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Kona, Hawaii --  International missions organization Youth With A Mission (YWAM) officially dedicated its new "Plaza of the Nations" on Friday.  The redesigned plaza now features three 20 foot fountains, thousands of glass mosaic tiles, and three seven-foot bronze statues depicting founder Loren Cunningham's vision of waves of young people spreading out around the globe to share the Gospel.

 

 

The dedication featured worship, dance, and a reading from "Is That Really You, God?" -- Loren's book discussing the vision for YWAM.  Kids circled the plaza with flags, YWAM students carried torches and flowers, and thirty-five staff proclaimed praise in their own native languages.  At the end of the ceremony, four generations of Loren's family led the campus in a reading of Psalms and Romans 10.

 

The night before the ceremony, Loren was reportedly standing quiety by himself at the fountain -- the culmination of 25 years of work and vision, and a symbol of an organization that has now sent out over 4 million short term missionaries, and currently has over 16,000 full-time volunteer workers in nearly 1,100 operating locations in 171 nations^.

 

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