Time to Come Home

---It is hard to believe that my time here in Japan is coming to an end, tomorrow will be my last full day in Japan before I fly out on Thursday the 25th. It has been an amazing journey full of learning, growing, breaking, discovering, and so much more. Thank you all so much for following my blog and staying in touch with me, I hope to share more of my time here in Japan with you when I come back to the states.
---The next season of life is hard to pinpoint exactly but i do feel the Lord releasing me to do a few things when I get home 1) prepare to come back to Japan, by learning the language and raising money 2) visit family, friends, sponsors, churches, etc to share my experience here and pour into those i love 3) to pursue after my lifelong dream of playing professional soccer and lastly 4) to deepen future relationships that I feel will be with me for the rest of my life
---I hope that by reading this blog you have been blessed and have felt the Lord move in your own life, I pray that from my blog you will draw closer to our Lord and savior and see just how much He truly loves us and His people all over the world

Mt. Oyama

---The days of my time here in Japan are quickly winding down only 10 days left, sooo crazy. Tomorrow, 8-16, we have been given the opportunity to go out by ourselves and just be with the Lord. We have been encouraged to really seek the Lord, pray and ask Him what the next step of our lives is. I have some plans of my own as to what my time coming home is going to look like, but as I have come to find so often in my life, when God is in control my plans are not always His plans which is perfectly ok. Tomorrow is a great opportunity to really hear from the Lord and begin to look into my next season of life.
---The place where I am going is called Mt. Oyama which in Japanese literally means "Big Mountain," "Rain Mountain," and my favorite "Guardian of the Land Mountain." The mountain itself is one of the tallest mountains in the Tokyo region and overlooks much of the area that I have been living in for the past 5 months.

If you would please pray for me
1) The voice of the enemy would be silenced and the voice of God be amplified/magnified
2) To really connect with God the entire day, see what He is doing/has done here and back home
3) He would give me wisdom and guidance like so many of those who have come before me
4) Openness to whatever the Lord has for me
5) It would be a time of preparation for coming back home
6) Energy because I will most likely be tired from hiking
7) A fun day remembering all that He has done for me and just being with my Lord and Savior

Don't forget to check back soon to see what the Lord says after I go up the mountain haha Bible humor

Hi everyone thanks so much for all your prayer support. Below is a short video of my last outreach here in Japan. As most of you know this outreach had extra meaning because we went to Ishinomaki, which is one of the many hard hit areas from the earthquake and tsunami back on march 11. This outreach will be one of my most precious memories from my entire DTS. It was an honor being able to serve the Japanese people in such a way and to see how loving and beautiful they are. The outreach i feel like was a snapshot or a glimpse into seeing how the rest of Japan will be when they come to know the Lord. The people in the tsunami affected areas are so open, friendly, giving, loving, thankful, and interested in others, even more so than those in Tokyo. Enjoy the video. It may be one of my last ones while i am here in Japan, I only have 2.5 weeks left before I come home. If you would like to see more photos from our time in Ishinomaki you can follow the link below the video. God bless

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