Youth With A Mission (YWAM) Redding, CA

My wife and I didn't know much about YWAM before we heard of YWAM Redding and had questions about being to old (in our 30s) and how it would work as a couple etc.

We have been SO blessed by God through this place since then!!!
(Also it turns out despite it being YOUTH With a Mission some people still do DTS in their 70s!)

We found that YWAM generally as a movement has a such rich spiritual history and is a powerful influence in missions to the unreached which is what was most on our hearts as well as in mobilizing and training and discipling the church and YWAM Redding is a great example of this. It is impossible do a DTS with them and not have your faith and intimacy with God hugely increase!

We did our DTS with an extra focus on our marriage called the Young and Married Track which was incredibly helpful to us too!

We loved this place so much during DTS that we decided to stay and are SO glad we did!

What and incredible community of people to be part of!

DTS is such a special season where you can set aside five months to seek God's face, discover who He has created you to be and go into the nations to share Jesus’ love with the lost!
Lecture Phase is an amazing period of growth with the Lord where you are submerged into an environment that fills you with the Truth. Gifted speakers come in from all over the United States/World to teach on different topics to help you develop and grow your relationship with Jesus.
Outreach Phase truly is an experience unlike anything else. It is between 8-9 weeks in total and provides practical follow-up from the teachings given during the lecture phase. Outreach gives you an opportunity to experience first hand God working through you, and shows you a glimpse into the heart of missions.

In Youth With A Mission, Redding California's campus, they prioritize loving Jesus and people above everything else.
In the community, I always feel accepted and loved in an empowering way that is increasing my desire for the nations and for more of Jesus!
YWAM Redding helps to test your limits, and provide a safe space for you to to develop your relationship with Jesus, and step out in faith and see how Jesus moves!

When I took my gap year in 2017 I decided to come to YWAM Redding's Discipleship Training School (DTS) because the community looked really inviting and it looked like a place where not only I could find myself better, but also find my purpose in life!

And I wasn't wrong... This DTS changed my life! The students, the staff were all so welcoming and really took the time to get to know me and make me feel welcomed into the community. I spent the first 3 months in Redding, in a classroom setting, where we had different speakers come, doing worship, growing closer to the community and getting to know the local people in Redding. The last 2 months we spent overseas, doing mission work, practicing the things we learned during the classroom phase.

More than anything else, the thing that changed me the most was the community here. God gave me what I was looking for in the people here, a place where I learned freedom and acceptance in Him!

God gave me a dream with Redding and an address too. The address of my dream is exactly the address of my accommodation with the base. I’ve never seen a place where the atmosphere is so favorable to seek God’s heart. I can experience here everyday God touching earth. Bethel Church is close here and it’s so amazing the things we have access. It’s such a blessing to be in a base so close to bethel and to receive from God in many different aspects all the time. I figure it out that we can not get anywhere without know who we are, where we are and where we gonna get. Identity is the main heart of everything to be able to experience God’s fulness towards our lives. So, if you are looking for more of God and His direction to your life, you gonna truly find out that this place is such a good place to experience encounters and be more confident in who you are and receive God’s love to you. The revelation of God’s love to us and who we are to Him and even to start to truly believe in that changed my whole life upside down. Everyday here is the happiest day of my life. My life is not perfect. My financial life is moved by daily miracles. But I have a perfect father and He bless me everyday far beyond I expect. God is so so so good and don’t be afraid to give faith steps. Where God leads, He provides. If you feel that He is leading you to this step, just put all your heart into it, cause boldness attract His power and grace and He will always turn impossible to possible for you. I’m in love with this place, this people and I really recommend people to come here and experience God’s love. It’s all about Jesus, always remember that.

After having an interesting time at school burning myself out doing assignments and tests I decided that I needed to do something for me. Something that would help me get rid of all the stress and anxiety that school brought in the senior year. On top of this I also wanted to get some direction entering into my adult life and of course to do some TRAVELING.

The Discipleship Training School (DTS) offered by YWAM Redding involves 3months of having others pour into you and learning how to pour into others through Missionary Work. This 3months was the perfect thing that did not only help me get rid of all my stress and anxiety but it also allowed me to heal in so many other ways I didn't even think was possible.

After the 3months of having others pour into me I was then able to do a Missions Trip to 3 different countries in 2months!!! It was sooo good to be able to pour into other people's life's and experience different cultures all at the same time.

As this is a Christian ministry it turns out that Jesus really is 'The way, the truth and life. While on this journey I was actually able to find the job of my dreams as Jesus showed me the way and he gave me life freeing me from all the stress and anxiety I had.