Hi! I am Ella Murray, a missionary with YWAM (Youth With A Mission) Kona, Hawaii! 

YWAM is a non-profit missions organization with the overall goal of knowing God, and making Him known. The heart of this organization is to train up people of God's kingdom to love, worship, and obey the Lord. Giving us tools to serve his body, the church, and people in every nation/tribe with the heart of God. 

I did my first DTS in January 2023, which radically transformed my life. We spent 3 months training, putting together a 45 minute modern day retelling of the Prodigal Son Story. We used our gifts in dance and acting to portray the heart of God towards the broken and lost. I worked with a team of 30 performing artists who prayed together, worshiped together, and poured into each other. We took our talents on tour, using our pieces to evangelize throughout England, and South Korea. During those 3 months on outreach, I saw the power prayer had, as well as the impact of dance. We got to work with young kids, pouring into them, as well as doing street ministry. I saw lives given to Jesus instantly, and even people being healed by the power of the Holy Spirit. This time completely shifted my world view, and gave me a longing to deeply know this God I serve. 

I have personally encountered the Lord's ability to save people from this society, and I am one of them. I have such a passion to share this beautiful, wounded king with His world. I have an amazing opportunity to attend YWAM's secondary school, Revival & Reformation. This school will give me the tools that I need to continue down the path of helping God change the lives around me. I will do a total of 9 months of extensive training in biblical studies, worldview, and teachings on communication/apologetics. We will then take a one month outreach into the nations, serving an injustice that takes place where we are sent. I have such a passion for coming into a place of weeping with the Lord over the broken, and I believe this school will help me dive deeper into this, and apply it to the gifts that have been given to me. 

Would you prayerfully consider partnering with me financially, and with prayer, as I take on this journey God has called me to? 

Ella