Commissioning Night & Darleen Cunningham

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

ALOHA DAY...and so it begins again

1-10-2013 

48 amazing young people in 4 counties in Asia on outreach
26 new students joining us this week from all over the world to begin their DTS journey.
1 Korean Speaking DTS running along side our English school
3 years of marriage
billions of people who have not heard the gospel
1 small ministry on 2.74 acres of land in Manoa Valley trying to make a difference


How can you pray for us?

*Integrity in character- This morning as Chris and I prayed I felt lead to pray that God would continue to refine us. As we take on more and more leadership I pray that our sphere of influence would not outgrow our character. Pray that we get the right tools and training we need to do our job well.

*Training Schools- I believe DTS is more needed now than ever. I am continually amazed and saddened by the stories we hear from our incoming DTS students about their life before DTS. Youth are exposed to way too much at earlier and earlier ages. Our only hope is Jesus! Our prayer is that our training schools equip students with the truth that they need in order to be prepared for life after YWAM or as staff in YWAM. Either way we want to make disciples who are rooted and grounded in truth.

*Community Outreach- God has called us to be a light in Honolulu. For many years YWAM Honolulu has focused on unreached people groups in Asia and the South Pacific. Frontier Missions has been our strength. In moving forward we want to hold onto this strength and add to it  a focus on the city of Honolulu and community outreach. Pray that we are able to effectively minister to people of all ages and backgrounds in Honolulu.

*Member Care- YWAM Honolulu processes support for hundreds of missionaries around the world. Our desire is to stay better connected with the missionaries we send out. There is a depth of wisdom from them that can help our young people grow. Our desire is simply to bless our long-termers in whatever way is most tangible to them. It will take many hours and much effort to find the best way to serve our long-termers. Pray for us as we strategies with the Lord on how to serve them. 

*Financial Support- We have been very busy lately and have not done a good job raising personal financial support. We are in a season of need, most likely due to not communicated our need well. We are praying that God will give us new strategies on how to build a better support system. Pray that God will bring a team along side of us that can help carry this aspect of our ministry.


I stole all of these photo's from our staff/student's facebook pages. I just couldn't help it, I am so proud of them and love seeing pic's of them in the nations. I love the digital age, I get to see pic's daily of what our team's are doing on outreach. It warms my heart to see these smiling faces sharing the love of Jesus. He really is the only thing that can change the world!

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