WELCOME
"From the rising of the sun
to the place where it sets,
the name of the Lord
is to be praised."
Psalm 113:3
Reaching the Japanese through planting Discovery Bible Studies that transform lives and multiply disciples.
Mission Staetment
About Us
Isaiah Roberts
Abigail Roberts
Abby and I are YWAM missionaries and are passionate about reaching the least reach and want to see Christians flourish in their walk with Christ. We love Japan and are eager to see this beautiful country glorify and honor Christ as Lord. We desire to equip Japanese believers to walk confidently in the Holy Spirit and missions so that they can lead the charge in the pursuit of a discipleship making movement to spread across Japan!
Next Steps
JOIN YWAM STAFF
We applied to become Youth With A Mission or YWAM staff because we believe in YWAM's mission and its work. YWAM is our sending organization, and our support goes through them. When we leave for Japan, we become Field Staff. A couple of other perks are cheap on-base housing, discounted courses, and on-field support from our home base in Colorado Springs. Though there is a two-year commitment, they don't prevent us from going to Japan and becoming field staff.
SOSM
SOSM is a 12-week course that brings in full-time missionaries to teach on strategic, effective mission work. They'll cover topics such as teaching the bible cross-culturally, making disciples cross-culturally, understanding different world-views, working in a multicultural team, and language learning. They also have us prepare and complete a 12-week outreach/practicum to graduate from this school that must be completed within a two year window.
LAUNCH CIRCLE
The Launch Circle is the department that accepted us onto staff because of the gifts and skills they noticed in us. They said we could help them this season, and they can train us for missions. The launch Circle is the group of people who send, sustain, and refresh the active YWAM missionaries. They host missionaries during breaks, do two missionary retreats in East Asian countries a year, and help train the new YWAMers to teach the Bible cross-culturally. In summary, they focus on the active mission work! We will work with this group until we move to Japan to learn from missionaries daily!
Baby is Born
In mid-May, our baby boy will be born and Abby will be focused on taking care of him and herself for three months. But we are still moving forward on a slightly altered time-line. Baby might bring unexpected complication which may add more time, but our hopeful departure month is still January of 2027.
The Move
Sometime in 2027, we will move to Japan on a two year student visa where we will be primarily language learning and serve the Church any ways we can, but hopefully doing DBS planting. Before the move can happen logistically, we will need to roughly triple our support as of the time I'm writing this, so please consider supporting us so we can start saving for the large expenses like visas, school payments, initial housing, etc.
SCHEDULE A MEETING
If you would like to meet us and hear from us personally, then reach out! Please indicate you'd like to schedule a meeting on the message line, and let us know whether you prefer to meet in person or via video chat and we'll get something on the calendar.