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Welcome to TRIBAL WINDS located in Hopi and Flagstaff, Arizona
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YWAM Tribal Winds, Flagstaff Base
YWAM Tribalwinds: 6085 Leupp Road, Flagstaff, Arizona, 86004 or PO Box 30776, Flagstaff, Arizona, 86003 Phone: 1-928-527-0104 We originally came out to the Hopi reservation in 1996. Today we have an outreach "base" there as well as a training base in Flagstaff. Our goal is to respectfully facilitate truly indigenous churches raised up in North and South America and the Pacific. Jesus tells us that where two or more gather in his name that he is there with them to love and guide them.
Acts 10 depicts the break away of the new gentile church from the Jewish church's cultural norms, such as circumcision. We are seeking to help Natives do the same from the Western Church, as we re-present Jesus as the One who can make whole the peoples of the world.
Will & Millie Toms share their hearts on Radio Shine -- which was aired on May 17, 2010 -- (28 minutes) This is worth listening to!! It is the heart of the ministry of YWAM Tribalwinds!: Also, Charity did her DTS with us in 2004 and served on Hopiland for six years! You have to listen to her story! Click on: http://www.blip.tv/file/3052060 (1hr.) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
If you would like to read The Great Eagle Calling & Great Eagle Rising- True Confessions of a Missionary books by Millie Toms which would help you understand the love of Jesus for the Hopis and the Native Americans, and get a better idea as to what a life would be like on an Indian reservation, please go to Books, DVDs, Etc. page.
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Four Corners USA, a Land of Many Surprises!
The Picture Above is the "Mules Ear" seen when we raft the San Juan River in Southern Utah. Much of Northern Arizona lies on the uplifted Colorado Plateau. It has numerous hidden gems both physically, socially and culturally. The Colorado River runs through the Grand Canyon. This is believed by the Hopi Indians to be their place of original Emergence into this the Fourth World. From there they migrated in the Four Directions, and their ancestral ruins are famous as the cliff dwellings of the Anasazis.
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What is TRIBAL WINDS?
* A ministry to Native Americans.
* Discipleship Training Schools (DTS). for all generations
* Committed to building lasting relationships with the Native community
* Called to come alongside and assist the Indigenous Peoples of N. America and the Pacific Rim.
* TRIBAL WINDS' main Training Base is located near Flagstaff, Arizona. The Outreach Base is located in Kykotsmovi, Hopi reservation. Surrounded by the Navajo reservation. (These are the oldest, Hopi, and youngest, Navajo, tribes in the US.)
* Surrounded by ancient "Anasazi" ruins and numerous Native American reservations.
* Looking for students and staff who have a heart for the Native Peoples of this world.
* Looking for people like you.
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TRIBAL WINDS Discipleship Training School
The 2012 Tribal Winds Discipleship Training School will begin January 31, 2012. The twelve week Teaching Phase will be located at our beautiful Flagstaff base. During that time we will have opportunity for Fitness Training, periodic outings and outreaches to the Hopi base and elsewhere. The eight week Outreach Phase has usually been done here in North America among the tribes but could be anywhere in the Pacific Rim and Americas. We will be seeking God regarding this. The cost is $4,500 per person, including outreach if conducted in US. Overseas airfares are additional. Getting your passport in advance is helpful. For DTS information and DTS Applications to fill out on-line, please go to Discipleship Training page.
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DEEP SEA CANOE
Indigenous Stewards International sponsored the"DEEP SEA CANOE", ALL PACIFIC PRAYER ASSEMBLY, July, 2009 in Pasadena, CA. This was a very successful event, freshly bringing the Good News to Native Peoples of N. America. The difference this time was that the Native peoples were treated with great respect and honored as the host peoples of this land. We believe that this movement is significant in preparing the way for Jesus to touch all nations of the world.
The picture to the right shows some Island members of DEEP SEA CANOE, plus Hopi friends and YWAM directors Will and Millie Toms.
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Some Pictures of our Story
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Our Neighbors the Hopi Indians
The Hopis are Native Americans, one of twenty Pueblo tribes, who have lived in the Southwest for millennium. They believe that we are now in the Fourth World. The word Hopi actually describes their spirituality given them by the Creator. It means People of Peace. The kiva depicted here, at Mesa Verde, CO, is an ancient underground ceremonial chamber. They believe that a True Brother or Friend has been prophesied to come help them find their destiny in Creator's good way. Psalm of the Chief The chiefs of yesterdays past did not last, but You are the Chief among chiefs. The war bonnet you wear is made of peace. The crook You carry comforts me in my time of need, and the tomahawk you have is reserved for your enemies, and not for me. You ride upon a white horse of righteousness and those who are in your way are broken to pieces like the potteries which do not last. Even mother earth quakes and bows under Your thundering footsteps. The drum you play resounds throughout the entire universe. May those who try to silence Your war cry be silenced themselves. You are the Chief among chiefs. And I shall dance the good dance for You forever. by Merwyn Arnold George
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Germany: The Key to World Revival Pt. 1
by Loren Cunningham. Reprinted from MINISTRIES TODAY, May-June 1992.
How many movies or TV shows have you seen where the villain wears a swastika and has a thick German accent? From Casablanca to Raiders of the Lost Ark, we have been raised with German villains. What is it like growing up in a land with the dark shadow of the swastika on your past...one of the darkest shadows in the history of the world? How does this affect your image of yourself and your nationality? Can a country escape its past and find itself again?
Several months ago, one of the leaders of newly-reunified Germany went to Israel and met with her political leaders. He carried a message. He asked them to forgive Germany for the holocaust against the Jews. Their answer? Not in this lifetime!
Recently, my wife Darlene and I completed a ministry tour of Germany, where I spoke --- times in --- days in 15 cities. In each place, I opened my message by reading the entire genealogy of Jesus from the first chapter of Matthew. By the time I read aloud all the "begats," along with interpretation into German, the congregation was laughing.
Why All the "Begats"?
Why did God include His "telephone books" in the Bible? The genealogies show us that our roots are important to God and should be important to us. They are a part of who we are--deny them and we die a little. Jesus accepted His roots, including Rahab the prostitute, David the murderer, and Rehoboam who ruined his country. We can never have a healthy image of ourselves--either as individuals or nations--or find God's destiny for us if we don't accept our heritage, forgiving the wrongs and being grateful for the blessings.
Most of us realize that God has a unique destiny for every baby born on earth. Each individual has been gifted in a combination different from everyone else in the world. We are each a gift to the rest of humanity, with a calling which we will either lay hold of, or allow to remain unfulfilled. If we miss our destiny, we miss the reason we were born.
God also has unique callings for every country on earth. In His Word, God makes it clear that He is the one who gives birth to nations and each nation has a destiny to fulfill. If that destiny is unfulfilled, it affects all of us.
I have given this message in many countries, but never with such a sense of historic importance as when I preached all over Germany that they should accept their roots, as Jesus did.
(To be continued...)
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The calling of God
Galatians 1:1
Paul knew with absolute certainty that God had called him as an apostle, sent out to open the way for the gospel to go to other nations. He obeyed even though, from his perspective, he was not qualified for the work to which God called him. We tend to think that apostolic ministry is only done by inherently great and powerful leaders. Yet Paul would say it was nothing but the grace of God that qualified him and others.
Take as a modern example the story of an elderly woman named Alice, who worked near the infamous red-light district in Amsterdam. For years, Alice felt great compassion for the “girls” who sold their bodies there. She began reaching out to them, and within a few months several of the women Alice had counseled accepted Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. Next, she started a Bible study for them. As their friends and family members began attending, the Bible study group grew so large that it became a church with a full-time pastor. But the story does not end there. Alice went on to start more churches by reaching out to prostitutes in other cities. Well into her 70s she continued on her God-given mission to rescue lost and hurting people.
No matter what your age or experience God can use you too! Ask him to anoint you and send you out as he did Alice.
More insight: Matt. 10:1; 1 Cor. 1:26-31; 12:28; 15:9-11; 1 Peter 2:9.
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