Friends,
My
last night in Africa I prayed “God whatever it is you have for me is what
I want. Whatever you need me to sacrifice I’ll sacrifice. I just need you to
open the doors and know that I’ll walk through.” That bold prayer was
answered just shortly after I got home.
I
inquired with AIM about spending a few weeks doing relief work down in Haiti.
The next day I got a phone call asking me if I had any interest in leading
short term missions trips all summer. Before I could even ask God if this is
what He wanted, I already knew. He wanted me to sacrifice my lazy, relaxing
summers at home and do His work in Haiti. Well alright…
On
May 31st I landed here in Haiti and will be here to August 15th. I personally
didn’t feel a huge desire to be in Haiti for such a long time but within a few
days I knew this was exactly where God wants me. From now on I will be blogging
at ryanbodine.myadventures.org. God has already done some really incredible
things during my time here that I’ll hopefully be posting soon.
Again, I
just want to thank you for all the support you gave me throughout my time in
Swazi. Numerous times I felt like the only way I was making it was because I
had people praying over me. At night I felt security knowing that while I was
sleeping I was covered in prayer. I couldn’t have made it without you.
All of you were apart of my time in Swazi. You partnered with me and God and
forever changed lives. We brought hope to the hopeless. We held those that have
never been held. We loved people that had never been loved. We brought healing
to the sick. The life that I didn’t expect to be forever changed was my own,
but that’s exactly what happened.
Being in Swazi and living with abandonment for God
helped me to realize what my short life is all about. Its certainly not about
me or my worldly desires. It’s all about Him. Its about being obedient when He
speaks. Its about being used by Him to be the answer to people’s prayers. Its
about loving others more than yourself. With this life He’s given me I’m going
to do whatever it takes to fulfill the purpose that He has for me while I’m
here. This life will not be wasted…
Ryan
ryanbodine.myadventures.org
