10/07/2023
With heavy hearts we grieve the passing of the beloved founder of our mission (Youth With A Mission) Loren Cunningham. He passed into the arms of Jesus Oct 6,2023 at 4:20am Hawai’i time.
Papa Loren,
For us as Island Breeze Ministries, you were a spiritual father. Our children knew you as Uncle Loren. This is true for countless multitudes around the world. You were both an anointed preacher on stage, but also a very relational friend. You knew our faces, our names, our children and the islands we came from.
As our little ministry was forming in the 1980ʻs, many did not understand our call to to use cultural expressions to preach the gospel.
You stood by us.
You believed in us.
Your love and support gave us wings to fly. You championed us, spoke faith into us, and urged us to go into all the world and make disciples from every nation and tribe!
You never stopped believing in and encouraging us.
What you did for us, we continue to do for others. We are currently in the Pacific Islands ministering among our Pacific people preaching the gospel and challenging them to GO into all the world.
Words are not enough to express our heartfelt gratitude to you for believing in the call God had over us as Pacific Islanders.
We are better men and women because of your obedience and commitment to the vision the Lord entrusted to you. Today countless numbers are reflecting on how your obedience changed their life, gave them a place and equipped them to walk out their earthly assignments.
We join the chorus of gratitude around the world.
A hui hou- until we meet again our beloved Papa Loren.
For more information: www.LorenCunningham.com
