a hop, skip and Japan...

March 11, 2011  An 8.0 earthquake shook Japan destroying buildings, homes and lives. Shortly after, tsunami waves hit and caused even more unbelievable destruction. 

I am currently going through the process of trying to raise support to go out there and help this summer. I have had a heart for the Japanese people and nation since the second grade, and this is finally my opportunity to do something with that passion and love. 

There is so much cleaning and rebuilding that needs to be done, and many, many hands are needed to do this, but...

1 Sam 10:7b "do whatever your hand finds to do, for God is with you."  

...my hands will be busy with an assortment of things, as I help to clean up, but I know God will go with me to do much more than just clean up. I am going to clean the muck and the mire from the disaster in the hopes that god rescues people from the muck and the mire of sin and the fate of Hell.

Less than 1% of the Japanese people know Christ and this is a startling thing to let your mind embrace. If the Gospel of Jesus Christ is true (which I know it is...so prove me wrong if you don't), then more than 99% of the people in Japan are going to spend an eternity without Christ. They will be in the lake of fire and that is not okay.

"How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!” -Romans 10:14-15

I have decided that I want beautiful feet, and not earthly beauty...an imperishable beauty that comes when you allow your cracked and hardened vessel to be a tool for the living God to save people from the fate He saved you from. I want to skip, hop and jump to Japan because  I want Heaven to be booming with people and I want to obey my big brother's command...

“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

and knowing that my big brother is with me gives me courage as I face the boldest thing I've ever done. I know that my Father will provide the money I need to get out there, and I know that there will be fruit from this faith jump.

I know that eternity will look different for my sacrifice of time and comfort and the sacrifice of money from others. This is an amazing opportunity to not only help the Japanese and share the Gospel, but to live out Unity and show the world what Christ's love and attitude can do.

Man, is it good to be the daughter of the KING or what?!!