Ryan's Mission Trip to Nepal
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My name is Ryan Fulmer. You may or may not know me or have met me before, but for many years I was on a drug induced road to self-destruction. During this time, I lived very selfishly and only thought of myself. But I have great news for anyone who would like to celebrate with me. A little less than a year ago The Holy Spirit met me in the dark pit I was in and offered me a way out. I was deeply depressed and wounded from drug addiction, but thanks to God’s grace and unfailing love for me, I have been saved! God has been calling me and finally I have ears to hear and eyes to see. I praise God I did not die in the state I was in! Some may know that I have been in Adult and Teen Challenge for ten months now. This is a one-year recovery discipleship program. Let me tell you that The Lord is moving here. The Lord has been doing a breathtaking miracle in me and through me. I am an adopted, reborn child of the most-high God.
The Lord has put a calling and the strongest desire in my heart to pursue a deeper relationship with Him through serving as a missionary; a way that I can serve God and my brothers and sisters across the globe. What a blessing! I have decided to go into Y-WAM (Youth with a Mission). I will be joining a group within Y-WAM called Fire and Fragrance. This group is scheduled to go to Nepal October 6, 2017, for six months.
For my last few months here at Adult and Teen Challenge, I will be working to reach my financial goal but I will need your help to reach it in full. If as you read this, God places it on your heart to help me supplement this cost, I would really appreciate it. I need your help financially but mostly I need your prayers. As you stand along side me in this process, anyone is more than welcome to get in touch with me or even stop by to visit as I finish out my stay here at Adult and Teen Challenge.
God’s Grace Be with You,
Ryan
My Testimony:
I grew up on Camano Island, WA with my parents and two brothers, one older and one younger. My family and I did attend church when I was young, but I never really grew acquainted with the Lord. When I was 13 years old, my parents got divorced and my dad moved out of the house. After this, my sense of security was shattered and I began to rebel against the world. I stopped getting good grades, started skipping school, and started drinking and smoking cigarettes and doing drugs. My idea of fun was vandalism and self-destruction, and I surrounded myself with like-minded people. I barely managed to graduate high school in an isolated, independent alternative school. After this, I joined the Marine Corp, following my older brother. After a year I got an other than honorable discharge due to my bad choices. What ensued in the next eight years was chaos and destruction, criminal activity, homelessness, arrests, jail time, ovedoses, suicide attempts, rehabs, and immoralities of every kind. My life was void of all love, hope, purpose, and meaning. There seemed to be a devastating black hold in my life. I knew I was missing something, but I could not figure out what it was. Without Jesus in my life, I was drowning in pride and self-pity.
A few years ago, I ended up moving to Oregon, at first just to attend a rehab in Portland. But I decided to stay for awhile. I had seven months clean before I relapsed. But all I was doing was trying to stay clean. Other than that, life was still the same. I started making shameful decisions again and hanging out with the wrong crowd. I was a complete mess and I knew it. My health was in dissaray and I was nearing the end of the line. One day I woke up to my alarm clock, and it was set to the radio station K-Love. Not only did I not set my alarm clock, I definitely had not been previously listening to Christian music. The next day, it happened again, so I just left the radio on as I lay in misery. A few days later, I was sitting in a public library, dope sick, thinking about stealing a donation change jar off the counter, when I got hit with the Holy Spirit like a train. I couldn't believe how low I had sunk. I was done, I couldn't take it anymore, and I knew it. But my God offered me a way out. The very next day, I was in detox. Ten days after that, I was in a 30-day rehab. While I was there, God firmly directed me to Adult and Teen Challenge in Seattle. Upon my completion of rehab, I went directly to Adult and Teen Challenge.
I tell you with utmost confidence, that the Lord is doing an amazing work in me. My rage, bitterness, and fear is being transformed into love, faith, and hope. I find myself able to get along with people, and not only that, but to love them without judgement and prejudice. I pray that I see others through God's eyes, not my own. I have made Jesus the leader of my life and I have a deep love and affection for Him. I now love praying to and stepping into my secret place with the Lord. I know that God is my Father and His love for me is undeniable and unexplainable. I strive for oneness with God and to act more like Jesus because He has freed me from sin and death. I thoroughly enjoy praying for others and I am prompted by the Holy Spirit. I believe I am becoming a Holy Spirit-let, grateful, recovering Christian. Without a shadow of a doubt, I will follow Jesus forever. I am a delivered, transformed, and reborn child of God, who is and always will be eternally grateful for God's great and unfailing love and mercy. I strongly desire overseas missionary work, and if that is God's will for me, I will faithfully follow Him through all trials, tribulations, and persecution.
Teach me Your ways, oh Lord, that I may live according to your truth. Grant me purity of heart, so that I may honor You. With all my heart I will praise You, oh Lord my God. I will give glory to Your name forever, for Your love for me is very great. You have rescued me from the depths of death. Psalm 86:11-13.
Amen!
The Lord has put a calling and the strongest desire in my heart to pursue a deeper relationship with Him through serving as a missionary; a way that I can serve God and my brothers and sisters across the globe. What a blessing! I have decided to go into Y-WAM (Youth with a Mission). I will be joining a group within Y-WAM called Fire and Fragrance. This group is scheduled to go to Nepal October 6, 2017, for six months.
For my last few months here at Adult and Teen Challenge, I will be working to reach my financial goal but I will need your help to reach it in full. If as you read this, God places it on your heart to help me supplement this cost, I would really appreciate it. I need your help financially but mostly I need your prayers. As you stand along side me in this process, anyone is more than welcome to get in touch with me or even stop by to visit as I finish out my stay here at Adult and Teen Challenge.
God’s Grace Be with You,
Ryan
My Testimony:
I grew up on Camano Island, WA with my parents and two brothers, one older and one younger. My family and I did attend church when I was young, but I never really grew acquainted with the Lord. When I was 13 years old, my parents got divorced and my dad moved out of the house. After this, my sense of security was shattered and I began to rebel against the world. I stopped getting good grades, started skipping school, and started drinking and smoking cigarettes and doing drugs. My idea of fun was vandalism and self-destruction, and I surrounded myself with like-minded people. I barely managed to graduate high school in an isolated, independent alternative school. After this, I joined the Marine Corp, following my older brother. After a year I got an other than honorable discharge due to my bad choices. What ensued in the next eight years was chaos and destruction, criminal activity, homelessness, arrests, jail time, ovedoses, suicide attempts, rehabs, and immoralities of every kind. My life was void of all love, hope, purpose, and meaning. There seemed to be a devastating black hold in my life. I knew I was missing something, but I could not figure out what it was. Without Jesus in my life, I was drowning in pride and self-pity.
A few years ago, I ended up moving to Oregon, at first just to attend a rehab in Portland. But I decided to stay for awhile. I had seven months clean before I relapsed. But all I was doing was trying to stay clean. Other than that, life was still the same. I started making shameful decisions again and hanging out with the wrong crowd. I was a complete mess and I knew it. My health was in dissaray and I was nearing the end of the line. One day I woke up to my alarm clock, and it was set to the radio station K-Love. Not only did I not set my alarm clock, I definitely had not been previously listening to Christian music. The next day, it happened again, so I just left the radio on as I lay in misery. A few days later, I was sitting in a public library, dope sick, thinking about stealing a donation change jar off the counter, when I got hit with the Holy Spirit like a train. I couldn't believe how low I had sunk. I was done, I couldn't take it anymore, and I knew it. But my God offered me a way out. The very next day, I was in detox. Ten days after that, I was in a 30-day rehab. While I was there, God firmly directed me to Adult and Teen Challenge in Seattle. Upon my completion of rehab, I went directly to Adult and Teen Challenge.
I tell you with utmost confidence, that the Lord is doing an amazing work in me. My rage, bitterness, and fear is being transformed into love, faith, and hope. I find myself able to get along with people, and not only that, but to love them without judgement and prejudice. I pray that I see others through God's eyes, not my own. I have made Jesus the leader of my life and I have a deep love and affection for Him. I now love praying to and stepping into my secret place with the Lord. I know that God is my Father and His love for me is undeniable and unexplainable. I strive for oneness with God and to act more like Jesus because He has freed me from sin and death. I thoroughly enjoy praying for others and I am prompted by the Holy Spirit. I believe I am becoming a Holy Spirit-let, grateful, recovering Christian. Without a shadow of a doubt, I will follow Jesus forever. I am a delivered, transformed, and reborn child of God, who is and always will be eternally grateful for God's great and unfailing love and mercy. I strongly desire overseas missionary work, and if that is God's will for me, I will faithfully follow Him through all trials, tribulations, and persecution.
Teach me Your ways, oh Lord, that I may live according to your truth. Grant me purity of heart, so that I may honor You. With all my heart I will praise You, oh Lord my God. I will give glory to Your name forever, for Your love for me is very great. You have rescued me from the depths of death. Psalm 86:11-13.
Amen!
Organizer
Julie Hill Lester
Organizer
Marysville, WA
