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YADR is a 12 day live-in experience that will immerse you in a culture that will stretch and grow you personally and spiritually through an intentional community dynamic. Experienced and passionate facilitators will help you explore yourself, your giftings, and your calling so that you can grow in intimacy with God and live a bold life that makes a real impact for the kingdom. Through theological insight, leadership principles, missional training and vision development, this experience will shape you and equip you in ways you cannot even begin to imagine.

Here is what past participants have said about YADR

YADR isn’t just a nice 2 weeks - it’s a springboard for a life of transformation. I learnt so much about the heart of Jesus onretreat and I willl take that with me for my whole life. The journey was amazing, it had a clear start point, middle and end. Each day I felt more equipped to show Christ in the world.

oh heck! YADR has been the biggest and best 12 days of my like! I have learnt that I am loved by God and that is enough! My identity is found in Him and He has made me truly awesome. I was impacted by this as now, I get to live my everyday life with the Joy that I know God and His love fully. and that is the greatest feeling ever.

YADR18 was an incredible journey for me, I discovered what it really meant to be a child of God and be loved. God used YADR to open my heart and fill it with his love. The culture of YADR was amazing, I felt truly accepted and loved. Going into YADR I just wanted God to answer one question for me, but instead he showed me 100 answers to questions I didnt even know I wanted to ask. I grew in my relationship and intimacy with the father, through the challenges and sessions at YADR. I was pushed to grow and YADR really nurtured that growth. I feel like a new creation in Christ, that I can be me and show the world who I am. Yadr has changed so much for me, just by showing Gods love in my heart and unlocking that love.

YADR was not just a 12 day retreat, it was the beginning of a new era, a new life, a new way, a new me. I went along with the idea that I would come home knowing so much more about God and myself and boy were those expectations blown out of the water! The most incredible thing I learnt was that I already knew so much about God and myself I just hadn’t acknowledged it for what it was. God is so extraordinarily personable that he had always been speaking into my life and working in wonderful ways, I just didn’t realise it was him all along.
Now that I’m back into the normal daily things of life, I would not say that YADR is finished. YADR is and will always be following me for the rest life. The friends I made and the things I discovered is only a small portion of what will come out of these 12 days.

YADR transformed my life. It transformed my relationships with others, it transformed my relationship with myself, and most of all it transformed my relationship with God. How? Because it was ‘radical’, which actually means to affect the fundamental nature of something. Rather than just coating me with a thin, shiny veneer that will wear off eventually, it plunged into the depths of who I am, what my heart truly believes and who God is. It asked me questions. It gave me answers I never knew I was searching for. It challenged and confronted and encouraged and affirmed me. During YADR, God asked me to give up everything to him – all my pain and mistakes and pride. Every wound and desire. Then, I was filled with Love and Grace and Forgiveness and Strength (capitals intended). To sum it up, God healed me. I thought I was going to YADR to learn more, to be educated. Instead God went straight to the roots of who I thought I was, and did more than I could ever imagine. God said I am his daughter and his girl; he cradles me. And in that strength, I become His warrior. No longer am I constantly striving to achieve perfectionism, but instead seeking to grow closer to God. No longer am I bound by the failures of others, and myself, but instead free to pursue God’s Holy plan. No longer am I asking “why God!” but instead asking him: “What can I do for you today?” Now, I am free to be a disciple, and free to disciple others.

I’m struggling to find the words to best attempt to describe how much going on YADR has impacted my life. In 12 days I grew more than I ever thought possible and have continued to grow since returning home. Seeds were planted at YADR which I am yet to even see some of the fruits of but will slowly bloom as time goes on. I got to experience the Fathers heart and his love in a way I never had before which is something I’ll forever be grateful for. I absorbed so much wisdom and knowledge in 12 days but know its wisdom and knowledge I will carry with me for the rest of my life. It was like nothing I have ever experienced before and was a space filled with constant love and others with the same genuine heart to see the kingdom grow. It is an experience that has already changed my heart but an experience that I know is going to continue to grow me for years to come. Through the prayer, teaching sessions, Worship and just real honest friendships, I think we all experienced the enormous love God has for us and the potential we all carry within. So to put it in short, God flipped my world upside down at YADR and for that I’m forever Thankful.

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