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iGo Global – Ten Years of making Him famous

iGo Global Staff • Aug 21, 2010

This is the first in a 10 part series counting down the weeks till our 10th Anniversary Celebration Banquet. For info on attending the banquet or hosting a table to introduce friends to iGo, email us at banquet@igoglobal.org.

Where We Began:

We left on Friday the 13th of July in 2001. There were 13 of us and the flight to Tokyo was 13 hours long.  But we weren’t the least bit nervous about any of that. Our flight was on a 777 aircraft. And thus, iGo Global began.

This was the first student team sent by iGo, and God used this trip for so much. He used our team to impact the work in Sapporo, Japan. We assisted the missionaries there in the early stages of planting a house church in their neighborhood. We planted many seeds of the gospel, we prayed big prayers for God to move among those people, and we encouraged the few believers we were able to connect with.

God also used this trip to take us all deeper in our relationship with Him. We got a taste of His passion for His glory when we saw people bow down and worship statues in the temples. We saw a glimpse of His heart for the nations and His purpose for all peoples as we prayed for and shared with the Japanese. And we clearly understood that living on mission is not an option for believers as we realized missions could not be contained in a two week trip.

In addition, I look back and see how God used this trip to confirm everything we were doing with iGo. Up until we landed in Japan, iGo was just an idea, and we weren’t even sure it was a good one. But there, in Japan with a group of high school students for two weeks, God solidified so much of this calling. I knew it was never going to be about how many students we could send, but I wanted more and more students to walk this walk and see these sights. I came home knowing that I could give my life to this, and pretty sure I was supposed to do exactly that.

I am even more sure of that today. Ten years later I am completely amazed at what God has done through iGo Global. In preparing to celebrate ten years, I am more convinced than ever that this is His story, not ours. He is doing this. He is bringing the students. He is leading us as we train them. He is impacting His world with our teams. He is accomplishing His purposes and we somehow found ourselves in a front row seat.

That first team in 2001 is where it all started, and that team still impacts where we are today. In fact, one of those students from that team joined our staff a few years later. Ky Martin now gives leadership to our partnership trips and oversees directly our Oklahoma GO Students partnership. Others from that team are impacting His kingdom in various ways as they seek to live on mission. I could not have asked for a better start, and for that I am thankful.

To check out more pics from the 2001 team, visit Lance’s facebook album: http://tinyurl.com/27ac4nc. There are some great pics of Ky and Shu!

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