Missionaries

Gimbler & Karina PicónMinistry: Church Planting, Administration

Hi, I’m Karina
It doesn’t matter what your plans are… God already has a plan for your life. Put your will in line with His will! With Gimbler we had laid out our plans, strategies, and goal both short term and long term. We’d planned to have our own coffee business, producing, selling and exporting. As Gimbler is an administrator and I love marketing, we had this vision. Gimbler worked in a bank and I worked in a distribution company for ceramics. One day all that change when we decided to leave it all—the coffee business we’d planned, good jobs, the place we lived—all to dedicate our lives to serving the Lord.

The time we were in IBYM (the Bible Institute that BCM Peru has), was a real blessing for us. We learned a lot and were able to at the same time, put the things we learned into practice. Now we have only one purpose: Complete the commission that Jesus gave and glorify God with our lives in obedience to Him, preaching and making disciples throughout the world in the power of the Holy Spirit. Thank you to everyone for your part in praying, support, and devotion, maintaining the fire in your hearts for missions.

Hi, I’m Gimbler

After finishing Business Administration in University, God gave me jobs as an administrator of a construction company, in the Ministry of Agriculture and in a bank.

But there have only really been 3 events that have impacted my life:
- When I accepted the Lord in my life at the age of 12
- When I married Karina at 30 years of age
- When at the age of 33, God called me to serve Him

Although we’ve used our savings, the Lord has put people in our lives in Lima and Ica, including family, who God is using to help us financially. Three days before graduation I didn’t have money to cancel my remaining school debt, so I wasn’t going to be able to graduate. But I said to myself, “What is this for God?” Now here I am graduated! Sometimes we have enough, sometimes we don’t, but nothing compares to the joy of seeing a child, young person, or adult come to know Christ.

I challenge each of you in this moment: Be part of this great work of God! Some can come to work like us, others pray and others give. Today we’re here; tomorrow maybe Ica, Brazil, Africa, Korea or India. I don’t know, but you can’t imagine how awesome it is to be walking the path God has for us. God Bless!

ADMINISTRATION
Our aim with administration is to see effective planning, organization, direction—all things that belong to the Lord, be well executed and operated for the rapid and effective development of God’s work.

CHURCH PLANTING
The church that we pastor is Jehova Nissi in Villa el Salvador (a district of Lima). Through an effective message of the Word of God, our goal is to see every brother and sister in Christ develop a devout life ready and willing to serve our Lord Jesus Christ. Also through personal discipleship and preparation we want to be able to develop leaders who are available to serve the Lord and take on new challenges and live passionately for Him. To see the children love, obey and respond to the will of God in their lives.

General Prayer Requests:
For wisdom in our work and financial support

Ministry: Church Planting, Administration
Home Church: Ica, Peru - Iglesia Bautista La Tinguiña (La Tinguiña Baptist Church)
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