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
