Welcome to the Youth With A Mission News Show for April 2025. This month we hear about the End Bible Poverty Now outreach in Uganda, YWAM Samoa school outreach, NIKO celebrating their 40 year anniversary, protests around David's Tent in Washington DC, YWAM Kona turning a squatters house into a maternal home, a story about the impact we can have as missionaries to not only individuals, but entire communities, and more …



Thank you for downloading this, the 156th episode of the Youth With A Mission News Show Podcast, I’m your host, Bill Hutchison.



You can contact us, subscribe to future episodes, leave comments, and find links to all the stories we talk about on the show notes for this podcast at ywampodcast.com/156 …








https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66UBAF6QY-M




After the Storm: Juanita's Story



Te Karaka is a beautiful small town in the Gisborne region that was hit hard by Cyclone Gabriel in 2023. This video showcasing the resilience of the town, and the story of a young mother who received free dental care through our Trinity Koha Dental Clinic.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsBO0YqwSVc




Find out more about YWAM Ships Aotearoa on their web-site, ywamshipsaotearoa.org.nz.



Pope Francis Passing



Pope Francis died on Monday at the age of 88 after 12 years as head of the Roman Catholic Church.



Pastor Alejandro Rodríguez, president of Youth With A Mission (YWAM) in Argentina, referred to Jorge Mario Bergoglio as "a pastor with the smell of sheep," because he was always among the people and their needs.



Pope Francis had a long relationship with Youth With A Mission. The YWAM director, Alejandro Rodríguez, first met Francis more than 20 years ago, when Francis was called Cardinal Bergoglio and served the church as the archbishop of Buenos Aires. They had a continued friendship from that point, and often prayed together.







In 2014 Loren and Darlene Cunningham had the privilege of meeting Pope Francis while they were in Rome. At the time Pope Francis had taken the unprecedented initiative to distribute Gospels of Mark to everyone in Saint Peter’s Square while proclaiming, “[Let there be] a Bible in every family! A Bible in every family! It mustn’t be hidden, not put on a shelf, but [we should] take it in our hand, to read it often, every day, be it individually or together, husband and wife, parents and children, perhaps in the evening, especially on Sunday. Thus, the family grows, walks, with the light and strength of the Word of God!”.



One of Loren Cunningham's final legacy messages, and final book before he passed away was to End Bible Poverty. In that we can see a meeting of God's heart in their meeting.



We can all pray that God's Hand would guide the Catholic Church in their selection of a new Pope.



(source 1, source 2)



5 Island Outreach in Uganda



End Bible Poverty now in Uganda recently concluded their Outreach in 5 Islands on Lake Victoria.







They did church seminars, outdoor crusades, door to door evangelism,