Maegan, Jose, Enya Luna, Sky and Ray Diaz
Youth With A Mission (YWAM) Oita, Japan
Jose and Maegan facilitate a presence-centered community in the city of Oita, on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu. They and their YWAM team are first and foremost ministering to the Lord, and from that place going with God to reach young people, artists, families and the local government through service and the power of the Holy Spirit. Oita has a rich Christian history and was a Christian kingdom for a brief time before widespread persecution. Our mandate is to establish an altar of worship in Oita, so that people have a place and context where they can personally meet with God. Jose and Maegan lead the team and they all share a passion for friendship, the arts, worship, farming, education, and counseling. Jose also convenes YWAM Japan’s area leaders. Maegan is working with the team to pioneer Oita’s only Christian elementary school. Their eldest daughter Luna speaks Japanese and loves marine biology and doing crafts. Sky is learning Japanese at preschool very fast; she has a great imagination. Ray is always dancing and loves Japanese sticky rice. As a teenager, Maegan and her family Jim, Debi and Zach Byington started attending BFC. She met her husband Jose in Jerusalem while teaching and they were married in 2011. They have also served with YWAM and local churches in Israel, India, Colombia and Nepal. They moved to Tokyo, Japan in 2017 and to Oita in 2020.