Mr. Mazza

6/7/13
I started this one a couple days ago and for some reason got stopped and have been so busy so here we go. Wow... I don't know another way to start this one off. I'm sure many of you do not know, because I had no clue, that the president of Joni and Friends was the CEO of Hyundai. That blew my mind that someone with so much success in a corporation would not necessarily step down to Joni and Friends, but change to such a different job and non-profit at that. He spoke to our group today on his journey he had to get to where he is today. Side note, the entire time I cried and then I looked around and everyone else was crying too so I didn't feel like such a baby. As an overview of his journey, he graduated and enlisted in the army, when he came back he had had a taste of control and power and decided to work himself up in the corporate world. This started the journey to end up as the CEO for Hyundai, when they were blessed with a son they named Ryan. Ryan was 1 of I believe 8 children that were born with his type of disability. (I can't remember the name of it) but basically when he was developing his skull completely hardened instead of leaving the soft spots for room for growth. Every part of his face was moved forward and as soon as he was born they took him away for what was the first of around twenty surgeries. After reading over what I am writing it does not sound near as good as when Mr. Doug says it, so I am going to attach the link to a video they have made to tell his story. If you have to time to watch it, it really is worth it.
http://www.joniandfriends.org/television/ryan-legacy-hope/
It is not very often you meet the president of a company and he or she says more that five words to you if your not one of their top priorities, but Mr. Mazza shared his testimony with us, sang worship songs with us, and even ate lunch with us one day. But seriously the video is worth watching.