Loren and Darlene Cunningham bid aloha to their home in Hawaii and headed south in mid-January to begin the first of six “Founders’ Journeys” where they will be celebrating YWAM’s 50th Anniversary together with YWAMers at 42 locations around the globe during 2010.
This first journey takes them to eleven locations: New Zealand, two locations in Australia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, three locations in India, Nepal and Bangladesh. It will take 20 air flights to get them to all of the locations, and as Loren said recently “we’ll have to be careful not to sneeze, or we might miss a stop!” They will arrive home in Kona on Feb. 23.
YWAM Kona sent the Cunninghams off with a great sense of anticipation and joy to be with the rest of the YWAM global family this year. Hundreds crowded around them to pray for the Word of the Lord, health, strength and safety throughout this year – and for no weather or mechanical difficulties that might cause air travel delays. YWAM Kona also took a generous offering to help fly the Cunninghams to remote locations. Although they are purchasing “economy” tickets, their travel costs are high because they must travel on the carriers and flights that get them to the right places in the right sequence. Jonathan Hamilton, Loren’s scheduling assistant, has been working for the past two years researching these itineraries. He said “the travel itinerary is like a jig-saw puzzle, with one segment locking in tightly to the next segment.”
At each location, the Cunninghams, together with their host YWAMers, will thank God for His goodness in the past, celebrate His faithfulness in the present, but most importantly, they will look to the future with anticipation of all He desires to do through YWAM to complete the Great Commission and disciple the nations. At each location, the participants will have an opportunity to join a worldwide commitment to help fulfil God’s dreams by signing YWAM’s “Jubilee Covenant.”
To find the YWAM Founders’ 50th Anniversary Event closest to you and read reports from the events, go to www.YWAM50.com
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