Hometown: Maple Valley, Washington

Age: 27

Birthdate: May 2

Hobbies: Golfing, Fishing, Studying American History

Favorite Books: The Barbarian Way, 1776, The Three Battlegrounds, Holiness, Truth and the      Presence of God and Founding Brothers

Countries Visited: Mexico; Honduras; Uganda, Africa; London, England; Fiji (this year!)

I am truly a blessed man to have  experienced so much in my life already.  At the age of 15, I felt God calling me into the ministry.  Though I told the Lord I never wanted to speak in front of people, He had different plans!  As a high school student, I became heavily involved in my youth group; sharing whenever I could, planning retreats and interning under my youth pastor.  After graduating from high school, I took a year to build my relationship with Jesus in a discipleship school called Generational Leadership.  After completing the program, I went back to my home church, volunteered with the youth program and eventually became the junior and senior high youth pastor.  During my five years of ministry there, I watched Jesus do amazing things, not the least of which was growing the ministry from 10 students the first year to 100 at the start of the fifth.  After five years, however, I felt God calling me back to the Generational Leadership program and have now been on staff with them for three years.  It’s been my privilege to help train up high school graduates to become the next leaders in their churches, communities, government and workplaces.

I truly believe that this generation is on the cusp of seeing the Kingdom of God come alive like never before.  In fact, when people really encounter Jesus, they can do nothing but see the Kingdom come alive in their hearts and the hearts of those around them.  All throughout scripture, those who encountered Jesus were never the same.  Jesus turned ‘unschooled ordinary men’ into church leaders and world changers.  He even took a religious fanatic and murderer known as Saul and turned him into one of the greatest apostles the world has ever known.

Jesus is in the business of transforming the human heart and using ordinary people to accomplish extraordinary acts for His Kingdom.  He did it in my life, he’s doing it in the people around me and I am confident that he will do it in you!

Thanks for visiting my site!

Ryan