Hello! My name is Maddy, I am originally from Texas, but now I am serving as a full time missionary with Youth With A Mission (YWAM) in Perth, Australia! 

I am blessed to be a part of the healthcare team at YWAM Perth where I serve as the school leader for the Birth Attendant School (BAS). 

Before I went into missions full time I served as a postpartum nurse for four years and loved helping moms and babies in East Texas. My passion has been to share the love of Jesus in overseas missions. Serving in leadership for the Birth Attendant School uniquely brings together my heart for maternal child health and my passion for international missions. 

The heart of the Birth Attendant School (BAS) is to serve vulnerable women and babies in low resource areas while sharing the love of Jesus. The BAS is a nine month training program split into two phases: classroom and outreach. The BAS starts in Perth with the classroom phase, we spend five months learning how to support women in labor as well as practicing ministry skills. Then the BAS concludes with a four month outreach phase. On outreach we put our training into practice, serving vulnerable women and babies in low resource nations.

According to the World Health Organization, “Every day in 2023, over 700 women died from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. A maternal death occurred almost every 2 minutes in that year. Just over 90% of all maternal deaths occurred in low- and lower-middle-income countries in that same year. Care by skilled health professionals before, during and after childbirth can save the lives of women and newborns.”

 https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/maternal-mortality. 

I graduated from the BAS in June 2026 with an even bigger passion for the work of a missionary birth attendant. I have committed to help train the next wave of birth attendants passionate to go out into the world to serve moms and babies. 

Leading the Birth Attendant School is a full time position without pay. I trust God to provide the funds needed to serve in missions full time. Thank you for prayerfully considering joining my financial support team. 

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Many blessings,

Maddy Henderson