My story
Learning to stay close
YWAM changed my life deeply. Now I get to make room for other people to know God in a deeper way.
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My name is Hallie Seedorf, and I’m serving with Youth With A Mission in Harpenden, England as part of the Catalyst Discipleship Training School staff team. Over the past year, God has grown my heart for discipleship and helping people know Him in a deeper way.
As a DTS staff member, I help create space for students to grow through worship, prayer, teaching, community, and outreach preparation. A lot of ministry happens in everyday moments: conversations over coffee, praying with a student, encouraging someone who is struggling, or simply doing life together.
DTS is about more than traveling or attending classes. It is about learning to trust God, stepping out in faith, and growing in relationship with Him.
Early 2026 · The Middle East
I was discouraged and honestly a bit unsure.
In early 2026, I went to the Middle East for outreach. I’m not naming the country publicly because the work and the people connected to it are sensitive. I felt a strong impression to talk to someone wearing a red hijab. I approached about five people. None of them spoke English. The next day I went out again, not really feeling motivated.
Then I saw a young woman sitting on a bench with her baby. She was wearing a red hijab. We spoke for hours. A friendship formed. She invited my teammate and me into her home, and later called us her sisters and her baby’s “aunties.”
We did not see direct salvations during that outreach. We did see honest questions, prayers, and people opening Scripture for the first time. I learned that faithfulness is often quiet.
Most of all, I learned that it is not by my strength, but by Christ’s.
Now I’m returning to serve.
This is a two-year commitment. I will help plan the school, prepare for incoming students, disciple trainees through lecture phase and outreach, and help lead outreach teams.
Highfield Oval held other stories before mine: YWAM Harpenden’s heritage account says more than 200 children lived here after the National Children’s Home opened the site in 1913, with a school, chapel, bakery, workshops, and a farm school. YWAM says it began renting the Oval in 1984 and bought it in 1993 for £2,100,000, “on faith.”
I can serve in Harpenden because other people choose to be part of it. YWAM staff raise their own support. Prayer, encouragement, and financial partnership make the ordinary work possible.
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