As my outreach is coming to a close in these next short weeks, my heart races with impatience on coming home and wanting to share the SIMPLE gospel with my friends and family. There are so many changes,revelations and breakthroughs that have happened in these short months. I am honored that you my friends have been following me through all of it. Its been quite the ride of my life! I have never known Jesus like i know him now. He has given me so much and taken so many bad things away. He truly is a god who "gives and takes away." I have learned how powerful the SIMPLE gospel can be. And sometimes we forget it. We tend to complicate things more than they should be. We used the simple gospel to share with people here in Japan who do not know our language but seemed to understand what our hearts were saying. We've seen a little high school girl get saved by doing the same. God doesnt want us to make things all fancy and intricate, he wants to let people know one thing....HE SIMPLY LOVES US.
During my outreach i have learned so much about the Japanese culture. There were times where i struggled with it as i am used to my own, as well as the american culture. Through these tough times God was showing me the most important culture of all...THE KINGDOM CULTURE! There is no culture needed. He loves us no matter what circumstances. He wants us to love each other no matter what happens to each of us. There is only one love, and that is the love of Jesus. His love knows no culture, ethnicity,or hatred. He knows how to love straight from his heart. His love is forgiving and seeks to see the future. Not dwelling on the past, only moving forward.
I also see why churches rise and fall. We see a lot of them now a days. Churches disbanding and becoming separate. Or even churches simply shutting the doors for good. I feel people spend too much time over thinking sometimes. But do they really PRESS INTO HIM? In my opinion, people go to a church because they are drawn to a pastors gift of they way he delivers the gospel. But when people get too comfortable, they lose sight of why they are there in the first place. God provides us with churches because he chooses certain people to teach us his kingdom. These pastors are simply teaching us how simple following god is. We dont have to say 10 hail marys or do acts of good all the time. We just simply have to OBEY the word of God. Being here in Japan has shown me just how fortunate we are to be even exposed to Christ Jesus.
With all these revelations that i received, I look forward to rebuilding my relationship with my brother as well as my father. I always wanted to be part of my brothers life. But that relationship took a turn for its worse when i did something almost totally unforgivable. Since coming to YWAM, I have been doing my best to live out his glory. To spit out the fire that is lit in my heart set a fire by Jesus. In which God let me to call my brother one day and i really repented for what i had done in the past from the bottom of my heart. I also was able to forgive of some things in which had been done to me in the past. And because of that simple act of obeying, i plan on going to visit him in California for a little while and rebuild our relationship. I want to be part of my newphews lives as well. I have only seen them a handful of times since they have been born. Although my brother is not a believer, i felt that the lord helped changed his heart towards me. The lord has rebuilt my strength in him and now has given me the heart to rebuild my walls against the enemy. I want to take this precious time of my life right now to take the opportunity to share the gospel and experiences with my brother and his family at this time. To see how i have changed and be a living proof or testimony of what Jesus can do in our lives. But to get there i am asking for donations. God has provided EVERYTHING since being here at YWAM, and i am asking him to provide again. Total expenses will cost me around $500. I am trying to purchase a plane ticket and funds to send some luggage back to my home in VA. If you would like to partner with me in my journey to completely set a seal of perminate healing, your donations would be humbly appreciated. You can make PAPAL payments to my school leaders account at
johnny.gillespie@gmail.com. Thank you so much for your prayers and support! God bless you all!
P.S.- if there are any comments or questions, please feel free to contact me at "jackson.yeom@gmail.com"
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