'`'`'`'`' Johnson Family Missions '`'`'`'`' '`'`'`'`' March 2007 '`'`'`'`'`'`' Hi !fname: I couldn't wait to send out our monthly eNews! Please take the time to read this entire email as their is a special request at the end. This last weekend was very impacting for me. The Lord gave me a very special Birthday present by bringing Mark Anderson to Fiji. Mark Anderson is the International Director of IWT, Impact World Tour. Dave Cole was also here from New Zealand. Dave was the National Director for IWT in New Zealand. I was appointed their driver to and from meetings. Mark spoke to a group of pastors and church leaders on Friday morning, and it took all I had to contain my composure as my heart was overcome with compassion and passion as it resonated with the vision Mark was laying out for the nation of Fiji. It was not only confirming of what the Lord has been showing me over the last few months, but went way beyond my current understanding and faith for what the Lord wants to accomplish with the people of this nation. I heard a little of Mark's journey including his laying down a successful evangelistic ministry in the early 90's that was seeing tens of thousands of souls all over the earth come to the Lord. His ministry recorded over 1 million decisions for Jesus through the 70's, 80's and early 90's. Mark joined YWAM in the early 90's and shortly thereafter the ministry of IWT within YWAM was born. Mark shared how he had strategies for the unreached people groups of the earth - especially the masses of Asia who have never heard the gospel - and then how the Lord gave him an open vision in 1995 that lasted an hour, and led into a 5 day meeting being transformed into 5 days of face-down seeking the Lord. This vision was a tidal wave hitting the south Pacific and then the waves going over the islands and on into Asia. A similar vision was given to Loren Cunninghams, the founder of YWAM. The waves are young people fulfilling the Great Commission. He challenged the leaders that God wasn't wanting just another crusade or tour. HIS heart was for the nation to be redeemed and Fiji being a lead nation in the world for the end time harvest and a training and sending base for not only Fijians, but nations from all over the South Pacific to send their youth to be trained and sent into the end time harvest. IWT was and is simply one piece of the bigger picture that God has for Fiji. He shared with the Leaders that we were here in Fiji by the word of the Lord, not just to do another IWT tour. Logic would take us to cities and nations far bigger than Fiji having far less of the witness of the Gospel already. He went on to share how the church leaders of Fiji in 2004 came to Kona Hawaii, the international YWAM base, and asked YWAM to come. Not just IWT, but YWAM. He also shared briefly about the meeting in March of 2006 and the giving of the land in Fiji to YWAM for a new training center. Both ceremonies conducted with the giving of a whale's tooth in Fijian protocol for a serious and sober contract. As I sat there listening my heart was jumping and melting at the same time. The little glimpses the Lord let me see over the past few months into this strategy become so much clearer, and my heart filled with greater faith. The Johnsons have a destiny in Fiji to see not only the Fijians and Indians here, but many other Islanders saved, discipled, and sent from this new work in Fiji, including the new campus that will be established on the land near Korokula. (You can see and read more about this gift of land on our web site.) The page we are on now of the Lord's plan is primarily the IWT, but it is so much broader and bigger than this. A key and significant link in the chain though will be a successful IWT campaign in which thousands of young Fijians surrender their hearts to the Lord. How can they be trained and sent if they are not first saved!?!? On February 19th, Dave Cole shared a word for Fiji "Arise & Shine" This verse was also in Oswald Chambers reading for the day. Isaiah 60:1 "Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you. 2 See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the LORD rises upon you and his glory appears over you. 3 Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn. 4 "Lift up your eyes and look about you: All assemble and come to you; your sons come from afar, and your daughters are carried on the arm. 5 Then you will look and be radiant, your heart will throb and swell with joy; the wealth on the seas will be brought to you, to you the riches of the nations will come..... 9 Surely the islands look to me; ...bringing your sons from afar, with their silver and gold, to the honor of the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has endowed you with splendor. 10 "Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you...." Kay, Hanna, and I are part of vs 10 - as is Dave, Julie, Mark, Kylee, and the Hawaiian bases of Honolulu and Kona, and all of YWAM. My heart and prayer is that all that need to would catch this vision of the Lord for Fiji and the end times harvest, and we would each do our assigned part for the Kingdom. '`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`' We are raising funds for a vehicle purchase we will need for ministry purposes here in Fiji. We plan on acquiring the vehicle later this month. Most things are cheaper here, except for large capital items like cars. If you would like to contribute to this project, please let us know by March 15th. A YWAMer from New Zealand is setting this up for us. We simply can get a lot more vehicle for the money this way. He already has done this for 2 other vehicles being shipped to the other 2 major cities in Fiji in preparation for the IWT campaign. As a THANK YOU to our regular givers, and those who contribute to this project, Curt is going to be emailing you a link to an eBook. Curt wrote a book 15 years ago, but it was never published. He just completed putting it in eBook form. Eventually we will make the link live on our web site. '`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`' Blessings, Curt, Kay & Hanna Johnson 1-815-918-4304 http://www.johnsonfamilymissions.org http://www.heatherjohnson.org "To donate to a missionary or a fund please  1) make checks payable to "YWAM".  2) Please write their name on a separate piece of paper or sticky note as follows "for the support of ...(full name of missionary) in ...(city & country)"  For U.S. citizens this is very important as the IRS will not consider it as a donation to our non profit organization if the person's name is on the check & thereby the gift will not be considered tax deductible.  3) Mail check to:  YWAM PO Box 61700 Honolulu, HI 96839 Try to get checks to us by the 24th or the previous Friday if the 24th is on a weekend. Any check received after the 24th will be processed on the 1st of the following month. We will mail you a receipt once the check has been processed.  Thank you for your support!  Erin Urabe Accounting Staff"