The Discipleship Training School students and staff of YWAM Guatemala
"May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it."
- 1 Thessalonians 5:22-23
Family and Friends,
With hearts brimming with gratitude, we thank you for your prayers and encouragement! We stand amazed at how God used both of us in our times of teaching. For the first time, Ryan taught Destiny by Design here in Costa Rica. God simply used Ryan in amazing ways as he taught students from 8 nations to release them to be who God created them to be.
During the week, students learned how to dream with God for their lives. With excitement and joy, we watched students learn to fly and soar with our Lord. Many lives were radically set free and the world will never be the same. To learn more about this impactful teaching, check out the website http://www.destinybydesign.org
Two days later, we packed up and headed to Guatemala. Sarah Dawn taught an intense teaching on inner healing to 19 students and staff from Guatemala, the US, Australia, Canada, and El Salvador. The Lord simply set his children free from sins of the past, issues of rebellion and rejection, circumstances out of their control, pride, idols, and so much more. It was an honor to be used by God and a blessing to watch Him personally minister to the hearts and souls of tomorrow's leaders. To show how powerful your prayers were I want to share a few comments.
"Thank you for allowing God to use you in such phenomenal ways in all of our lives! I know that what God has done in my life this week has changed me forever"
"Thank you for your construction work in the spirit, in obedience to our Lord and for bringing to us this divine plumbline. For your vulnerability and encouragement to trust in our faithful Lord. For being this instrument in our lives to bring us closer to his heart. "
"Gracias por venir a Guatemala y compartir con nosotros, eres una bendicion para mi vida, y un ejemplo para seguir en los caminos de Dios."
"Te doy gracias a Dios por tu vida, gracias por haver tomado el tiempo para venir a Guatemala. Haz sido de gran bendicion en mi vida. Dios te a usado para sanar mi corazon ."
Thank you again to all of our faithful prayer warriors and financial partners that enable us to stand strong and obey the voice of the Lord as we continue to radically disciple the nations for His glory.
Will you continue to pray with us for
* our current DTS as they are on outreach in Israel until June 1st.
* That Sarah Dawn will hope in the Lord as He renews her strength, that she would walk and not grow weary and run and not grow faint. (Sarah's has been extremely exhausted, fatigued, and weak, with heart palpitations and difficulty breathing - that's why this update is so late :)
* wisdom for Sarah's doctor as we search for the reason (praise God the blood tests came back perfect, but still searching)
* Rest and restoration for our family as these past few weeks have been very difficult with mommy not being able to cook, clean, homeschool, etc.
All our love,
Ryan, Sarah, Joshua and Caleb Bedenkop
Serving with YWAM, Costa Rica
