Darleen Cunningham (co founder of Youth With A Mission) came to share with our base in the morning of January 18th. Personally I felt completely infused with faith by her. Darleen's life is a testimony to the faithfulness of the King. As I sat and listen to her tell the story of the beginnings of YWAM I couldn't help but think, "I can't believe it worked." It worked because a group of young people had more faith in God than their own strengths or abilities. They had confidence that He was on their side and that faith in God has sustained the Mission for more than 50 years.
That evening people showed up from all over the island to partner in commissioning us into the the next season of YWAM HNL. It is difficult to describe how grateful I am for the people who have gone before us in this mission. So many men and women of faith have laid their lives down for the calling of fulfilling the great commission and to have many of those people lay hands on us and pray for our future was overwhelming to say the least.
We felt loved by not only the people who have gone before us but also the many staff who are currently on this adventure with us. Chris and I were pretty blown away by how hard the staff worked to pull off the night and by what a fabulous job they did. I have never had so many leis placed around my neck. We definitely weren't expecting such a display of love and were incredibly humbled by the honor that was shown to us. We were both crying, something I had never seen Chris do!
Thank you to all of those that were a part of making this night so special and memorable for us. We will always hold January 18th, 2013 very near to our hearts. It will be a stone of remembering for us!
Here is a video link to.....The prayer section of our Commissioning
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