I got the opportunity to hear Loren Cunningham (the founder of YWAM - Youth With A Mission & the University of the Nations), speak at a local church. Cunningham is one of the founders of modern missions as well as a great author (is that really you god?, making Jesus Lord, daring to live on the edge, & why not women?). For those of you who don't know, I was with YWAM for three years in New Zealand. While with YWAM I had the privilege to hear many great speakers, but Loren was never in the country when I was, making this a great treat.

Loren Cunningham shared a lot of things that are happening within YWAM & at YWAM Kona, Hawaii. There are great things happening for the kingdom of God around the world through YWAM! Due to the many different places that things are happening, I can't share many of them for the safety of the people involved. But I would like to share some of quotes and thoughts from the evening…

  ~   2/3 of Christians are Not from the Western world!

What would it take to change a natural disaster from hitting a nation today? - father Abraham asked the Lord, & the Lord said he would stop it for only 10 righteous men (Genesis 18: 32)

God can/will back the things that we do With Him.        

When we do stuff together it opens our eyes to see the things that we couldn't see before.

    ~ Unity = multiplication, not addition.

‘It isn't too late, it's just the beginning.'

You have to have the whole world in your heart - that's God's heart.

We are learning as we grow.    

Even after living with Judas 24/7 for 3 ½ years, the disciples didn't know that Judas was going to betray Christ. How do we really know anything about those around us? Let alone where they are at spiritually.

  ~ It's not uniformity, it's unity.

It's not about the differences in the different denominations, what really matters is whether we all have the same heart.