I (Micaela McGinnis) am preparing to go back to Tokyo Japan to be part
of the staff at YWAM (youth with a mission) Tokyo. I was a part of the DTS
(discipleship training school) of 2013. While there, my relationship with God
grew tremendously. We spent 3 months having lectures from many different people,
and then spent 2 months doing intense outreach. I spent two weeks in Japan on
outreach, then one month in China for my outreach, and then another two weeks
in Japan. I have spent a little over 3 years being completely in love with this
country Japan. It is amazing to me to see where I am now and how each year God
brought me closer and closer to Japan, and I believe he is not done yet.
I am going for a 2 year commitment to start with. My lifelong dream
however is to become a full time missionary in Japan. However, I am very open
and prepared for whatever God has planned. I know his way is always better and
different than I can ever imagine. I believe that God has given me a vision of
his revival in Japan. I wish with all my heart to see these people know him and
live for him. They are truly an amazing group of people and I know that the
Lords heart for them is big!
As staff, we will be doing many different outreaches in Japan, as well
as Japanese studies, leadership training and biblical studies. I truly wish to
take part in this amazing opportunity! I know God will provide and direct me
throughout my life!
But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am too young.’ You
must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. 8 Do
not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you,”
declares the Lord.
9 Then the Lord reached out his hand
and touched my mouth and said to me, “I have put my words in your
mouth. 10 See, today I appoint you over
nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and
overthrow, to build and to plant.”
Jeremiah 1:7-10
17 “Get yourself ready! Stand up and say to
them whatever I command you. Do not be terrified by them, or I will
terrify you before them. 18 Today I have made
you a fortified city, an iron pillar and a bronze wall to stand against
the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests and the
people of the land. 19 They will fight against you
but will not overcome you, for I am with you and will
rescue you,” declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 1:17-19
“How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of the messenger who brings good news, the good news of peace and salvation, the news that the God of Israel reigns!”
Isaiah 57:7
GODS EARLY WORK:
God first planted the seed in my
heart around the year 2009.
It was a small start, but he used Japanese animation
to begin the spark in my new path. In 2010, God planted a person in my very own
home to continue to fan the flame. Without a plan for it, but a small push from
the Lord in my Mothers heart, we hosted a Japanese high school girl to live
with us for 6 months. She started my learning the Japanese language and
gradually understanding the culture. Not too long after the girl went home,
something in my spirit felt we should host once again. So in 2011 we brought in
another high school girl from Japan. She brought a whole new look to a
different side of the Japanese. I didn’t realize it then, but God was using
these girls to bring me closer to the people in a small way. By 2012 I was
hooked on anything Japan. My mind was filled with the language, the faces of
the people, and the thought of going there someday.
In the near end of 2011, I began looking for a Japanese tutor online. There was
only one who was near us. She was a young 23 year old Korean girl going to a
nearby college, whose parents were missionaries in Japan. She was raised in
Japan for most of her life. She began tutoring me and growing more close to me
and my family. As God probably planned, she ended up moving in with us after
our second exchange student went home. She was a live in tutor and a part of
our family. For a lot of 2011 and 2012, I was in search of a way to get to
Japan. Becoming an exchange student was my first option. We got very close to
me actually going to a high school in Japan, but doors would always close.
Then, Youth With A Mission entered into the picture. I didn't think about it
much at first, but when my Mother found a YWAM base in Tokyo, the fire was
burning in both of us. I was actually sceptacle about it, but knew that it was
a great way to get to Japan. I applied for the Discipleship Training cores of
2013, and was accepted. God provided the money for me and I left for Japan
April of 2013. Never did I once think that there was such a huge fire inside of
me already.
GODS CONFIRMATION:
For almost
all of my Discipleship Training School (DTS), I had no idea where I would go
after all of it was over. I knew I loved Japan so much, but I had no idea where
God wanted me to be there. In the 4th month of my 5 months of DTS, a
group of us went to China for our outreach. That was the place that God
confirmed and shared his vision with me. I didn't consider going back to YWAM
Tokyo as staff because I thought that I only wanted to go back because of my
new friends. But while I was away from almost all of them, I realized that wasn't my heart at all. My heart was for the country that this base had such a
huge calling for and God was simply urging me to walk in this mission for a
while longer with those people. I was sick in China for 3 days. I was left in
our little apartment alone a lot for that time. I spent that time with the
Lord. On the 3erd day of being sick, God gave me a beautiful vision through a
song during my worshiping him. I saw Japanese coming to the Lord, worshiping,
weeping, falling on their knees, singing and knowing that He is God. I was so
washed away in the amazing power of what He was showing me. I believe strongly
that in that moment, he told me “I have always given you this vision. Now you
are listening.” In the month I was in China God pulled me closer and closer to
his heart for Japan. Which is amazing to me that I was being called more to
Japan once he sent me away and then back again for the remaining time left of
my DTS. I know that the love I have for this country is only from him.
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