YWAM Samoa
1974 - 1978

In January 1974 Dave Hall left his job as director of Teen Challenge Honolulu  and came to Pago Pago, Americn Samoa at the invitation of the late Dr. Sam Sasser. Some of the ministries over the next 5 years included:

  - village evangelism & Christian film ministry
  - Christian Books & Supply Center
  - weekly jail ministry
  - Korean outreach (once a fortnight)
  - weekly 60 min. radio program:

           "Living Free on WVUV" radio

  - concerts and other special events -
            with the Continental Singers, YFC...
  - and eventually a Christian club on several
            high school campuses

  - Part of that time we also had an outreach team
            in Apia, the captial of Samoa

    Read about the start of the first DTS in Samoa
how Just One Decision
can have an influence on nations

Picture above: First YWAM Samoa location - Boys Brigade fale,
Pago Park, 1974 and '75. Home for over a year.

YWAM base in Nu'uuli, AS - 1976 - 82

Below: Typical bus in Apia - Right: Apia market
  

Dave and Lydia returned to Samoa to help with the South Pacific Games outreach in Apia in 1983. YWAM had an outreach with several hundred YWAMers from various parts of the world, which made quite an impact on many Samoan young people. Some of them are still involved in missions in various parts of the world today. 

As part of the outreach we had a Torch Run - pictured below - which started at the John Williams Memorial on Savaii.

 

The fruit of this ministry lives on today through the ministry of various
Pacific Islanders serving in a number of countries across the world
including: India, Japan, Hong Kong, Hawaii, Europe, New Zealand, Australia, Bangladesh, etc.

Samoa on our 30th Anniversary

Pacific Islanders make good missionaries

Click here to see YWAM Samoa today

Dave was also involved in outreaches during this time to:
Guam, Canada, New York City, Australia, and New Zealand