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Tom's Ywam updates, Kailua-Kona, HI (2026)

10/30/2021

Hello everyone here is a little video update since so much has gone on and changed. Hope you enjoy!!

Here are some prayer points to condsider.
•Our Youth and kids program on Mondays
•Our kids and Youth Alpha partnership with local church.
•Safe travels back home to Australia
•Home Qaurentine to be approved in queensland before December 2nd
• Seamless planing and logistics with Covid testing to entering USA and AUS plus hotel and flights.

Thank you everyone for your prayers and support If you feel lead to give towards our alpha program with food, drinks, taxi expenses or helping me out with extra money for my transition back home with all the covid testing please feel free to donate to my BSB.

Acc name: TOM
BSB: 923 100
Acc 303322913

10/10/2021

Panama Update 9/10

Hello all my freinds and Family.

The last month has been choker block with work and ministry here on outpost Panama. Recently we had the Kona work team show up for 2 weeks on base to take care of a few major upgrades.
We also have been continuing to grow our kids Club/ Youth group and Adult bible studies.

We have more kids then ever coming on a Monday and our boat is nearly full when picking kids up every week. For the Adult ministry we have been making our own little dessert dishes that come form our own culture. I made a little hedgehog slice that was a massive hit with the children and mums.

Well digging has been going incredibly good each week and God has really been showing up. Every week we have been to a new island and a new community with different water needs. I have seen incredible healings and also seen some incredible spiritual oppression on these communitys. So please pray for us as a team for every week when we minister to these villages.

Our base projects have also been going well as the boat that we restored for the village has now been painted by the village men and fitted with a 40hp Yamaha.
I recently have been working on a generator for the village to have there own powerful diesel generator and also I have been assisting in repairing the lower unit of the biggest outboard on base the 70HP 4 stroke Yamaha.

Unfortunately I could not get the Generator fixed and will need some major components to repair. And the yamaha outboard currently is not shifting correctly most likely due to the time spent sitting.

Our Youth Alpha program started off with a great attendance and we are currently shifting Schules around to benefit the church with swapping well digging to a Friday to allow the alpha program to take place on a Saturday. Unfortunately our team got really sick for one week that stoped most ministry's leaving the Alpha missing out in the virtual early stage.
Now we have shifted it to a Saturday and our attendance is quite high. So if everyone could pray for that ministry to take off, that would be awesome.

Thank you everyone so much for messaging me and keeping in touch I will put another update out shortly explaining what the future holds for me and my missionary work here in Panama.

I'm also hoping to start sharing some miracle stories soon of individual highlights of the last few months were I really witnessed the holy spirit move!

God bless Thomas!!

08/27/2021

Well I have arrived at outpost Panama in Bocus de Toro! This place is so stunning and peaceful. This base is the best kind of outpost to be reaching the isolated communitys living in the island's and jungle terrain. We are multiple hours away from any real hospital and the base souly runs on its own water and solar power meaning this outpost is truly off the grid. Locally, there is one town about 20 minutes boat ride away on a different island called Isla Colone and a resort that is only 5 minutes away know as red frogs beach. Everything else in the surrounding island's are just small villages with local Nobè people living close to the shoreline or up a little further in the dense jungle.

Apart from constant mosquitos and midgees this place is amazing.😂
We have a few major ministry's so far and have a few projects underway on base.

The first part of our day is usually doing maintenance or repairs to the property. Like clearing forestry to make way for banana tree planting. Or harvesting rice and other produce from the land.

If we are not maintaining the base in the first part of the day we are working on restoring boats and other things that may best be used for the base and locals.
Here we have a boat that belongs to Simone our local staff member who is passionate and hard working for the kingdom of God.
This boat we are doing repairs on so that the locals can use it to travel to church on Sunday without using Simones personal boat wich they currently are using. This is so Simones own boat doesn't get to damaged for other missions aswell. Here you see Mathew, josh and myself doing the prep work before the glass lay.

Here are the ministry's that my team and I have organised and are taking part in to spread the good news of Jesus.

Well drilling: our local neighbour is a great man of God who who is taking us into villages more then 45 minutes away (Simone). These villages have no running water so we go there and dig wells for a full day on Saturdays. We also run a full kids ministry that goes for a couple of hours teaching the kids about who Jesus Christ is and why he is important along side the well drilling taging in and out of drilling and ministering or sometimes just splitting up.

Kids club: we have a local kids club that invites all of the local children to come to base and play games and receive a small teaching on the values of Christianity and importance behind it. A lot of these kids are growing up in families were they are taught to steal and sell and we are try to break that mentality. This is run on a Monday at 3:00

Village teaching: 3:30 on every Thursday we are going into the neighbouring village and doing a small teaching out of a part 2 hand book that was previously started by the team before us. This teaching often has a lot of mums and ladies in it that are done there day of work and preparing dinner for there children.

Teen Titus program: we are just about to launch our inductive bible study that is going to be on a Wednesday to teach the kids aged 13 and up on how to study the word of God and see for ourselves the meaning behind the stories of the bible. This ministry is important and something that was even requested of us by the older ladies of the community.

Isla Colone church Partnership: our great staff leader Josh has gotten in touch with a small church on the main township island of Isla Colone. This church is run by a strong women of God, we are in communication with her and have had a meeting so that we can best organise a youth and adult ministry that takes place every Friday.

This outpost base has been a real blessing to serve and work out of.

Please continue to pray for our ministry's that the holy spirt will move through them and touch the lives of the attendees. So that they may know the salvation of Jesus Christ.

Thank You all who are praying and are contributing to my mission here in Panama without your prayer and surport it would not be possible.

08/07/2021

Panama Update
I am so blessed to experience this nation and see first hand what and how God is moving in the region of Boquette. I have been placed here for the last 3 weeks and will be moving out to the island outpost early next week. Here are some of the amazing ministry's I have had a chance to be apart of.

Global Food Providers
So far I've been privilege to be apart of working on missionary farms that provide protein powder that is given away to the local Ngäbe (Nobe) people. This is a powdered maringa plant that has vitamins A B C D E aswell as 80% protein. This is then given away for free to the homeless and the locals. So that it can be added to there rice, this gives them the nutrition they need.

Bible distribution
I have had the chance to also be apart of a bible distribution program where we would approach people in the main city park. We would ask them if they knew of Jesus and if they had a bible they read. This provided amazing opportunity to be able to get to know people and there stories. It would also open up opportunity to pray into specific topics in these people's lives. Our team saw people commit there lives to Jesus and give out around 12 to 15 bibles that day.

Orphanage/shelter ministry
In the small communities of the Boquette region are a lot of broken family dynamics, inside of the camps and property living areas where they work and live. A lot of the time women are classed at the lowest run of the ladder in society, not even being able to walk in front of a man at times. There often is a lot of child and female abuse by there own family members resulting in teenage pregnancy from there own family members. This behavior is so common that when children are removed from the families and placed in orphanages. They continue this behaviour still resulting in teenage pregnancy. Any grants that get passed on from the government are often passed onto staff due to the poor financial situation of the staff.

Answer to this problem.
The only real answer to this problem is Christian organisations that staff and operate shelters and homes for these girls who are victims of these horrible circumstances. I got to see and help first hand some of the shelters for teenage mums and help clear some land for a local American man who has moved here to build another orphanage.
One of the girls on our amazing team got to share there own testimony and teach a small dance class and worship session for the girls. Some of the girls were so impacted in a positive way that they felt like they where "strong too" after our day of ministry to them.

Food distribution
I got to help pioneer with the amazing staff of ywam Boquette was a food distribution to the homeless living on the streets of David (local city).
It was such an eye opening experience to see how hungry the people of the streets were. These men and women are disadvantaged by sickness and illness which results in not being able to work or support themselves.
I myself found a man asleep with a small peice of card board as a pillow I placed the box of food beside him, not wanting to disturb his sleep. As I went back to the van my freinds said it would be best to wake him. So we pulled up the van beside him and called out. He was so hungry that the moment he woke up and saw the food he instantly began shoveling it into his mouth. He never even looked up or noticed there was a van of people there.
Despite there circumstances these men and women were so friendly and open to chat and receive prayer. Some people valued the prayer so much that they would freely give to us what little food and fruit they had to us as a thank you, that is how impacted by the word of God is to them.
We were quite literally walking up to people tearing open trash bags for food and giving them a box of hot food. I even had the opportunity to give one man a bible, he hid that bible so quickly under his card board and was so thankful for it.

Words can not describe the thankfulness in these people's eyes.I have seen God move in the hearts of these people and it has forever changed me. Because I have seen him.

07/19/2021

Today I trade one island for another, I have enjoyed every minute exploring and living in this breath taking island since april. Ive been spending my days learning about the overall message of God's love for us. This DTS has change my entire outlook on life and I am so excited for the future.

I fly out today to Panama city where I will travel up to live in the mountains for 3 weeks before heading out to the island outpost where I will be preaching the gospel and working in various ministries all along the way.

A massive Thank you to everyone involved in supporting me and my team. None of this would be possible without your generous hearts.

07/08/2021

Hello Freinds and Family!!!
BIG THANKYOU to EVERYONE who is praying and sporting my team financially!!

We leave in less then 11 days now and we have booked flights into Panama and I should be returning home around early November. This team is an extended outreach team and my freinds here will be staying to December 10th!!!

I am fully confident in this team and that God's hand is apon us as we move forward into our Misson into Panama.

Thanks to all who have supported me financially, I have the exact amount I need to return safely to Australia now. From now on all funds received will overflow into my other team members and Outpost funds.

I am Finishing up my time here on beautiful Hawaii with the last of my lectures being next week and also coming off the back of a kid sports camp ministry. That was for the local children some being from the more rougher part of town. The whole team did an amazing job of playing sports and conveying the good news message of the gospel.(I also got to be the soccer coach 💪😀)

But unfortunately we missed out on the boys vs girls fund rasieing challenge, leaving me to be the victim of a pie in the face!!

Stay tuned as I begin final preparations as I wrap up here in Hawai'i!!

06/12/2021

Hello freinds and Family
As you may know I have been currently studying up hard on the word of God in my lecture phase of encounter DTS at Ywam ships Kona.

Well I am just now exiting week 7 of 12 and will soon be heading out on Misson to Panama! Where we will be preaching the gospel to the local islanders called the Nobe people. Who threw the word of God out over 50 years ago and are now in need of the Good news! So my team and I are preparing to leave and I myself am beginning to fund raise and partner with anyone who may share a vision for this outreach Misson.

I will be heading there with 4 other amazing people of the best kind. There names are Anna, Triniti, Anika and our fearless team leader Joshua. These guys are some of the most joyful and Holy spirit lead christians I have had the pleasure of knowing and I am so excited to be heading out on Misson with them to Panama.

The base to where we are heading is on an island about 20 minutes offshore from the mainland and is apart of a small island community that primarily uses small power boats to get around.
While we are there ministering to the community we will be taking part in some much needed base repairs/ renovations as well as possibly taking part in a building project to construct a larger dock for larger vessels to take cover from cyclone weather conditions.

Some of these renovations include a new solar system and a new security system to be more inderpendant and safer in this community.

I am now in the process of forming partnerships and fund raising. To anyone who may feel lead to support me and my personal fund for me to head there or support my Outreach teams fund (All 5 of us)
Please dont hesitate to contact me via Facebook.

My BSB for payment is
Acc name: TOM
BSB: 923 100
Acc 303322913

And please contact me if you do give that way I can thank you :)

05/24/2021

Hello Everyone. As you may know from Instagram I am on my way to Panama!

The last few weeks have been a bit of a rollercoaster. Our outreach locations were given to us and we all proceeded into intercessionary prayer. I took some time to hold off on my orginal location announcement due to an uneasy feeling in my heart that week. I was originally going to Cambodia and after much prayer I thought this was the most logical option. But after about 4 days of an unknown origin of heaviness on my heart it was later revealed to me in prayer that the decision I had made was good but not the best. This was a shock to me.

I asked God to affirm not through me but through others around me that I was to change to Panama. After that I was made aware that the leadership was praying for a hands on male to go to Panama to build and the whole Panama team of DTS students had felt the team was going to grow by one more. After I made the decision to switch I later told my orginal Cambodia team (expecting disappointment). I was shocked to hear that they to felt I was going to move onto another location and they were so happy for me and supported the decision I was making.

I could go on and on about how God affirmed this desicion to me through others and I am learning more and more about his character everyday.

Here is a small photo I found of the base I will be at. I will also be trying to set a small fundraising goal soon to raise just a little more then what I have budgeted. So I can afford to go and serve the small isolated island's of Panama well funded.

05/12/2021

Sorry everyone for the late update! Things have been happening so quickly I'm currently in week 3 of the lecture phase we have covered
hearing God's Voice
The missionary History of Hawaii
Story of faith through Ywam ships
And currently Relationship with Jesus.

This week for our intercession prayer time, the staff told us of the outreach locations. I have put down preference that are subjected to change. I am praying that God places me where he needs me above personal preference. I will update sometime next week or the week after a final location where I will complete outreach and helping to bring the gospel to the nations.

Aside from these incredible moves I personally feel that the holy spirt is really moving in the YWAM Ships base and am so thankful to be here and apart of this amazing community.

05/06/2021

I am just so amazed at the beauty of this island and all that God is doing here, update coming soon

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