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TIMING, TRIPS & TRUSTING
Sarah McKisic • February 9, 2020
ROMANS 8:12-15 "So don’t you see that we don’t owe this old do-it-yourself life one red cent. There’s nothing in it for us, nothing at all. The best thing to do is give it a decent burial and get on with your new life. God’s Spirit beckons. There are things to do and places to go! This resurrection life you received from God is not a timid, grave-tending life. It’s adventurously expectant, greeting God with a childlike “What’s next, Papa?”
2010 Aaron's 1st trip to Osaka, Japan
He doesn't have any photos from this trip, living in the moment!
2012 Aaron and Sarah Meet
This is the year I took my first trip to Cameroon, Africa. At the time I felt very called to missions but wasn't sure where to yet. I saw many great things. After meeting Aaron, the passion he had for Japan and the people oozed from him and I had to know why. This lead me to sign up for my first trip to Japan!
2013 Aaron's 2nd trip to Osaka, Gamagori, Nagoya & Shizuoka
2013 Sarah's 1st trip to Osaka and Okinawa
This was a life changing trip for me. I felt the joy and heart of the father for the Japanese people and have never questioned my call to love on and serve them since. I still tear up looking over the many, many... many photos I took. God moved in joy, freedom and healing.
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2014 Aaron's 3rd trip to Osaka, Shizuoka & Tokyo
Aaron once again has only photos of the buildings from this trip, where he lead a Bethel team, but fortunately I found photos students with him took while on the trip! They did ministry in churches, an orphanage & on the streets.
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2015 Aaron & Sarah get Married 5.15.15
Leading up to our marriage we dreamed of the idea to immediately move after the wedding ceremony to do full time missions. We planned a small wedding with only parents, siblings, nieces & nephews (17 total in attendance!) and decided to use the money we would've spent on a bigger ceremony on the move. This obviously didn't pan out so we continued to pray and dream.
2016 Aaron & Sarah's trip to Tokyo, Japan for 1st wedding Anniversary
This trip was our first trip not going for ministry and to 'scout out to land' to see where we would want to live! It was a time of connecting and dreaming. Aaron was in college for economics, math & Japanese. While in Tokyo he got to attend a leadership summit where the prime minister and business leaders spoke. It was a incredible opportunity! Shortly after this trip we found out little Liam was in my belly and decided to wait to move so Aaron could finish school and I have Liam in the US.
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2017 Liam joins the Family 2.1.17
2018 Aaron graduates college & we move back to Redding, CA
2019 Aaron & Sarah give their 'YES' and things begin to unfold
Sometime around March we came to the realization that we felt called to Japan but hadn't yet given God our full yes. I had a moment back in 2013 where I felt the Lord say, "As soon as you give me your full yes, It will be fast and I will go before you." After marriage I felt like I was suppose to let Aaron lead our family and let God speak to our hearts about what He has for us. Every year Japan would get brought back to the table but Aaron felt it would be wisdom to do other things like save money, get a degree and position ourselves under a church covering that we could be sent from. All with good intentions but not realizing that year after year "wisdom" would add another thing to the list that needed to be done before we could do the call. Long story short in the beginning of 2019 we both had moments of repentance before God for putting off what we have felt for so long called too and gave him our "YES". We were on a walk talking about what trusting God in this process would look like and a man walked by at that exact moment singing over and over, "We will trust God that He will lead us where we are supposed to go." Later that day we were speaking with our land lord and he connected us with his co-worker who then connected us with a church named 21st Century in Tokyo, Japan. (A church Aaron actually led a mission team to back in 2014 and the same exact church Aaron spoke of during our trip to Tokyo in 2016 saying, "Wouldn't it be so cool to live here and be apart of 21st Century Church.") We had dinner with one lady from the church while she was on a visit here in Redding and the rest is history. Connections after connections have been forming since with the details unfolding while we stay in a place of complete trust and peace in God.
2019 Ella joins the Party 4.11.19
2020 THE MCKISIC'S ARE MOVING TO JAPAN
A few days into 2020, 21st Century Church offered to sponsor us for visas so we can come serve their church and do full time missions in Japan. We are beginning the visa process and plan to move this year! We feel so much peace and see God moving in the details and timing. He is endlessly good and so worthy of our YES.