I’m back from Haiti and am actually a little bit out side of Chicago now getting ready to head to a Wisconsin Music festival. I will be posting a Haiti update rather soon (and be sending out an update email), though would have sent it earlier if I didn’t get sick.

As soon as I got back from Haiti, I headed straight to Creation East Music Festival, the largest Christian music festival in the world. On my way there, I ended up getting really sick, so much so that I had to visit the festival paramedics (they gave me some prescription medicine and a shot). I didn’t even want to sell light swords at the festival, and that means I was pretty sick.

However, I did end up making a quick recovery, ended up selling a lot of light swords for missions, and made some good contacts, praise God. I was also able to go to one of my supporters church while I was in PA, and that was an unexpected blessing. More to come soon, thanks.

Bryan

I just returned from the wedding of two very good friends of mine up in South Dakota last night and am leaving today for Haiti. This is my first time to ever leave the country (though I have attempted it multiple times) and am pretty excited. I’m excited to able to serve in one of the most needy countries in the world for a little over two weeks.

I will be working with an orphanage in Fond Doux. Haiti and though the Chi Alpha leadership I work with has been serving this orphanage for over a decade, this is my first time to go. I was originally scheduled to go back in December before that trip got canceled due to Civil Unrest in the country, closing down the Haitian airport on the exact day we were scheduled to leave.

I am going with a group of over 20 people from UCLA Chi Alpha comprising of students, staff members, and interns. We are pretty much the only real ongoing support this orphanage receives. We are the organization that will actually be bringing the supplies and hope to this orphanage and the only supplies we can bring is what we can physically carry. The orphanage is located 60 miles from last year’s 7.0 earthquake and just 12 miles from the 5.9 aftershock. We will be bringing critical supplies, including food, clothing, gifts, and finances to this orphanage. While our group is there, we will be doing evangelism, discipleship, children’s ministry, speaking at local churches, food and clothing distribution, etc.

I will arrive back in the states on the 28th of June, landing in New York City and heading immediately to Creation West, the world’s largest Christian music festival, to sell Prolife shirts and raise more support and awareness my mission work. Your prayers are critical, and I appreciate them very much.

Specifically, you can pray for:

• Safe travels and a smooth transition to and from the airport in Port-au-Prince to the orphanage.
• No unexpected complications or issues during the trip
• For Devine protection for our entire group and I.
• For God to use me in a mighty way to break demonic strongholds and oppression of the people I meet.
• For God to guide the leadership of the trip in every situation.
• For the God to place a heart of missions in the students on the trip.
• For no infections or injuries for me or our group.
• Radical salvations in and around the orphanage in Fond Doux.
• Anointed church services with the Holy Spirit heavily in operation.
• For the Holy Spirit to operate though me in the gifts of healing, word of knowledge, world prophesy, etc. in accordance in accordance to scripture.
• For me to have a great Spirit of discernment to read each situation I encounter while there.
• Quick and easy transportation from New Your City to Creation in Pennsylvania
• God to give me the endurance to head straight into the hardest Music festival of the summer once I return from Haiti

Thank you so much again for your prayers!

I will post an update as soon as I can when I return, but do not expect any updates while I there (though there might be one).

Last week was totally crazy trying to get prepared for the summer. We had our last service of the quarter on Tuesday and almost beat our attendance record which was awesome, way to fishing out the school year strong. I’m kind of mobile right now so I don’t know when I will be releasing the next video blog, but will at least continue to update my blog weekly when possible.

I am currently in Colorado with some of my best friends who is about to get married. On my flight from Los Angeles to Denver I ended up sitting next to a 22 year old marine amputee who had lost his leg, eye, and messed up his finger from an IED in Afghanistan. He had some pretty wild stories and God opened the opportunity to briefly share my story and what I have seen God do. He said that he believed in God but never prayed before going out on missions, but I emphasized that it’s not just about believing in a universal God. I asked him if he thought the god he believed in was the same god the Taliban believed in and he of course said no. I then went on to talk about Jesus and the importance of his sacrifice and how without it we will be eternally separated from God when we die. He went on to accept Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior later during out talk and I got his cell phone and facebook.

Scripture says that the steps of the righteous are directed and this was definitely a devine appointment. I turns out we both weren’t even scheduled to be sitting in the same row but we both requested to be moved when we checked in (I wanted an isle seat and he asked for the back of the plane). I have definitely never experienced something like this before, but was Glad I was open to be used by God. I can probably count the number of people I personally led to the LORD via the sinners prayer on one hand so it was great to see some results. Some are called to plant, some are called to cultivate, but it was pretty awesome to see results.

Sorry, there is no video blog to be released today. Things are too busy and I am preparing for the summer and tying up all the loose ends. We have our last service this week on tuesday, and I am flying out of state to a wedding of one of my best friends this weekend. The day after I get back from the wedding, I am leaving for Haiti for 2 weeks. Within a week of getting back from that, I head off for the summer to do pro life work and raise awareness for my ministry work at some music festivals. Pretty busy, but we will catch up soon and I will release a video sometime this week before I leave. Thanks for your prayers, its been an incredible school year in ministry and I couldn’t have done it without your prayers, support, and God’s help. Next school year is going to be an even more successful year in missions! Get ready

Instead of having a video blog this week, I posted the video that was shown over the weekend at our annual leadership retreat. It features interviews of students and I talking about what God has been doing through UCLA Chi Alpha and through the students over the last school year.

We spent the entire weekend planning out all of next years activities, including guest speakers, promotion events and items, outreaches, etc. I am super excited to be a part of a ministry that is rapidly growing and has momentum. The line up for the 2011-2012 school year looks great and im super excited to see what God does out here!