Learn how Youth With A Mission is equipping students to make a difference through missional internships around the globe. https://ywamconverge.org

1. Youth With A Mission
A global movement of Christians dedicated to know God and make Him known.
(Pronounced “WHY-wham”)
How your story impacts the Great Commission
Go into all the world and teach (make disciples of) all nations... (Matthew 28:19)

2. John & Mary Henry’s YWAM Story
● Mary and I met in 1985 when we began
our training with YWAM.
● While leading a YWAM team to Peru in
1987, John began to discern God’s call
to mobilize university students into
nontraditional missions projects.
● We began leading YWAM internships
in 1989, founded the Student
Mobilization Centre in 1997, and began
developing Converge in 2012.
● We have 3 adult children; all have
served with YWAM.

3. The Converge Story
Visit YWAMConverge.org
Converge is a ministry of the Student Mobilization
Centre of YWAM’s University of the Nations.
Converge is missional internships for anyone who
wants to make a difference based on their search
criteria:
● Spiritual growth
● Professional interests
● Personal skills
We have also created ways for any christian to be
involved as mentors, donors, and hosts of interns,
and we created a new role for YWAMers as
internship coordinators.
● Our interns have helped missional
leaders:
○ Start businesses
○ Plant churches
○ Establish HIV/AIDS counseling clinics
○ Install water pumps and storage
facilities
○ Establish therapy routines for disabled
children in orphanages
○ Establish pharmacies with donated
drugs
○ Develop nutritional plans in hospices
○ Create curriculum for schools, including
forgiveness education in the Middle
East...

4. Where our YWAM Interns have served
Albania, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belize, Botswana, Brazil, China,
Colombia, Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic,
East Germany, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Ghana,
Guatemala, Guinea Bissau, Haiti, Hong Kong, Hungary,
India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Lebanon, Mexico,
Mongolia, Namibia, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Poland,
South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, Thailand, Uganda, &
USA.

5. Field Ministry
INTERNSHIPS
E-mails
Post-its
Messages
Conference
Calls
Notes
Meetings
Documentation
Sheets
Files
Old Way and New Way

7. CONVERGE COURSE
Connecting. Equipping. Sending.
Phase 1
Pre-Departure
Orientation
Phase 2
Enculturation
Phase 3
Assessment
Phase 4
Project
Phase 5
Debriefing
The Converge Course is available on Udemy in English and Spanish.

8. We believe everyone has a calling, following
the crowd will not bring transformation, and
a personalized missions project is the best
way to discover your purpose.
YWAMConverge.org
Why Converge?

9. Amy was a nursing student at the
University of Virginia. Her YWAM
internship experience in Kenya led
her to become a full time nurse.
Amy’s YWAM Internship Story
Amy focuses on healing through
systemic changes in healthcare.
She completed her Master’s in
Public Health.

10. Matt did our primary health care
internship in Jamaica and then led
another YWAM internship team to the
Amazons, with credit for two elective
rotations in tropical medicine at
Jefferson Medical School. He later
served as a medical missions doctor in
Kazakhstan for over 10 years.
Matt’s YWAM Internship Story
As a doctor, Matt now trains other medical missions
professionals impacting the lives of thousands more around the
world at In His Image in Tulsa, OK.

11. Xian, a Carnegie-Mellon Engineering
student interned with us in East Timor. He
said: “My experience left an indelible mark
on me.” The internship led him to start a
company called D.light Design, a global
leader and pioneer in delivering affordable
solar-powered solutions for people in the
developing world and has transformed the
lives of over 100 million people.
Xian’s YWAM Internship Story
Listen to Xian’s testimony on this Youtube video

12. “God gave me this experience and now I am responsible. I can’t
act as if I am not aware. The internship connected me with great
people who have a heart for the Middle East, and not just
Christians, but Muslims and Jewish people too.”
- Tamara Wüthrich, Switzerland
Tamara’s YWAM Internship Story
In 2018 Tamara completed a seven month Peacemaking
internship in Lebanon. She said, “This internship really changed
me forever.”
Listen to Tamara on Converge Stories podcast.
First Converge Interns in 2016

13. Students in
Spheres
1996 - PRESENT
Over 591 students placed from over 105
universities on over 80 internships in over
40 countries.

14. Our Internships & Training (1989 - Present)
Converge
program’s first
intern was in 2016.
Interns are trained
through the
Converge Course
online.
And we certify
YWAM Internship
Coordinators.

15. Training Leaders and Internship
Coordinators
● Equipped 25 YWAM campus ministers in schools and
seminars in Brazil, Ecuador, & Venezuela.
● Certified 25 UofN Internship Coordinators in nine
countries. Final seven to graduate Oct 28.

16. Our Global
Team
Our Employees:
John & Mary Henry
John & Monica Hwang
Greg & Jewel Ruhland
Choongshik & Seukmoon Lee
Amy Bischof & Brynn Freitag
Our Associate Staff & Internship
Coordinators:
In Brazil, Chile, Colombia,
Ecuador, India, Madagascar,
Malaysia, Peru, Switzerland,
Ukraine, USA, and Venezuela.

17. GOALS
LENGTHEN & STRENGTHEN
50+ Certified
Coordinators; 75+
Host Orgs; 100+
interns
Spanish Translation
Complete; 25
Certified
Coordinators; 50
Host Orgs; 25 interns
French Translation;
125+ Certified
Coordinators; 250+
Host Orgs; 350+
interns
Korean Translation; 75+
Certified Coordinators;
150 Host Orgs; 150
interns
Portuguese Translation;
100+ Certified
Coordinators; 200+ Host
Orgs; 250+ interns
2020-2025
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024

18. 2020-2021 Goals:
Could you make this your story?
1. Help us certify 75 YWAM Internship Coordinators. (25 will be done in 2020)
2. Support our enrollment of 75 missional organizations to host 100+
internship participants. (25 sessions with 115 spots in 7 countries in
portfolio now)
3. Launch our Portuguese, Korean, and French translation efforts.
4. Sponsor our memberships and professional certifications with the Forum
on Education Abroad (forumea.org), the Standards of Excellence for short
term missions (soe.org), and Missio Nexus (https://missionexus.org)
5. Send us to recruit at Missions Conventions, such as the Forum on
Education Abroad Virtual Study Abroad Fair (Sept. 2020) & URBANA
Student Missions Convention (Dec. 2021)

19. What can you do?
Our goal is to achieve
financial sustainability for
YWAM Converge Directors
and Operations, which
requires $7,475 / month.
- That’s $100 / month for
each of the 75 host
opportunities per year.
- We currently have
pledged support of
$3100 / month.
YWAM Converge is a university student internship program of the
UofN Student Mobilization Centre, a 501(c)3 nonprofit registered
in Virginia with staff operating in MD, NJ, and WI. FID: 54-1882074
You?

20. Can
Converge be
part of the
next chapter
of your
story?
When you become one of our monthly donors, you
fuel the long-term impact of students, from their
internship projects to their careers in the spheres.
Help us mobilize more students to serve with
organizations aligned with Christ's mission.
Go to:
ywamconverge.org/give
Help us change the stories of hundreds of students’
lives. Would you be part of that story? Thank you!