Italian Ministry Journey
I am from Benin City, Nigeria. I am currently living in Italy and am on an Italian ministry journey. l was born and brought up in a non-Christian family. I am an only child of my mum and my dad. My mother re-married and had five other children. My dad was a polygamist with three wives and numerous children. He passed away 21 years ago.
My stepfather and the family did not make things easy for me. Though my mother tried her best to make me happy, I hated my mother for not bringing me up with my father and I hated my father for not keeping my mother with him. I thought none of them loved me.
At 11 years old, I was living like a slave with a relative and I started worshipping other gods. After much of this, I went back to stay with my mother until I lost my dad. Then I decided to go far from my mother, and that is how I came to Italy. I came to know God, and until 2006 I was attending Italian church, but even in Nigeria, I was just a churchgoer.
That unforgettable day the Master touched me, I don’t know what happened. I found myself crying, a cry of repentance, and I told God, “From today I want to serve you and I don’t care what it costs me.” That same day I give my life to God. On that fateful day, I started my walk with God. I am hungry for Him, I am living my life for Him, and I have the fear of God in me. Nothing in the world matters to me anymore except the things of God. I know Jesus as my first love and my best friend.
There is this burden on me to reach the Italian people because I see that they don’t know God. So I decided to stay here to reach them on my Italian ministry journey. I also desire to reach the whole world with the word of God.
God has been faithful to me. I married seven years ago and I have two kids. I am doing the work of God in the city I moved to after marriage and, to the glory of God, I am leading a small prayer group. However, I am not satisfied with what I am doing for God. I want to do more and I want to know Him more. That is what led me to search where I can get more ministry training, and thank God I am here in Christian Leaders Institute. I believe that at CLI I can get more knowledge of God to reach people with.
Please pray for me to fulfill the purpose God sent me, and for God to give me the strength that I need as He uses me greatly for His glory. That is all I am living for.
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Missionary Call
I am Arcturus Sarabia and I have a missionary call on my life. I am originally from the Philippines. I currently live in Taoyuan, Taiwan. I was raised in a Christian family and attended Sunday school, youth camps, and YWAM (Youth With A Mission) camps. I am a civil engineer by profession, graduated in 2002. My life changed in and after university. I began to walk away from God, had been in a wrong relationship, and was addicted to alcohol and pornography. But God changed my life! In 2005, I was at my lowest and God spoke to me clearly. I decided to join YWAM’s Discipleship Training School. Then everything–my life and plans–changed. I became a YWAM full-time missionary in the Philippines for almost 10 years. I met a Taiwanese girl in Cambodia serving in YWAM and she became my wife. Now my wife and I are both missionaries of Youth With A Mission here in Taiwan.
Our missionary call is to see the Great Commission fulfilled in the lives of the people of Taiwan. It is also to see all people groups love and worship the one true God Jesus Christ; to see Christians rise up, take their authority, and go make disciples. Our heart is to see indigenous tribes of Taiwan take pride in their cultural heritage and use it in fulfilling the Great Commission. We also have a heart for the lost in Indochina Cambodia, where we are also praying to go in the future. Mission work is our life, and love for Jesus is what prompts us to pursue ministry. Jesus is worthy: worthy of our time, our lives and our everything.
Having this scholarship with Christian Leaders Institute is really important to me in my missionary call. I cannot afford a tuition fee, which is far beyond our monthly support. I also don’t have the money or the time to go to a physical school, which would mean dropping all the ministries we do here in Taiwan. I looked online for online schools that offer what you offer, but I found none. Pray that I can endure the hardship of studying faithfully and doing our ministry here at the same time.
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Semper Reformanda
The Latin “Semper Reformanda” means “Always Reforming”. It’s my personal motto, and that of the ministry God has put me in. In everything I do, I pursue to always be reforming more and more to live in accordance with God’s commands.
I was born in Hollywood, Florida (USA) in 1973. My dad is from Cuba, and my mom from the North Eastern United States. I grew up normal…whatever normal is. Went to public school, and then joined the United States Army. I served in Berlin, Germany, and with the 101st Airborne Division. Since my youth, I was involved in typical American Evangelical society. Not much conviction…not a clear godly walk. It wasn’t until years later when I finally started to “fear” the Lord. It became more clear to me that He is the complete sovereign of the entire universe! He is a real king with a real kingdom. My loose theology promoted loose living, and God let me know how loose in very quick order. He convicted me, and I fell at His feet for mercy and grace, and He freely gave it. The scary thing is this; I pastored while being unrepentant for years.
Thankfully, God has given me a second chance when I deserved nothing but His complete wrath. This scholarship from Christian Leaders Institute will allow me to gain the quality education that I always wanted to get. God has called me, and I am humbled by the generosity of CLI and those who have given to allow me to study here.
The Ministry God has given me is the Protestant Reformation Society. This ministry is to bring believers together to discuss the Reformation, it’s main characters, the era, and Protestant Theology; not for the purpose of glorifying men, but to encourage a life of repentance; of continuing the Reformation in individual hearts, and in local churches. As Martin Luther said, “We are beggars.” We can never forget that.
Please pray that PRS continues faithfully in its mission. Many people mistakenly think that ministry in the USA is easy. The US is becoming more and more hostile towards authentic Christianity. Society hates us because it loves the darkness. Pray that we always see the opportunities that God places before us to share light!
God is so incredibly good. He is so holy. And He loves us, His children. Blessed be the name of the Lord!
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