by Kayla Norris | Oct 18, 2018 | Community, Loving Jesus, Missionary Kids, University, YWAM DTS
“Just go over to the house sometime, they’d love to meet you!” Fresh to Tauranga, New Zealand, friends had raved about the YWAM Furnace community. My new university was right next door to where their current Discipleship Training School was running, and I wanted to...
by Kayla Norris | Aug 17, 2018 | YWAM DTS
I was twenty-one when I graduated from university. I had a great job opportunity at a dream spot. Not to mention, I needed to start paying back my student loan, too. Inconveniently, God started reminding me of another dream, the plan I’d dismissed somewhere in the...
by Kayla Norris | Jun 16, 2018 | Missions Trips, YWAM DTS
We stood on that dusty street corner, waiting. Our team had talked about the brothel for weeks––we’d meet the girls, maybe share our story, or just bring a little joy to their day. But this was the last day of outreach. I hadn’t personally led anyone to Jesus, barely...
by Kayla Norris | Jan 30, 2018 | Missionary Kids, Missions Trips, YWAM DTS
Just after takeoff, I wipe my face and my forearms voraciously– as if I can wipe off the Himalayas in a minute. Is a city stuck to my skin? Is a country underneath my fingernails? It would appear so. The tan line from shoulders-covered and modest pants, the hints of...
by Kayla Norris | Jan 7, 2018 | Community, YWAM DTS
Dear Lewis House, When I last wrote, I didn’t expect we’d meet again. Sure, I thought I’d give a dramatic wave, a final goodbye from the street corner. Yet to pace your grey-carpet hallways again? To wash my dishes in that orange kitchen? To watch Netflix in...
by Kayla Norris | Jan 7, 2018 | Community, YWAM DTS
Dear Lewis House, When I last wrote, I didn’t expect we’d meet again. Sure, I thought I’d give a dramatic wave, a final goodbye from the street corner. Yet to pace your grey-carpet hallways again? To wash my dishes in that orange kitchen? To watch Netflix in...
