than to just make the occasional video here and there.
I felt like there was more I was meant to do and I ended up sharing this feeling with a friend. She encouraged me by saying that we don't know the impact our lives can have on others and that God had me exactly where I was for a reason. The next day I got fired. I texted my friend and said "I got fired this afternoon. So apparently God has decided that I have done all that I can do here and that it’s time for me to look for what he has in store for me next. It's kinda weird, but it's been really freeing."
I thought about looking at some mission trips and seeing what else was out there. Then I heard about YWAM Perths Media, Art & Photography DTS and it sounded exactly like what I had been looking for; a program that combined media and missions. Of course I wasn't sure about it, so I looked at other places just to see if maybe there was a better direction for me to go. When I did, Australia and Perth started showing up everywhere from random videos and commercials to even seeing it on a UFC Poster. Everywhere I looked, I was seeing what felt like signs from God that Perth, Australia is where I’m being called.
This is what I feel like God is calling me to do. DTS starts April 8th and, in order to go, I would need to raise $10,000 plus travel expenses. Since my circumstances don’t allow me to cover those expenses, I am having faith in God that if he wants me to go in April he will provide a way.
That's where you come in. I am asking for people to join my team to support me financially. You can also support me by joining my prayer team.
For years, I’d have my day job and then do mission work and make videos on the side. This is what I thought God must have meant. I would have an office job and with my free time I would go on mission trips and make videos for my church. This was the only way I could see what God had told me actually happening.
Then one night after a church service that stirred up my heart, I felt God had created me to do more then this. God meant for me to have more than just a day job to pay the bills and more than to just make the occasional video here and there.
I felt like there was more I was meant to do and I ended up sharing this feeling with a friend. She encouraged me by saying that we don't know the impact our lives can have on others and that God had me exactly where I was for a reason. The next day I got fired. I texted my friend and said "I got fired this afternoon. So apparently God has decided that I have done all that I can do here and that it’s time for me to look for what he has in store for me next. It's kinda weird, but it's been really freeing."
I thought about looking at some mission trips and seeing what else was out there. Then I heard about YWAM Perths Media, Art & Photography DTS and it sounded exactly like what I had been looking for; a program that combined media and missions. Of course I wasn't sure about it, so I looked at other places just to see if maybe there was a better direction for me to go. When I did, Australia and Perth started showing up everywhere from random videos and commercials to even seeing it on a UFC Poster. Everywhere I looked, I was seeing what felt like signs from God that Perth, Australia is where I’m being called.
This is what I feel like God is calling me to do. DTS starts April 8th and, in order to go, I would need to raise $10,000 plus travel expenses. Since my circumstances don’t allow me to cover those expenses, I am having faith in God that if he wants me to go in April he will provide a way.
That's where you come in. I am asking for people to join my team to support me financially. You can also support me by joining my prayer team.
Organizer
Joshua Sullivan
Organizer
San Antonio, TX