Outtatown Discipleship School

Ally Siebert says Outtatown helped her lay strong foundations in key human skills, placing her ahead of the curve now that she's training for medicine. What does it take to be a professional heal...

https://www.outtatown.com/2020/06/24/alumni-profile-ally-siebert-guatemala-2011-12/

One afternoon, I was sitting with a student in a café in Antigua, Guatemala in the midst of a conversation about life after Outtatown. I asked them what they were hoping to walk away from Outtat...

https://www.outtatown.com/2020/03/10/arrival/

What an amazing semester it has been! The first three months of Outtatown have flown by. It has been such an amazing time of learning and of growth, involving many challenges that have further sh...

https://www.outtatown.com/2020/01/06/downtown-winnipeg-and-bungee-jumping-lessons-from-first-semester/

This past month we had the opportunity to explore some caves near Hope, British Columbia, which was a highlight for many of us. It was a new opportunity and a chance to learn important lessons re...

https://www.outtatown.com/2019/11/28/caving-and-christianity/

This month’s story takes place during the week of our Urban Plunge in the North End of Winnipeg. It was such a great week filled with many learning and eye-opening experiences. We stayed at Win...

https://www.outtatown.com/2019/11/08/winnipeg-urban-plunge/

A few weekends ago, I found myself back in the Outtatown vans with staff and program alumni taking a little road trip in Southern Manitoba. We were on our way to a celebratory BBQ; a time of shar...

https://www.outtatown.com/2019/10/17/becoming-people-of-reconciliation/

Everybody knows Outtatown’s mission: Knowing God, Knowing Yourself, Knowing the World. I’m going to share a story that exhibits all three of these. At the beginning of November, I broke my f...

https://www.outtatown.com/2019/09/02/beauty-in-brokenness/

"The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience is better than pride." If I would choose a verse to describe my Outtatown journey, I would choose Ecclesiastes 7:8. I realized this...

https://www.outtatown.com/2019/07/31/the-best-is-yet-to-come/

The day before Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, is usually celebrated as Pancake/Fat Tuesday in Canada, but the Guatemalans like to celebrate it a little differently. Site 1 had the chance t...

https://www.outtatown.com/2019/07/04/gringos-meet-carnaval/

Recently our entire group spent three days in the beautiful Drakensberg Mountains in South Africa. We hiked, marvelled at God’s amazing creation, and spent the evenings camping out in a cave, p...

https://www.outtatown.com/2019/06/18/no-place-id-rather-be/