Prayer for a "Homeless" Man

[Ryan Ny]
Let me start with how this whole idea came about. A few weeks ago while sitting in on the 180 service at Crossroads, Pastor James was speaking about an event coming up called 30 Hour Famine. 30 Hour Famine, as described on their website, "is an international youth movement to fight hunger. It will bring your group closer together and to God, feed hungry children, and change our world forever. Students fast for thirty hours and raise funds to help feed and care for children around the world. By sacrificing and serving others, they are learning to think outside themselves and see the world as Christ sees it"(www.30hourfamine.org).

Over the next few days my mind kept slipping back to 30 Hour Famine and I felt the LORD calling me to do something more. I felt that God wanted me to know and feel not only was it was to be hungry but also to be homeless.

So starting this week on Thursday afternoon (April 23) I will set out on this adventure and return Saturday evening. While I am homeless I will be fasting, wandering and sleeping the streets of St. Paul, playing guitar and singing to raise money to donate to 30 Hour Famine and doing whatever else I feel the LORD calling me to do while I am there.

I am writing this blog for one reason: I need prayer. Prayer for a few things. First of all that God will keep me focused on why I am there, that I will allow God to use me as the hands and feet of Jesus, for safety and perseverance and that through all this that I will not leave that same man that I started as and will be able to see the world a little more like Jesus does.

I will be keeping a journal as I embark on this adventure and I hope to possibly take pictures and video and will do my best to post it as soon as I return.

God Bless