I am going to claim that ‘predestination’ is a timebound word (obviously) in the past tense that does not apply to our omnitemporal God, our God who is immanent at all times and places instantaneously and co-instantly, wonderfully interacting with us who are confined to sequential time and language as he is not, yet ‘at the same time’, not countermanding our free will.
And I’m fine with his ‘predestining’ me to have kidney cancer, if good results from it. He does that sort of thing you know – remember, he was similarly nasty 
to Joseph, being sold into slavery:
Did Rich Stearns ask? Definitely not. He did not want God’s intervention. Granted, others asked ‘on his behalf’ – the scare quotes are because others who were asking were not looking for Rich’s desires to be granted but for children and families to be blessed through the work of World Vision, for God’s kingdom to increase and most importantly, for God’s name to be hallowed. Whether or not you are comfortable with it is not a factor.