Genie in Japan

In all honesty, the past few days? weeks? were pretty crap-o-licious for me–my heart just wasn’t in the right place.  I just really, really, really wanted to be home.  And it sucked because I can’t be home–it’s not like I can just buy a plane ticket and take a 14-hour hop back over to LA if I felt like it.  Which, for clarification’s sake, I don’t feel like doing anymore.  I like it here.  I love it here.  I have a mission here that is not yet complete. 

I just want to say thank you to all of you who sent encouraging e-mails, comments, messages, and lent your thoughts, and especially prayers.  It all came through to culminate into this crazy revival/revelation thing that God slapped into me these past few days.

I think I was just bored.  It’s Spring Break in Japan man, and I am bored out of my mind.  I’ve been keeping busy with stuff–meeting people, feeding people, needless grocery shopping, trying out recipes, washing the dishes like eight times a day, looking forward to folding laundry–psychotic, I know.  But what brought me back to life was preparing for the new semester, as our campus team met the other night to share our vision and ideas for the re-starting of our ministry.  The theme is “a seeking generation.”  There are going to be thousands of freshmen pouring into Osaka University this April–may they be a seeking generation, with our team of missionaries, prayer warriors, and fishers of men ready to spread, I mean SPREAD the Gospel, catch some live ones, and in turn send them out as disciple makers.

A week ago, our team had a contest to see if we could memorize the “Knowing God Personally“ booklet, or the Gospel tract that we use in JCCC.  Frankly I thought the competition was pointless and lacked explanation.  But I gave it a shot so as not to be a poor sport, and in so doing, I was humbled–”Wow, God is using this dumb contest to equip us for all the fishing that needs to be done soon.”   Obedience does not require understanding.  And it sure does come with great benefits.  Anyways, our strategy this semester: go fish.  This is why I’m in Japan, and that’s reason enough for me.  

As KCCC LA Summer Missions is launched this weekend, I know that God has prepared special teams, special people with special purposes, for the nation of Japan.