Hey everyone.  My name is Billy Ryan.  I'm from Valparaiso, Indiana, and I go to Indiana University, where I'll be graduating in December with a degree in history.  I really enjoy sports, especially basketball and running.  I'm a huge fan of the the Indiana Hoosiers and all the Chicago sports teams, except for the Cubs.  And my Halloween costume this year is Peter Pan's shadow.

 

I've been a Christian for about 3 years now.  Christ really grabbed a hold of me the summer before my freshman year in college by placing a lot of people in my life to witness to me and show how a relationship with Christ had impacted their lives.  When I got to college, God brought me to a Campus Crusade for Christ meeting where I saw people worshiping the Lord like never before.  Something about this was so much different than I thought Christians were like.  A couple weeks later, I gave my life to Christ.

I've been active in Cru for my whole college career.  I'm currently leading a freshmen and sophomore study in the dorm I lived in as a freshman and sophomore.  College is great and I will be sad to see it go, but the Lord has some big plans for me so I gots to keep movin. 

 

I'm very much excited to go on this trip.  I do apologize in advance to being the quiet kid for the first few days.  I promise, once I start talking it will be hard to shut me up.