God raised me up by a youth pastor when I was young. I was so shocked about theaverage age of a Japanese pastor being around55 years old. How lucky am I? My pastor was30 when he guided me to become adisciple. I would like to help Japaneseyouth have this"luck." That why I askedGod to call me to be a missionaryand use me in hishand. After that time, I tried to know more details about Christians in Japan. God asked me to be a youth pastor when I just wanted to be a missionary, but not a pastor. Immediately, I said, "What? I don't want it." I struggled for around 3 years. HE asked me to Love HIM more than others (be a pastor). I completely surrendered to HIM. I would go where God leads. "Can you see how 'unlucky' Japanese people are?" "Yes, I can see it." I am grateful that now God has called me to be a missionary, to reach the Japanese people for Him.

"Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them,because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd" (Matthew 9:35-36).

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