YWAM Honolulu

The April DTS is officially in their last week of lecture phase! We started it off by bringing some Island Culture into the January DTS graduation and doing some Kia Kaha and Haka for them, then the students got to lead worship and intercession on Monday morning for the base (they did amazing!), and then the Uncles led us in some worship to lead us into outreach!

“Let them give glory to the Lord, and declare his praise in the islands.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭42‬:‭12‬ ‭

Behind the scenes of Ohana Night! The DTS students got to experience a luau and what it takes to prepare for a luau! They helped with the Umu and got to perform beautiful island dances along with other staff members!

On Friday, May 29th, one of our beloved staff members finished his race, crossing the finish line into the arms of The Almighty.

Michael Coates was a dear brother and friend. A hard working and faithful man, Mike served in YWAM for decades along with his wife, Sue. A contractor by trade and a worshipper at heart, Mike loved glorifying God through the work of his hands and through music. He especially loved doing those things together with others, imparting his skills and knowledge whenever he could. Mike would often be seen with a smile on his face, a song on his mind, and a dad joke in his pocket. Our YWAM Honolulu family was significantly impacted and blessed by his life for the past 14 years. Sue remains serving the Lord along with us.

Our Ohana will miss Mike, but we take inspiration from his life and the way he kept faith in Jesus through a three year struggle with cancer. We mourn, but not as those who do not have hope.

“Death is swallowed up in victory.” “O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” Thanks be to God.

EXPLANATION BELOW ⬇️

Q1) This is the most common question we get and understandably why. Some approaches to language teaching has translation but this actually hinders learners to fully grasp the new language. If it’s used too much, learners will become reliant and in turn stunt their growth in language learning. Translation is not bad and is needed on certain occasions. Immersion is the best approach for language learning

Q2) If you speak English as your second language, you are in a better position than native English speakers because you know what it’s like to learn the language. You can use your experience to help you teach your students and sympathize when they struggle on certain topics, grammar or pronunciation.

Q3) We have many testimonies of people doing TESOL who have had terrible school experiences and they were fearful of going back to a school setting. But their time in TESOL redeemed their classroom experience and they were/are able to make sure their classrooms are uplifting, encouraging and filled with kingdoms culture.

Q4) You don’t have to have experience teaching to do a TESOL, if God is calling you to be a teacher, this course is made just for you! Even if you don’t teach another language, TESOL teaches you the principles of being a teacher. You’ll receive practical and biblical knowledge of teaching with hands on experience.

For more information, click the link below ⬇️
https://www.ywamhonolulu.com/tesol/