Clinics and More

Hello Everyone,

This week has been once again, amazing. John (my leader), asked me saturday night at about 9 at night to preach the following morning for 300. I am not worried about numbers ever and I love being on stage but knowing I had to talk for about 25 minutes kinda freaked me out (especially if you know how I talk at shows). I went to God and He told me to speak on the things that He has been speaking to me since I've been here about how to break off strongholds and what we need to do to really see change in Hyderabad. A pretty bold sermon for my first, if I may say. There was a translator at the church so that really helped and my sermon was about 30 minutes. Once I'm up there and the Holy Spirit is speaking through me I really never have to worry about time, I could talk forever. At the end we got to pray for around 30-50 people. They just kept coming up! We saw some healings, re-dedications, and 2 of my friends had an exorcism, needless to say it was a crazy time! It has been real eye-opening to realize we only have less than 2 weeks here in India so we are all trying to really press in and see what God has for these short 2 weeks. This week at the HIV/AIDS Clinic we had a great week talking to people and praying for people. I prayed for a women this week and she is Buddhist but here husband was Christian and she had pain in her knee joints. I prayed for them and they were healed and she was so blown away because she didn't understand how she could be healed and so I got to explain that she was healed because of God's love for her, I was about to give her the opportunity to accept the Lord but she was called away but I knew she was in good hands because her husband was Christian and she was just so shocked about the whole event, it was so awesome! There was another man who was a converted Muslim and he had leg pain, back pain, heart/chest pain, and pressure headache. John and I prayed for him the first time and his headache and leg pain went away but still had back pain and chest pain. We decided to pray again and after 6 months of back pain he was healed of that and healed of his chest pain!! He was so grateful and we just were so pumped for God's love and His healing power. Yesterday (thursday) we went to a house where both parents were HIV + but luckily their kids were not. They both managed to get jobs at the clinic but still lived in a very small house which was pretty much a room. We had some worship and talked with them to find out that their family doesn't talk to them because of the disease. It was a very sad story they had but they had a lot of faith in God and we got to pray for them and the kids. Last night the Americans on my team were so blessed to go to a Thanksgiving meal at an american pastors house. I originally thought we would be going to some Indian ladies house and assuming that we would all be crammed around this table. I was pleasantly surprised to arrive at this incredible house where the whole meal was catered and we walked in on red carpet. Turns out, the food was incredible and most of it was imported from Singapore...IMPORTED. And not only did they have everything I missed out on at home but they had pumpkin pie...good pumpkin pie in India...we were ecstatic. We were so blessed because we definitely all would've loved to be home for Thanksgiving but honestly that was an amazing Thanksgiving I will not forget. Tomorrow we are playing worship at a church that is very western; we're pretty pumped. I would call it the LCBC of Hyderabad. We're playing for the youth group which is 600 with good equipment. It makes me feel at home which is awesome ha. I can't thank you enough for all the support you guys give me.

Until next time,

Tyler

London And India

Hello everyone,
I am so sorry I have not been updating more. I forgot a little bit about my blog. I was waiting til after surgery to tell you what was going on. I stayed back from Outreach for 2 weeks to get knee surgery because of a part of my knee tore about a month before outreach. It should have taken a lot longer to not only get an MRI to check if it was my knee but have surgery. God was with me the whole time because I found out that my surgeon was one of the best in Australia and my Physiotherapist was one of the best in Australia too and went over to the States to help out with the New York Jets...Let me tell you something..My God hooks me up. I didn't really want to tell people I was having surgery for fear of people thinking of something worse than knee surgery...Long story short I am on outreach and have been in India for 2 weeks. Before India we were in London and it was just an amazing time where we saw God work in such amazing ways. Spiritually, London is a very dead place and people don't really have time to talk to strangers (like myself) on the way to work and wherever they are going. We basically picked a different part of our borough of London every week. Most weeks we just walked up and down the streets and tried to talk to people. We had a "Free Prayer" sign 2 weeks and it was amazing. I got to pray for a Sikh man (the men with turbans). They believe in every religion so he believed in Jesus but obviously didn't just believe in Jesus. Muslim and Sikh's believe in Jesus but don't believe He is the Savior. I prayed for him and encountered the Holy Spirit. He took a few steps back and just had this shocked look on his face and was asked if I could explain the feeling he just had. I told him it was the Holy Spirit and he said it was just an incredible feeling. He did not accept the Lord that day but walked away with a memory I'm pretty sure he won't forget. As a team we saw a lot of salvations and a lot of broken people receiving prayer and getting filled with the Holy Spirit. It was an amazing time of really getting a deeper faith and realizing who I really believe in and how powerful our God is!!! The church we stayed at made me feel at home. I told the pastor, that if the church I grew up in (MJMC) was a traditional English church like theirs was, it would be this one. They made us feel at home and it was just awesome getting to know the youth group and leading worship for them. Like I said, we have been in India for 2 weeks and wow, what a stretch it has been. I was very comfortable in London because of the amazing shops and a beautiful city, but India is beautiful in its own way. It was hard to adjust because ever since I got to YWAM it hasn't really felt too different from what I know of a first world country and going to London wasn't any different obviously. We have been working in a HIV/AIDS Clinic and it has been so sad but at the same time so rewarding. Luckily medicine for HIV/AIDS has been improving so if you do have HIV it is very manageable to maintain a healthy life if you continue getting medicine. The only problem is that it isn't easy to come up with the money for this medicine. A lot of these people will come from outside of Hyderabad and up to 700 kilometers away just to get medicine. Some people who come into the clinic haven't been touched by people in months because their families believe since they have HIV or AIDS that they will get sick. Can you imagine if you haven't even been touched in months? We go around laying hands on people and praying for them and giving them hugs. They have commented that it feels amazing that the people at the clinic make them feel loved again. It is so sad seeing a husband,wife and kids all having HIV/AIDS. It has been very sad in some instances but at the same time so rewarding to pray for these people and to see the Holy Spirit give these people hope and to see these people crying from the love they are receiving from not only us, but Jesus Christ. One of the most amazing parts about Christianity is trying to live like Jesus and loving these people, hugging them and talking to them just like Jesus would do. Just that, is a testimony of God's love for them and to show them that through Jesus Christ we do what we do. People walk out of the clinic second guessing their own religion and thinking a little more about this amazing God who wants to love them. This weekend some of us went with a youth group interesting enough called "MYF" out to the middle of no where. We visited a village 7 hours outside of Hyderabad where a missionary has been at work for 20 years. It was so incredible to see this man having a heart for these village people and totally transforming their lives. These people were known for having short tempers...for example, a man wanted a cigarette from another man and he told him he couldn't have one so the other man went out into the forest sharpened an arrow and killed him. We got to have a service with the villagers and to hear them singing worship songs in their tribal environment was amazing! We were hiking up this mountain and it was getting dark and the man with us told us we had to turn around because at night it's not safe because of the black bears,Tigers and Leopards in the forest which was so legit!!! If I was being honest I had my head out the window of the bus the whole time trying to get a glimpse of a tiger...I did not see one but, just to know I was in tiger country was awesome. So far India has been amazing and we still have 3 weeks here and I know God is going to do so much more in the clinic and in the slums!
I will try to update next week again.
Thanks for your support guys!
Tyler

Hello Mates,

Where to start? Lectures have been amazing and have been challenged to step outside of my comfort zone and also have been challenged not get too comfortable in Lancaster. I feel God is calling me to other nations to reach out and really show His love which brings me to week 6. The title was missions and and the end of a week which completely pumped me up for missions. We did an assignment called "adopt a nation" and God really gave me a heart for Somalia which I didn't really have before. We were challenged to pray, give and even go which was way too exciting to think about! The following week was Authority and Submission which was pretty tough. Going into the week I really was wondering how this was actually going to apply to me but quickly understood that God calls us to obey authority whether you like that person or not which was a big challenge for me. The speaker Steve Aherne, who was insane, started off the first week by speaking prophetic words  over people and straight up just telling people about their lives for the most part...I felt like he was staring into my soul, regardless, he told me something that God has been sharing with me and it really came together for me. It was a great week that was completely lead by the Holy Spirit. At some points during the week, he would just go off on rants which was not part of his teaching because he felt the Holy Spirit was telling him someone needed to hear it and it was so dead on. The guy could have breathed fire out of his mouth and I wouldn't have thought twice about it. Fear of the Lord was the following week which was really good and was a good reminder to live a life of hating sin and loving God. A simple thought but something we need to be reminded of often because of our stupidity, or at least mine. This week we are finishing up Lordship and today really challenged me. The speaker gave us a list of things that we need to let go of and give to God and man...at the end of the list it was a lot to handle but God calls us to sacrifice things and for example, an object or a talent is nothing to give to God because God gave us His son which in turn gave us life. I learned this week that God will never call us to give up more than He gave, Jesus can always relate to us sacrificing things for Him because there wasn't anything Jesus did not sacrifice for us. These past 2 weeks have really broken me to give everything I am to God because when we are completely humbled and surrendered, that is when we our going to maximize all God wants to do in our lives and when He can use us the most. Our speaker this week Arjan gave us a quote that blew me away and really challenged me and hopefully it challenges you too. "If God isn't the Lord of all, He isn't the Lord at all" Wow, powerful and convicting. It really made me think twice about what exactly I'm still not laying down in my life. I found out my outreach locations and am heading to London in about a month which I am so pumped about! I will be there for about 6 weeks and then heading to Hyderabad, India. I am so stoked to see what the Lord has in store for us and how we can be used to further His kingdom! But with outreach comes finances. I am in need of around $4500 by tuesday. If you feel God laying on your heart to give or even pray for our team that would be appreciated. I want to thank you all for the support so far and am trusting God to provide all funds to make it possible for me to go on outreach. The link is below and if donating, make sure you go through the steps...Music DTS, paying for student, and my name. If you have any questions you can email me at bennertyler@yahoo.com or find me on facebook. 

Thank you!

Tyler

https://www.ywamperth.org.au/007/payonline.asp

Hello Everyone,

I hope all of you back at home are doing well and enjoying your summer. The weather here isn't exactly nice 90 degree days so don't take it for granted. It is pretty nice here minus a little rain here and there but overall cannot complain! It has been amazing to see my personal progress and how much the Lord has just been revealing to me about Him. Every week seems to be getting better and better and 3 weeks ago was Repentance and Forgiveness week which was just awesome. We learned a lot about God's pain for sin and how we sometimes seem to not realize how serious sin is and blow it off like it's okay. God calls us to repent of our sins and forgive people who hurt us and I just had a simple revelation that we need to really have that all sorted out with God to really hear His voice. We had an application day of Repentance and Forgiveness which was pretty much 1 person going to the front of the group and repenting for sins and forgiving people who have hurt them in the past which you can imagine was intense. It was a really freeing day which was around 14 hours long and you could see just God healing peoples hearts and really bringing freedom to peoples lives which was so amazing. Last week was Intercession/Worship and going into it I thought Intercession was more for people who weren't on the worship team or leading the church but for the people who didn't have a role in leadership... God completely destroyed that thought I had. By the end of the week I was wanting more and more time for intercession. It is really exciting to actually hear God's voice and be in a group of people listening to hear God and actually getting words from God that match up with what other people were getting! Every thursday night we have city evangelism where we go out into the city and listen to hear from God about the places, people and things we should pray for. We start by being in a group and listening to hear what God has to say and then go the places we feel Him asking us to go. Starting off, I had a terrible attitude about evangelism and felt it was pretty boring. I bought a Hacky Sack and we have been playing with it in between lectures. A couple of us guys thought it would be a good idea to take it and use it as an evangelism tool. We went out and it broke the ice for some really good conversations where we could pray for people and talk to them and just tell them how much God loves them. It was so awesome to evangelize but have fun in the process and in return really fellowship with people! That weekend God really called me to focus on Him last weekend and just be in the word and be with Him all weekend. I was dragging my feet all saturday wishing I was at the beach and with some of my friends but I knew it was what God wanted me to do. I had this lie in my head that being with God was going to be so boring and nothing was going to happen. I thought that He wanted to tell me the next steps after DTS but He really wanted me to just grow in wisdom and grow in Him. Sunday came around and I was worshiping then spending some time in prayer asking God to show me more and reveal what He wanted me to hear for the weekend. He gave me Proverbs 3 and I just started reading from Proverbs 3...which was about gaining wisdom! It was so awesome to see God work in me and answer my prayers! I came away from last weekend with a so much more of God and all that He calls me to in my life. This week was about the Father Heart of God. It was really good and learned a lot about more of how God sees us and how much He loves us but it really didn't hit me till application day on friday. We had 3 people in the front to be intercessor's and pretty much just speak what God was putting on their heart from Him to say. It was really awesome to feel the Father Heart of God and to hear what He thinks of me. This week will mark the half way point of my DTS and it is going by so fast! I have already learned so much and have grown an insane amount and cannot wait for more that is in store in the weeks to come! If you guys could pray for just new revelations of God and me to really seek out what God has for me and to understand exactly what that is that would be awesome! I also still do need help for my outreach funds so if you would like to support me you can make contributions online at ywamperth.org.au. Thank you guys again for all your support and I am just praying in faith that outreach funds will be provided! 

This week 2 different people shared with me 3 of the same verses that they felt God wanted to give me which I will leave you with:

Joshua 1:7-9

"Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go."

Traveling across the world and Jesus

G'Day Everyone,

Two weeks ago today I landed in Perth after spending two relaxing days in Sydney, which I must say is a very beautiful city. It took me around 50 hours including layovers to finally reach my destination but I am here and safe! Thank you all so much for praying for me for my travels! Last week I was one of the last to arrive to the base which I was definitely surprised about but it was really good. We had a Barbie (aka barbecue) on the river to break the ice a little bit. Everyone was very out going and it was very easy to feel very at home here. The city and Australia in general is so similar to United States that it really doesn't make me feel like I'm away from home. The first few days here we were just settling in and taking care of registration details and it was just a very relaxing time to catch up on sleep and kind of get a feel for the base and the city. Perth is a lot less populated than Sydney and I feel is more laid back than Sydney which is very nice. When you say thank you here, most times people say "no worries" which was amazing because I did not realize that I secretly already had some of the Aussie culture down already! Not going to lie, I say no worries a lot so I was very proud of myself for subconsciously starting to get used to the culture. Our Music DTS started lectures last wednesday on "Hearing God's Voice and Quiet Times" which was just an amazing time to learn new things and relearn/put into practice what I already know. I have just been starting to understand more about God and the love He has for us and have been challenged to really seek after having more quiet time in the morning so I can talk to Him because He is real and He actually does want to talk to all of us and spend time in His presence. This week was on "The Character and Nature of God" and wow, what an amazing week! This week just totally destroyed my opinion on God and the lies that I did not realize I built up about the Living breathing God! I was unfortunately sick wednesday, which I'm told by everyone, was a great day of teaching. I learned so much this week about God's Nature and understanding that when God calls us to do something, even if we don't want to or don't understand His motive, do it anyway. God never sets us up to fail and tells us to do something because He knows the outcome and it is obviously always going to better us and better His kingdom. I am one for simple revelations and that just blew my mind this week. I have just been challenged in so many areas of my life to really give everything to God and put all faith in Him. Friday was an amazing day, we started off with teaching which lead into a School worship time and I just felt the Lord telling me to pray over the fear of man, not only for me but for everyone because that was something I knew I was personally dealing with since I got here. I prayed over that and also had the intentions of asking God to breaking off other chains not only in my heart but everyone else's hearts. God kept bringing up the word freedom to me which was the desire on my heart, to be free from the lies and bondage that keep us from giving God all of us. More people started to pray/confess things that were holding them back and it turned into an amazing time where people were just prophesying over others and breaking off things in their own life and wow, God was moving in the room which was so amazing! You could feel the presence of God and sense a desire from everyone that they all were yearning for more from God. I took a lot out of that morning and yeah ha it already wrecked me, but I know God is not done breaking me down yet. Slowly but surely God keeps showing me new things I did not realize about myself that I need to change to really get everything He has for me. This coming week is "Repentance and Forgiveness" which I know...is going to be incredible and it is just going to wreck me completely. I am so pumped and cannot wait for the revelations that I need in my personal walk with the Lord and yeah ha it is going to be crazy! I will try not to write books every week but I definitely tried to make that short ha. I feel bad making people read a novel but its very hard to summarize a week where the Holy Spirit is moving.

One of my prayer requests would be that all my finances would be covered so that I can go on outreach and live out what I've learned and what I'm going to learn.

Thank you all for your support and if you want to contact me more directly my email is bennertyler@yahoo.com

Thank you!

Tyler

First Post!

Hey Everyone, It's almost crunch time and reality is starting to kick in that I am leaving soon...wow. I am extremely pumped but am definitely going to miss everyone from home. I set up this blog to let everyone know what's going on with me and how my time in Aussie is gonna be! This maybe a little too hopeful, but my goal is to update everyone once a week to have a break down of what God's doing not only in me but in my team. I am so extremely pumped to have this opportunity to go and get away from Lancaster to focus on not only God but my number 1 passion, music. I think that is all for now but that countdown is less than 2 weeks which is insane! I can't believe it's almost here. Stay tuned for more updates and blog page changes. The more I get understand how to work this the more creative my page will be so please bear with me. Thanks you all so much for the support,Tyler

Also have twitter if any of you have that. You can follow me @Tbenner10.