YWAM 50th Anniversary Gathering
YWAM’s 50th Anniversary Gathering
As we have been praying we have sensed from the Lord that this is more that a three day event. This is our Jubilee Year and what the Lord imparts to us through Loren and Darlene will be the foundation for future ministry here in YWAM Hong Kong.
REPORTS
OPENING NIGHT
Well, our opening night of the 50th anniversary celebration of Youth With A Mission here in Hong Kong went off without so much as a hitch! We were at Ecclesia Bible College, worshiping the living God and spending time hearing from our founders Loren & Darlene Cunningham! We were also honored enough to have Darlene’s mom, Mama Dar, with us as well, and she sold signed copies of her book The Worldwide Wanderings of a YWAM Widow. We are feeling very blessed and ready for the next couple of days celebrating God and YWAM. Keep visiting the site and hearing about it all!
DAY TWO
It’s all about the worship of Jesus and celebrating what He’s done here in Hong Kong! With our worship room, Jericho, packed full of YWAMers and YWAM associates, we enjoyed the full presence of God through music, heard wonderful and exciting stories of the past about faithfulness, joy, and the “I Won’t Quit” spirit from Darlene. We also heard the testimonies of many long-time YWAM Hong Kong staff, including Jimmy Stewart, Dawn Gauslin, Hans Van Beek, Tim Obendorf, Merja Rikkonnen, Gail Maidment, and Malama Piliae. We capped off the evening with more worship and a crazy-encouraging session with Loren about what YWAM is doing presently. We here at YWAM Hong Kong are happy to play even the smallest part in it. Mixed with the great company of fellow YWAMers both young and old and awesome food to boot, there’s no doubt that Jesus has really shown up to our Founders Fifty event here in Hong Kong.
Cool, quick testimony: The weather observatory told us that we would be experiencing full-out thunderstorms for our three celebration days. As YWAMers, we of course interceded, and we’re literally spending our break times and meal times out in our courtyard basking in sunlight with a ring of storm clouds surrounding, but missing us! GOD IS SO GOOD!
DAY THREE
Well, after months of preparations and a lot of hard work, we here at YWAM Hong Kong have finally seen our celebration come to an end. What an amazing time we had today as we worshipped God, Darlene shared a message called “Who Is Jesus?”, we honored our directors Joe R. & Nancy Vallese, and were commissioned into the next 50 years as YWAM Hong Kong by our founders. This has been such as blessed time. Keep an eye on the videos and pictures as we share the joy with the world!