Madigan's Blog

On Thursdays everyone from the YWAM base, regardless of their work duty or status as a student or leader, goes out to do ministry in the local community. Ministries include :*Rehabilitation at Stone island.*ministry to the police force.*skate park /surf ministry*street evangelism *ministry to kids in the local community known as racham.*El recreo: in the village building relationship and teaching agricultural skills. Last week I went out with Annie and the evangelism team. I had been catching up with a friend from Australia on the phone so I met up with the team outside our house near the Malecon. They...

The other morning I was on worship and I woke up 6:30am. The moon was still up shining out over the water and it may as well have been middle of the night it was so dark. By the time I got up to the YWAM base to start rehearsing at 7 am I could see the sun’s first rays shining up above the buildings so I snuck over to watch the sunrise before the soundcheck. I was impacted by the power of light over darkness. I guess over here the change between day and night seems to happen very...

We got out of the boat and we were walking towards the beach, however we had to climb across the rocks to get there because the tide was high. We were going to spend some time hanging out as a group. I’m always bringing up the rear and one of the other tourists ahead of us turned back to walk around the other way because the waves were high and it was tricky to climb over the rocks to the beach. Assessing the situation, I decided to take his advice and walk around the other way. One of the YWAM...

The other night the storm came in the middle of the night and it was so loud it shook the building. I looked out across the deserted scene below. Palm trees were being whipped up by the wind. Rain howling down. Then I saw a loan figure walking out in the storm. They were wearing what seemed like a plastic garbage bag as a rain coat. It was around 4:30am and I could only just make them out in between lighting strikes. The water was pooling around the building and across the road. Over here the streets become drains as...

On Saturday morning we woke up to Jesse being violently ill. He was visiting from Australia, and while it was beautiful having him visit, he was in a terrible condition. Kate called our new GP and he said he could come in and see him straight away. A few scans later and Jesse was scheduled for an emergency appendectomy. We were incredibly thankful for such quick medical care and that it hadn’t burst.   Jesse had secured travel insurance before he left so we were able to access some great care in a modern private hospital. We are really aware...