The First Three Months

We spent the first three months of this new adventure up in Carlisle, working with the YWAM team there. Some of you will know that we were in Youth With A Misson, based in Harpenden, during the 90's and still have great affection for this amazing movement.

We've continued to serve in teaching and friendship since those days. So when we had our sabbatical from the church where David was on staff (SBC) it was natural to spend some of that time with YWAM. Whilst there the Base Leader challenged us to pray about the possibility of returning to Carlisle to oversee their next Discipleship course. This seemed impossibly unlikely given our staff role at SBC - and for many other reasons! So, almost inevitably that's what we found ourselves doing!

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It was a great time, working with some fantastic young leaders and great trainees in a very beautiful part of the world. If you want to read more about YWAM Carlisle click here!

Whilst we were there we were able to run a couple of "Thinking Allowed" live events in a local pub. These always provide great opportunities to engage with a wide range of people on significant faith issues.

A highlight for us particularly was to use the DTS staff and trainees in a production of "Mary's Diary" at a local church. It has opened up a new way of offering this and was extremely well received.

An extraordinary three months, a real gift to us!