Dear family and friends,
We are so excited to be able to share a bit of our story with you and invite you into what God is doing through us!
We are Micah and Anna Necela. Currently, we are serving as missionaries with Youth With A Mission (YWAM) in Lancaster, PA.
We recently got married and are really excited to be able to do life and ministry together. We both have been called by the Lord to give our lives to reaching the least reached people in the world with the message of the gospel!
So what exactly are we doing???
Our desire while working with YWAM Lancaster is to train people to know God and make Him known. We do this in a variety of ways, but the primary way is through working with our Discipleship Training School, otherwise known as DTS.
Knowing God
During this school, our students spend three months in Lancaster, where they sit through many teachings with topics on the Bible, the character and nature of God, how to share the gospel, and so much more. We equip them with real life disciplines to be able to know God in a personal and intimate way, wherever they are.
Making God known
Over the second portion of the school, these students spend two months on outreach in an unreached nation, where they have the opportunity to share with people about God and how He has impacted their lives! We are so honored to get to work with the DTS here in Lancaster. God continues to move in the lives of the students, as well as those they come into contact with overseas on outreach.
Through going on these trips, we have been able to bring the Gospel and distribute many Bibles to those who have never even heard the name of Jesus in their lifetime.
In addition to staffing the DTS, we’ve had the privilege of speaking at local youth groups, high schools, colleges and more, sharing the Gospel and inviting fellow believers to pray for the unreached. We encourage them to seek God for guidance on how they can be involved in reaching the lost.
Did you know that out of 8 billion people in the world, a total of 3.2 billion of them have never heard the name of Jesus?
We have experienced firsthand the heartbreaking reality of meeting some of those 3.2 billion, who had yet to hear about Jesus. We have been to villages and cities where we asked someone if they had ever heard of Jesus and they replied, “Who is Jesus?” This is incredibly heartbreaking.
We consider it our responsibility to bring the good news of Jesus to the 3.2 billion who haven't heard of Him, whether they are near or far! We believe that the Gospel can change lives and will change countless lives around the World if only they have the chance to hear.
Over the years, we have been able to share the good news of Jesus in 17 different nations.
Anna has had the privilege of hiking the Himalayan mountains in Nepal, taking the Gospel and Bibles to some of the most unreached and unengaged people in the world. I (Micah), have had the opportunity to bring Bibles not only to the most unreached people, but some of the most rare and primitive untouched tribes on earth, in Papua New Guinea.
We have been able to lead people to Jesus, pray for the sick and hurting, and discover God’s heart for the lost in Cambodia, Egypt, Turkey, Philippines, Haiti, Lebanon and more.
What is ahead?
We have committed to living three years with a long term plant team that is moving to Cambodia in the Spring of 2025. Cambodia is a nation in Southeast Asia that is 91% buddhist and less than 1.2% Christian. Soon after our big move, we will begin learning Khmer (the local language), and then hope to use our new language skills to share the gospel with the unreached, train and equip new believers, and work with others who are translating the Bible into tribal dialects.
Why do we do this?
We believe that Jesus is the ultimate prize and great reward. Our lives have been forever changed by what He did on the cross and we desire for others to hear about what He did for them, just as we have heard for ourselves.
We also see Jesus’ command in Matthew 28:18-20 to His disciples as a command to us:
“Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
So that's a little bit about us!
We have seen God touch hundreds of hearts around the world, many unreached people come to Christ after getting to hear the gospel for the very first time, people healed, nations impacted, and the kingdom of God advancing upon the earth!
Currently, as full time missionaries, we are supported on a monthly basis by churches, other believers, family, and friends. If you are interested in sowing into what the Lord is doing through us, we would love to partner with you.
We are still hoping to meet our goal of $3,800 in monthly support! We are currently at about 82% of our goal and still needing partners. Please pray and ask the Lord if you should be a part of helping send us to reach those who have never heard.
Not everyone can go, but everyone can help play a part in fulfilling the Great Commission.
Above all, we ask for your prayers as we go! Please join us in praying that the Gospel would be heard in every nation, every tribe and every tongue.
Thank you for taking the time to read and hear about our lives and what the Lord is doing through us!
- Micah and Anna