FRESH BREAD

Every Thursday The Historical Society of Kona sells 'fresh' Bread at the Greenwell Coffee Farm.

Across the road on any given Thursday from Kings Mansion you can smell the aroma of fresh baked bread. It is made by members of the Historical society and tempts many a visitor. We were tempted. We stopped. Savoring the taste of the fresh bread, old Hawaii came alive in us. We realized we had been caught in the whirlwind of renovation. We needed SELAH TIME. In between bites we began to muse about the many unfinished rooms.

Come inside one of the rooms at KINGS. There is a chair marked GRACE, one "not now”, over there a pillow, like ideas tossed to the floor and picked up later with "new intention”. Here is an unfinished area. Try to imagine walking through. You will get there if you keep your eyes focused on where you are headed. Please do not open that door - that is "unfinished business”.

You must keep on this home tour with me. Do not enter the "taped off" areas. The tape is keeping people from the yet- to- be- imagined kitchen. Can you fantasize with me the smell of a roast cooking for arriving dignitaries? Permits were in place to complete the kitchen. Yet when we arrived in Kona we reacquainted ourselves with God's timing and resources.

We all can understand rooms marked ”delay”. Our visions must not get stale. We must savor the aroma of hot bread. Our time with Jesus tells us to “taste and see how good He is” even when we have no remembrance of hot bread. Our satisfaction must come from the belief that what he whispered to us before we bought the ingredients to make the bread will remain fresh. He never gives us too much at one time so we will not over eat. I love the way He tells us just what we need for the day. Manna. My mind is always racing to a new project and I forget I have unbaked bread. We need to complete what He has set before us. Is your bread in the heavenly oven? As psalm 37 says"keep delighting yourself in HIM and HE will give you the DESIRES of your heart".

Explore. Dream. Discover

HISTORY always has a way of repeating itself. When you look at the Kings Mansion history prior to the purchase by YWAM in 1977 you can almost see a parallel. Mr Henry Greenwell left his English shores in 1867 with a big dream. He was in search of a cure for the "orange blight"; instead he found his bride. His dream lead to his destiny - in 1870 he put Kona coffee on the map. One historian said "his knowledge of the world gave him the confidence to expand beyond Hawaii". He was a cattle baron and a Kona coffee plantation owner. The Greenwell motto was VIRESCO - "I grow greener, I flourish".

When Henry came to Hawaii in 1866 there were only 39 foreigners. Mark Twain lived in Kona then and was surprised at the lack of Protestant missionaries.

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain

Look at the rebirth of MISSIONS now in Hawaii.

The Hawaiian Islands were destined for GOD's GREATNESS. Loren Cunningham founded YWAM on the premise "TO KNOW GOD AND MAKE HIM KNOWN". He spent a life of integrity pursing this dream.

Missionaries came to Kona

I find it interesting to compare both the Greenwells founder to Ywam's founder. In the Greenwell historical notes it read: "He respected all peoples regardless of their ethnicity. He was morally and financially upright. He was hospitable. The land was important to him. The Christian Principles were the foundation of his integrity. He nurtured strong women in his family."

Loren Cunningham shares many of the same values and similarities. They are both pioneers. He planted a university not coffee. Loren was a trailblazer in missions like the Greenwells were in settling Hawaii. Think about when Elizabeth Greenwell arrived. There were only 4 other white people. She had to make the most of her creativity, not unlike Darlene Cunningham who always made the most of new situations thru her ingenuity. Warm hospitality graced both these wives. The character of their spirits remained in their homes.

Cattle,Coffee and Farming

Loren and Darlene have been in places where they felt as though they were the only ones who shared their love for JESUS. They were constantly looking for ways to expand their lands, not cattle but sending young people into new territories. He started YWAM with a dream . He saw his dreams take root as the organization flourished after its founding in 1960. He started with a dream seeing waves of young people covering the earth…with over 1300 locations for YWAM at present this dream has become reality.

We all get an opportunity to set sail for a new land. Our undiscovered field may be waiting. So many great men and women are writing books on their dreams. Let this little journal launch you into believing and seeing your rooms come alive and imagine holding meetings for great men. We can purposefully live out or aimlessly throw darts at our dreams. Where are you aiming? As we define our dreams, ideas…. we can invite our guests to sit in our rooms filled with people shaping history. Loren and Dr Bill Bright both shared the seven spheres from such a "listening moment" which has invaded our day. Christian teachers share about the need to take the 7 mountains of society worldwide. The mindset of the KINGDOM of God has expanded beyond Church walls.

What walls are restricting your creative flow? Movements change communities. Hearts are changed. Come inside and see what you will find. Use Loren's vision keys to fill your rooms. Explore new rooms, dream new colors that will lead to brilliant discovery.