Over the past couple of weeks God has done so much in my
soul. I departed from my house in Memphis on January 2 to spend the next 4 days
worshipping God at a conference called Passion. I spent the next 96 hours full
of the Holy Spirit. I was high on the spirit and loved every moment of it. The
theme of Passion 2012 was freedom and while I was there God brought me so much
freedom. He taught me more about walking in freedom and spoke identity into me.
He told me who I was in Him and who He created me to be. It is amazing to be
the son of a king! He is absolutely amazing if you don’t know that already.
(Worshiping God at Passion)
After the Passion conference I went to Gainesville, GA to
serve over 100 people while they tried to find out where God is leading them.
This conference is called Project Search Light. I wasn’t a participant but I
was able to be a servant. I was able to take the trash out, help the cook, set
up the tables and chairs, take people to and from the airport, etc. While I was
there God continued speaking to me and filling me up with His spirit. I also
believe that He used me to speak life into people. God was using me to speak to
other people. The words I were speaking were not my own but were from the Lord.
After 6 days of serving, I started leadership training for
The Passport. We as leaders learned all about what is expected of us and how to
fulfill those duties.
Two days later I went to the airport to meet my team. All of
the leaders met our teams and then went on an adventure in Atlanta to do some
team building. After our adventure in Atlanta, we headed to training camp and
spent the next 4 days experiencing the presence of the Lord.
After four days of training camp we boarded a plane headed
for Nicaragua. When we arrived in Nicaragua, we jumped into the back of a cattle
truck and headed three hours north to a place we now call home for the next
four months.
(Our 3 hour ride in the back of the truck)
The first day in Nicaragua, we built relationships with some
of the locals. The next two days we built a roof for one of our cooks. And
today we went to the beach!
It has been an exciting couple of weeks filled with the Holy
Spirit. Yesterday our amazing team came up with a team name that the Lord gave
to us. We call ourselves “pies hermosos” which means beautiful feet in Spanish.
The verse we took this from is Isaiah 52: 7 “How beautiful on the mountains are
the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good
tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”â€�
The amazing thing is when I was back in Memphis praying for
a prophetic team name, God gave me the word beautiful feet. Without mentioning
that to my team I asked them to pray for a team name and God gave them all the
same word! He is so good.
Thank you for all of your support. Please pray for me and my
teammates as we bring the gospel to Nicaragua. We are really in a healthy place
right now so please continue to pray for unity, peace, God’s presence, and
whatever else the Lord puts on your heart!
Blessings,
Ryan Hurd
