Yesterday was another long and hard day. I had spend the
morning as a security guard roaming the grounds of the conference, then a few
hours guarding the entrance to he VIP speakers (making sure the right people
got in and the others didn’t). I then helped set up the World’s Largest Map. It
is literally 1,000 pounds and it is worth over $7,000. It is larger than the
size of a football field. 
Before every outdoor session we put it out and at the end of
every session, we have to take it in. It is a lot of manual labor. It takes a
team of 14 people to do this task and about 45 minutes (it used to be an hour
and a half…we’ve finally mastered it).
I had about 20 minutes left before I needed to run off to my
next task, so I decided to go inside the final Jubilee Celebration Ceremony
(the 50th anniversary of YWAM). Here 30 nations were represented,
many from the islands surrounding New Zealand.
It was in this final part of the ceremony where each nation
would do a dance from their nation and present gifts to the leaders of YWAM
that have made a tremendous impact on their country.
It was after the Samoan dance where the ‘chief’ came up and
presented his gifts to the leaders. He said that in his country, people learn
from their parents and not from any school system. So if the example they have
is good, bad, godly or not, it is what they learned. He then said that the
example the YWAM leaders lived out was far better than anything anyone from
that nation knew or could comprehend. From them they learned about humility, excellence,
obedience, patience, love and true character from these people. They presented
them with the highest honor- a staff and a broom like shall. With these two
items it gives whoever has it the right to speak.
What an honor. What would it look like if we lived as
examples for the people around us?
