In Full Bloom

YWAM Queenstown 

It’s spring time here in New Zealand and everything is in full bloom. As we look around we can’t help but notice so is the Queenstown base. It was just over one year ago, when we prayed for big things that we needed in order to run this school. We watched with our own eyes as 6 base vehicles, 3 buildings, 1 center for our school and a brand new sound system came in. The base has ran 4 schools, a total of 65 students, one of which is taking place right now. We have also seen this happen on a personal level as God has provided a house and vehicles for our family among countless other needs. We knew God cared about us but now we know without a shadow of a doubt that God is with us and will always take care of us. Wow! He is a good Father. 

The heart of this base is to disciple young adults. We desire to train leaders who can run schools and disciple students to love and know God. We believe multiplication is important and sense that God is going to bring even more students and leaders. As a part of YWAM staff, our role has been both rewarding and challenging,. We are fully committed to serve YWAM Queenstown’s vision over these next several years.

Future Goals and Vision 

Our vision as a base is to train and equip young people for missions with a focus on PNG and the South Pacific. We are aiming to establish a long-term ministry in Papua New Guinea where locals and westerners do life together eventually reaching unreached people groups in Western Papua. Whether it’s sending teams from New Zealand or working in PNG ourselves, we are  grateful to be a part of serving this vision. Our desire is to form lasting relationships to bridge the gap between the western and developing world. We are excited to learn from them and also share what God has blessed us with.

Our next step is to bring a second-level bible course here to Queenstown. We want to train people to study and understand God’s Word so that they can then teach it to others. This course will only be offered to students who have finished a DTS and want to educate themselves in the Bible. We feel it is important that students have this tool to help prepare them to share the gospel all around the world. We are privileged to announce that we will be a part of a three month Bible training course in Kona from April-June 2016. In this course we will go through the entire bible chronologically, researching the historical background and studying in it’s original context. With the completion of this course, we will then be qualified to bring the course here to New Zealand. After this course we then hope to visit home in Californian sometime in July or August.

Jeremy

I feel blessed to be doing exactly what I’m passionate about, Its a joy to inspire people to love and know God. Leading the discipleship training school and coordinating outreaches has been a huge step and privilege. 

Lindsey

I’m loving my role as part-time staff. I especially enjoy mentoring the female students. There is nothing more rewarding than to watch them receive freedom, healing and purpose as they seek God and find him! My other role is full-time mama and I am loving every minute of it! I feel truly blessed that I get to  stay at home with Hunter, play with him and watch him grow. 

Hunter

We are so in love with our little man. At 20 months, he is full of energy and zest for life. He loves to be outdoors, playing in the sand, dancing, singing, and strumming on musical instruments. 

Prayer Points 

We can’t do this without you! We invite you to be a part of what God is doing over here. Please be praying for; 

• Fruitful ministry in PNG
• Safety and health 
• Learning how to adjust to each new location
• Family time and wisdom in parenting Hunter 
• Financial support 

Support Info:

We are in the process of raising funds to help us with taking the team to PNG and equipping this generation to know God’s word by bringing a bible course here.  We are currently in need of raising $3000-$4000 on top of our monthly support to help us with this next goal. 

If you would like to support us please make checks out to YWAM and send them to Tyler Texas YWAM account. (Note please do not put our name on the check or memo. Please attach a note with the check mentioning it is for Jeremy and Lindsey Bolton in YWAM Queenstown New Zealand.  Send it to,

YWAM Tyler Accounts                                               P.O. Box 3000 Garden Valley, TX 75771

Or to support us by credit card please visit our blog at, www.jeremyandlindseybolton.blogspot.com 

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Click here to view our slideshow of our recent outreach to Taiwan and New Zealand https://youtu.be/mL1Tu3y8ycw

Hi everyone!

Here is a recent update from our director and his wife Andy and AJ Scalas.

"I wanted to share a quick update and an amazing testimony. One year ago we started YWAM Queesntown and we had 6 staff join the initial team here including Amy-Joy and I. As we started there were so many unknowns of who would join us, where we would sleep, or what God was doing. We have had so many miracle stories and we now know God is really doing someinthg big here!" 

One year ago no one would believe what is happening today. This year we are training 85 missionaries and sending them to 10 different countries! All of it is so amazing. If you would ask me what our staff team would look like today one year ago, I would never have imagined or believed.

 

One year ago we had 6 staff. Now one year later our staff team is 26 and growing! All of them unpaid volunteers who had felt the call to serve here. Truly awesome! 

I can't begin to explian how grateful and blessed I feel :)

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Adventures In Asia

God Changing Lives    "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26     God continues to remind us how much He has blessed us, we feel humbled and thankful to be here doing what we’re doing. We know that we would not be here if it weren't for your prayers and support! You are the backbone to our ministry and give us the encouragement we need. You believe in us and that has given us the courage to leave home and trust in God’s plans. Thank you for all that you do for us and for the sacrifices you have made so that we can be here. We love you!  North Island:      Recently we were commissioned and sent on outreach starting on the North Island of NZ then we went to Taiwan and other areas in Asia. Here a quick summary of whats been happing in New Zealand. Sunday May 3rd (Jeremy's birthday) the pastor asked us to lead the Sunday  morning service, Jeremy preached and Alex gave his testimony and was blessed to inspire the church in evangelism and faith. Our team had a ministry time at the end of the service and several people came forward for prayer for boldness and faith to step out in evangelism. Over 100 people heard the message that day. Then we gathered as many of the church members as possible and took them out to evangelize on the street. Exciting things happened including someone being healed from being mute. We joined up with the church's community dinner ministry where we cook and serve dinner to needy families and build relationships with them, followed by a Bible study. Lindsey got to share about how she found inner healing through God as a father and wants to bring healing to people's hearts that have been hurt. Two people responded and asked for prayer that had never heard of God being a father. God is so good at bringing exactly what we need! We continued to do ministry with the church the rest of the time there then on a Friday night our team spoke at the youth group and as a result 6 people gave their life to JESUS! By the next day, we were able to take over 25 members of the church and youth group out for another ministry day loving and serving people. We did a free car wash, skate park ministry, and farmer's market evangelism ministry. We also took a team to a small town called Wairakei where we handed out baked goods offering prayer and free lawn mowing service to families in need. About 30 people were a part of the ministry and an estimated 60-70 people were touched. During evangelism, a member of our YWAM team took one of the youth kids out to the skate park and was able to lead someone to Christ right there in public. He then inspired the youth step out more in evangelism. As a result to all the amazing things God has been doing, many of the families whom have been involved in the church now want to continue evangelizing even after our team has leaves. I would say God's love truly has been activated here and the church wants to continue in what we have been sowing into.   Taiwan      Its hard to believe we are already finished with our time in Taiwan. In a culture far from what each of us are used to, our team transitioned so smoothly. We arrived around 2 am and were greeted by an awesome local named, Fang Pei. Fang Pei welcomed us with an incredible amount of love and energy. As we drove off into the city, all we could see were city lights and shadows of buildings knowing God had something beautiful in store for our team. Without Fang Pei, getting around would have been much more difficult, (she was like an angel sent by God!).      During our stay, we were blessed with diverse ministry opportunities that gave us a chance to immerse ourselves in Taiwan's culture. Our first week, we served a ministry/coffeeshop that welcomes local Taiwanese people to come learn english while they enjoy coffee and tea. We spent time painting the ministries doors and walls (Katie designed it all- Go Katie!), shared testimonies, and prayed for the locals who would stop in. We also performed a drama in a nearby prison sharing testimonies and preaching the gospel of how God redeems and loves us all no matter what past we come from. A powerful moment, we all will remember forever was when 17 prison men raised their hands saying they wanted to commit their lives to Jesus. Please join us in praying for these men that Gods love continues to wash over them as they hold on to the hope of Christ and as the local Chaplin disciples them!     We were blessed to work along side Kings Kids International lead by Tim, Naomi Gillette and their beautiful daughter Nikola and others. Their family showed us the ins and outs of Taiwan while loving our team passionately like we were part of their family. Tim and Naomi took us to a village in the mountains called Han Xi. We spent time with the local village kids playing games, crafts, and teaching them bible stories. Joy was abounding through the smiles and love these children have, despite the tough circumstances many of them have been raised in. During the afternoon that day we split up and went around from door to door asking other villages if kids would like to come to Youth that night. Walking around meeting the villagers opened many opportunities to hear stories, pray and bless many of the families in the villages. What a powerful experience! The Youth event was full of Gods spontaneous wind like Spirit. We didn't plan to teach the kids a drama called “He Lives in You” but during a break our team was goofing around dancing to the song of the drama and we looked at each other and thought “why not? could this be what the spirit was leading us to do?” The night ended with five youth teens asking for Jesus to enter their hearts and many more recommitting their lives to Christ, it was truly amazing to see God captivate the hearts of these kids.      We are learning more and more about who God is an how He loves us all. His timing has been impeccable and a constant reminder that He is faithful and desires His children to draw near to His heart.      As a team, each of us has had to step out in faith with being placed in situations that we have never been in before. Each of us taught English classes to a Taiwanese junior high school Monday through Friday our second week in Taiwan. In this public school they allowed us to teach our favorite bible stories to these kids… IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL! (How cool!!) We were able to share the gospel with 600 students that week! The kids are amazing and as much as we poured our hearts out to them I think they encouraged us even more. (Alex found out that he has quite the gift of teaching and a passion for kids!)     Everyday after we would teach we would then participate in more ministry opportunities. This looked like coffee shops, a women's shelter, meeting up with new friends, teaching at a University, or worshiping with the local church.      Lindsey, Payton, and Tasha had a powerful opportunity to share testimonies and sing “How He Loves Us” to 10 girls at the Women's Shelter. These girls had either been abused or in prostitution from ages 13-18. A special moment came about when one girl boldly asked for prayer that “Jesus would unlock the door to her heart”, she was so eager to change it was beautiful to hear the desire in her words. He never stops pursuing us.      Finally, we taught English in a local Christian University! Many of these students are hungry to know more about God. Although they go to a Christian University, about 5% of the students actually are Christian. A central theme to our teachings was overcoming fear and releasing dreams. A majority of the students had never been asked what their dreams were! It was inspiring to hear the dreams of the students and what ways they plan to pursue those dreams and purpose in life. Getting the chance to encourage them to follow the dreams God has placed individually on their hearts brought joy to our hearts!     We may not think saying “Yes” and encouraging someone in their dreams could really actually make a difference, but it can. The “Yes” in Christ makes all the difference. Kids learn by what we say yes and no too. As a team, God really put it on our hearts to be that “yes” to the younger generation we encounter during outreach.      Our time in Taiwan was 14 days each of us will hold onto forever. Much of our time was filled with so many new opportunities that at the end of each day we played down knowing that through the prayers of you all supporting us God would refill us in the hours of sleep. And He always did. We are thankful for you. Your love for us has protected us and wrapped us in Gods love.  We thank you for your reverent prayers, love, and encouragement! The words of love that each of you placed on our hearts over the years is being poured out to the people we meet in each new place. Please continue to pray for health and endurance. The days are quickly passing by and we want to continue to do all that God has called us here for! May Gods love pour down and the joy in Christ abound in you all.    What did we learn? God has a plan. Wherever He sends us, He is faithful provide and bring people in need of hearing the truth. When we're willing, He constantly gives opportunities to share about who He is.    God is intentional. He knows exactly what He is doing and has every day, month and season planned out in our lives before we’ve even thought of it!   God is everywhere! It doesn’t matter what country we've traveled to, we sense God’s presence with us and working through people, churches, ministries etc.    Flexibility! Bringing a family on the mission field means going with the flow, not complaining, and choosing to focus on the positive rather than the negative things.     What’s next for us: We feel strongly that God has called us to New Zealand and specifically Queenstown for a purpose. We don’t feel it was an accident or coincidence that He brought us here. We see that God is bringing young adults from all over the world to join YWAM to fill their hearts with a deep purpose to impact their generation by going home and getting their friends and the people in their community saved. We feel honored that God would use us to be a part of the big plans that he has for people and the nations.    We are currently back in New Zealand working as the outreach coordinators and helping train and equip the new staff at our center. We will be leading two DTS schools starting in October- February. This means we are taking on a lot more responsibility. We are excited to do this but know that it will take a lot of time and energy to prepare for this. We also want to set aside time to rest after our two month trip over-seas and feel its important to feel refreshed and spend time together as a family so that we can have lots of energy for when the next school starts!    Prayer: -Marriage: time to spend together, dates, quality time, fun, enjoy doing fun things together  -Prepping for the next school -Humility, serving, working hard, giving everything our best  FINANCIAL SUPPORT: One of YWAM’s Foundational Values is to be dependent on God for financial provision. We are both full-time missionaries trusting God to meet 100% of our needs. Living by faith has been a huge step for us and it blows our mind how God constantly provides our needs. At the moment we are currently aiming to raise an additional $500-$700 a month. We have been receiving in-between $2200-$3000 a month which has been such a huge blessings. In order for us to cover our long term living and travel expenses we are trusting God for a few more monthly supporters. We are also extremely grateful for one time gifts. There is no amount that is too small. We are truly thankful and humbled to be here doing what we do. If you are interested in joining our support team please feel free e-mail and we can send you our information.

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To Asia and Taiwan

Through praying as a couple, we both felt we were to lead the team into Asia and Taiwan. We will start our outreach by going to the North island of New Zealand for the first 3 weeks to work with a pastor doing local outreach, then we will be heading to Taiwan for a couple weeks the spending 25 days traveling through Asia (from end of April to end of June). We have been praying God would give us His heart for the people as we learn about the language, religion, food, safety and history. We are personally leading a team of 9 (Yes we are bringing Hunter). Our contacts will be preparing ministries for us such as, helping in orphanages and possibly helping prostitutes and trafficked victims. Our heart is not only to help the people in but also equip our students with experience on the mission field where we hope to see them develop a call to missions and life long ministry whether at home or in the developing nations. 

Fundraising:
As staff we need to raise some funds to lead this team. At the moment the three of us are in need of $4800 USD. If you would like to help sponsor us, please click the link to give through PayPal

Or if you would like a Tax deductible receipt, please make a Check out to YWAM and send it to our account in Texas.
YWAM Tyler Accounting
P.O. Box 3000
Garden Valley, TX 75771
(Please do not put our name on the check but attach a separate note with our name on it)